Course description: Hands-on experience with electronic imaging devices (CCDs) and software for image reduction and analysis. Introduction to operating systems, reduction software, and statistical analysis with applications to CCD photometry.

Text: Astronomy Methods, Hale Bradt [Bookfinder/pdf]

Resources (will be updated throughout the class):

• Setup & Command Line Use
  • Command line for beginners: Learn to code with me, Lifehacker
  • Unix command cheat sheet
  • Two text editor options: Sublime Text, Atom
• Git/GitHub
  • Git for beginners — highly recommended!
  • Overview of online git tutorials
• Python
  • Intro to Anaconda
  • Python for astronomers
  • A Whirlwind Tour of Python
  • The Python Data Science Handbook