Doing Astrophysics using Python

Time-stamp: <2025/01/06 12:12:50 (UT+8) daisuke>

This is a repository for the course "Doing Astrophysics using Python" (course ID: PH3066) offered at National Central University in Taiwan Central University from Sep/2024 to Jan/2025. from Sep/2024 to Jan/2025.

About the course

• Basic information about the course
  • course ID: PH3066
  • course name
    • course name in English: Doing Astrophysics using Python
    • course name in Chinese: 用 Python 做天文物理
  • classroom: S4-203
  • time: from 13:00 to 15:50 on Wednesday
  • instructor: Kinoshita Daisuke
    • emergency contact address: https://www.instagram.com/daisuke23888/
  • things you need to bring to the classrooms
    • laptop computer or tablet computer
    • notebook and pens
    • mobile phone

Online resources

Here is a list of online resources for this course.

• course web page: https://s3b.astro.ncu.edu.tw/appy_202409/
  • The lecture notes can be downloaded from above web page.
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/kinoshitadaisuke/ncu_doing_astrophysics_using_python_202409
  • A set of sample Python scripts for this course can be downloade from above web page.

To download a set of sample Python scripts for this course, try following command.

git clone https://github.com/kinoshitadaisuke/ncu_doing_astrophysics_using_python_202409.git

Schedule

Date	Time	Session Number	Session Name
11/Sep/2024	13:00-13:50	00	Executing a Python script
11/Sep/2024	16:00-15:50	01	Basic Python programming
18/Sep/2024	13:00-15:50	02	Importing and using Python modules
25/Sep/2024	13:00-15:50	03	Using Numpy for calculations
02/Oct/2024	13:00-15:50	---	Calcelled due to typhoon
09/Oct/2024	13:00-15:50	04	Visualisation of data using Matplotlib
16/Oct/2024	13:00-15:50	05	Scientific calculations and analyses using SciPy
23/Oct/2024	13:00-15:50	06	Building and querying relational database using Python
30/Oct/2024	13:00-15:50	07	Astronomical calculations using Astropy
06/Nov/2024	13:00-15:50	08	Blackbody radiation
13/Nov/2024	13:00-15:50	09	Distribution of asteroids, stars, and galaxies
20/Nov/2024	13:00-15:50	---	no class due to University's sport day
27/Nov/2024	13:00-15:50	10	Hubble diagram and expansion of the Universe
04/Dec/2024	13:00-15:50	11	Estimating ages of star clusters
11/Dec/2024	13:00-15:50	12	Periodicity analysis of astronomical time-series data
18/Dec/2024	13:00-15:50	13	Source extraction and image alignment of astronomical images
25/Dec/2024	13:00-15:50	14	Planetary motion and orbital integration
01/Jan/2025	13:00-15:50	---	no class due to national holiday
08/Jan/2024	13:00-15:50	15	Classification of astronomical objects using machine learning

Jupyter Notebook files

• Session 00
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1zSuuSkRGyKQiyOerTNuYKi_nnDihf86l?usp=sharing
• Session 01
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1X0RDOyt98ljtnLCpvFTtzbIxZjiWqfFK?usp=sharing
• Session 02
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1uQjZMTNieCtLDCKMCC7w7judqHU0nA7z?usp=sharing
• Session 03
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/12F_u9ez8vz5hJH6QvQmg4wjN0yfdssui?usp=sharing
• Session 04
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1xHYu4-TBOntRTkpuKAiMt_sFyHb-UAWY?usp=sharing
• Session 05
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Hi2fPLI1vYFWLpxozIZpt4TjGU0z-U84?usp=sharing
• Session 06
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1L8DiiDXv67FCNo3FsMbCwVyxdHFfpD6k?usp=sharing
• Session 07
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1iuLNVHrHTIQNtxZm_lI_Apr3Z5AraCjj?usp=sharing
• Session 08
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1Wj6NqAKgpxm3voJUluss9erej4hC-HZM?usp=sharing
• Session 09
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1-7ceH1SIC8ecqCKOJhmjko7nKoTXd4gC?usp=sharing
• Session 10
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1PE86EIkLCSf5sb8UnLLpxf340yniPemN?usp=sharing
• Session 11
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/13w9tp3BNVYl7eJ2tnNDaf7XHL60mlLht?usp=sharing
• Session 12
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1ZvQyZUoUkRoVOdUFqmbZas9un9WkUuO_?usp=sharing
• Session 13
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1nJerf8PLT9NqYs8WG7Z3X3GNPX5tMkJh?usp=sharing
• Session 14
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1GxgO6NivcldwuzKNl2drIhYy6pNJWLcY?usp=sharing
• Session 15
  • https://colab.research.google.com/drive/1yBfAZix2Ilmv59A8hReVb59TKtVBxH0W?usp=sharing