Using publicly available data from NASA of actual satellite observations of astronomical x-ray sources, we explore some of the mysteries of the cosmos, including neutron stars, black holes, quasars and supernovae. We will analyze energy spectra and time series data to understand how these incredible objects work. We utilize an imaging tool called DS9 to explore the amazing diversity of astronomical observations that have made x-ray astronomy one of the most active and exciting fields of scientific investigation in the past 50 years.
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Rutgers the State University of New JerseyAbout this Course
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Try Coursera for BusinessSyllabus - What you will learn from this course
Light and the Nature of Images....Plus, an Introduction to DS9
Basic Astronomical Data and a DS9 Smorgasbord
Stellar Evolution and White Dwarfs
Orbits, Gravity, and Clocks in the Sky
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- 5 stars85.45%
- 4 stars11.81%
- 2 stars0.90%
- 1 star1.81%
TOP REVIEWS FROM ANALYZING THE UNIVERSE
My absolute favourite course. I will return to it and DS9 for sure. Highly recommend it.
I find it helpful in my university programs. And help me to get good knowledge about universe.
Brilliant. Prof Matilsky is clearly very jubilant in his way of teaching. I have a lot of takeaways from this course and to mention, the material on the course wiki was great too.
We learned this fantastic method for analyzing astronomical images using ds9. Dr. Matilsky is a great teacher, he made the difficult topics fun and correctly showed how to solve the problems.
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