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Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
Fall 2025 Undergraduate Catalog

AST 443 - Observational Techniques in Astronomy


An introduction to modern astronomical instrumentation and data handling and to the use of telescopes. Emphasis on techniques and equipment appropriate for wavelengths shorter than one micron. Extensive laboratory and observing exercises are required.

4 credits

Prerequisite(s): AST 203 ; PHY 277 ; WRT 102  

SBC: ESI, SPK

Fees This course has an associated fee. Please see www.stonybrook.edu/coursefees for more information.