An Overview of Astronomical Spectroscopy
Dr Amitesh Omar
About the Talk:
This talk will describe various techniques used to carry out spectroscopic observations with astronomy telescopes. It is suitable for graduate as well as postgraduate students.
CCDs in Astronomy
T S Kumar
About the Talk:
The advent of CCDs has revolutionized the field of astronomy. Scientific CCDs were developed in early 70s and its significant advantages over the conventional photographic film and tubes, thus potential to make new discoveries, immediately triggered an intense demand amongst the astronomers both for ground and space borne astronomy. In this talk the basics of CCD technology used in astronomy along with the overview of its development would be presented. We would also briefly discuss the important properties of the scientific CCDs which make them ideal for the field of astronomy and some operational details.
Upcoming Solar Facilities from India
Prof. Dipankar Banerjee
About the Talk:
This talk will provide an overview on current solar observational facilities and upcoming exciting projects, mainly ADITYA L1, India's first dedicated solar space mission and Ground based telescope "National Large Solar Telescope" (NLST). Of course from Solar Physics point of view it will be highlighted what are the unsolved mysteries and how these projects can shed new light.
An Overview of 3.6 m Devasthal Optical Telescope Facility
Dr. Brijesh Kumar
About the Talk:
This lecture will provide research accounts of a four-meter
class Indian optical telescope facility, which was commissioned in the year 2016, at Devasthal in the central Himalayan region of Kumaun, Uttarakhand. This is meant for postgraduate students having an interest in physical sciences. The matters covered here are an extension of earlier e-Lectures delivered by the same speaker on optical astronomy and optical telescope
Formation and Evolution of Stars
Dr Jeevan C. Pandey
About the Talk:
The aim of this talk will be to understand the formation and evolution of stars and their observational properties using known laws of physics. This involves applying and combining ‘familiar’ physics from many different areas under extreme circumstances, which makes studying stellar evolution so fascinating.