Professor Murray Campbell

Course Offerings

151f Stars and Stellar Systems An introductory survey of modern solar, stellar, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy for students of both science and nonscience backgrounds. Basic astronomical concepts and recent discoveries will be treated from an astrophysical point of view. Lecture only. Three credit hours. N. MR. CAMPBELL

151Lf Stars and Stellar Systems Laboratory Use of telescopes for astronomical measurements and analysis of astronomical data. Students must be available Monday through Thursday evenings for telescope observing as weather permits. Enrollment limited. Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in Astronomy 151 and permission of the instructor. One credit hour. MR. CAMPBELL

231j Introduction to Astrophysics A study of observational astronomy and astrophysics applied to interpretation of observations made by students using the Collins Observatory. Observational topics include telescope design and control, planning observations, acquisition of images with a CCD electronic camera, fundamentals of astronomical image processing, stellar photometry, spectroscopy of stars and nebulae, and advanced data processing with IRAF in the unix environment. Lecture and laboratory. Satisfies the natural science laboratory requirement. Prerequisite: High school chemistry, algebra, and trigonometry; high school or college physics is desirable. Enrollment limited. Three credit hours. N. MR. CAMPBELL