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Black Hole

Lensing of space time around a black hole. At Oxford we study black holes observationally and theoretically on all size and time scales - it is some of our core work.

Credit: ALAIN RIAZUELO, IAP/UPMC/CNRS. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MORE IMAGES.

Prof. Niranjan Thatte

Professor of Astrophysics

Research theme

  • Astronomy and astrophysics
  • Instrumentation
  • Exoplanets and planetary physics

Sub department

  • Astrophysics

Research groups

  • Astronomical instrumentation
  • Exoplanets and Stellar Physics
  • Galaxy formation and evolution
  • Extremely Large Telescope
Niranjan.Thatte@physics.ox.ac.uk
Telephone: 01865 (2)73412
Denys Wilkinson Building, room 709
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Graduate Course Lectures

For the academic year 2024-25, I am teaching the Graduate Course Lectures on Observing Techniques & Instrumentation

The PDFs of the slides will be made available at this site after each lecture. Many thanks to Pat Roche, whose lectures I have adapted.

Lecture 1: Introduction to Observing Facilities and Astronomical Coordinates

Lecture 1: Observing Facilities Overview & Coordinates

Lecture 2: Timekeeping and Atmospheric Effects

Lecture 2: Coordinate Systems, Space vs. Ground

Lecture 3: Atmospheric Seeing, Refraction and Extinction

Lecture 3: Atmospheric Refraction and Turbulence, Image formation

Lecture 4: Adaptive Optics

Lecture 4: Principles of Adaptive Optics

Lecture 5: Radio Interferometry

Lecture 5: Interferometry principles

Lecture 6: Optical Interferometry & Telescopes

Lecture 6: Telescopes and Optical Interferometers

Lecture 7: Detectors

Lecture 7: CCDs and IR detectors

Lecture 8: Detectors (radio/mm/FIR) & Photometry

Lecture 8: Photometry

Lecture 9: Spectroscopy

Lecture 9: Spectroscopy, incl MOS & IFS

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