FOPRA Experiment 85: Colour-Magnitude Diagrams of Star Clusters: Determining Their Relative Ages (KTA)
Course 0000100085 in SS 2024
General Data
| Course Type | practical training |
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| Semester Weekly Hours | 1 SWS |
| Organisational Unit | Observational Cosmology |
| Lecturers |
Irham Taufik Andika Gabriel Bartosch Caminha Responsible/Coordination: Sherry Suyu |
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Assignment to Modules
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PH0030: Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum für Bachelorstudierende / Advanced Lab Course for B.Sc. Students
This module is included in the following catalogs:- Mandatory Modules in Bachelor Programme Physics (5th Semester, Specialization AEP)
- Mandatory Modules in Bachelor Programme Physics (5th Semester, Specialization BIO)
- Mandatory Modules in Bachelor Programme Physics (5th Semester, Specialization KM)
- Mandatory Modules in Bachelor Programme Physics (5th Semester, Specialization KTA)
- PH1030: Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum für Masterstudierende / Advanced Lab Course for Master Students
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PH9130: Physikalisches Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum für Lehramtsstudierende / Advanced Lab Course in Physics for M.Ed. Students
This module is included in the following catalogs:- Physics Modules for Students of Education
Further Information
Courses are together with exams the building blocks for modules. Please keep in mind that information on the contents, learning outcomes and, especially examination conditions are given on the module level only – see section "Assignment to Modules" above.
| additional remarks | This advanced lab course introduces you to observational astronomy. It involves observing star clusters with a telescope (weather permitting), analyzing the data, and deriving properties of the star clusters including their relative ages.There are two types of star cluster in the Galaxy. Open clusters are loose collections of typically a few hundred stars in the galactic disk. These clusters tend to be young with ages of several million to a billion years. Typical cluster masses range between100 - 1000 solar masses and their diameters are 1 - 10 parsec (where 1 parsec is ~3.3 light years). In our Galaxy more than 1100 open clusters are known. The estimated total number of Galactic open clusters is ∼ 2 x 10^4.Globular clusters, on the other hand, are tightly bound collections of a few hundred thousand to a few million stars, typically located in the Galactic halo. These clusters are generally old with ages of a few billion years. The diameter of a typical globular cluster is about 40 parsec. In this project, you will construct colour-magnitude diagrams of two open clusters. Using these colour-magnitude diagrams you will investigate the differences in morphology in these clusters and explain them in terms of their relative ages. |
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| Links |
Course documents TUMonline entry TUMonline registration for 29: 29.04.2024-04.05.2024 (Mittwoch: Tag der Arbeit), 30: 06.05.2024-11.05.2024 (Donnerstag: Christi Himmelfahrt) TUMonline registration for 33: 27.05.2024-01.06.2024 (Donnerstag: Fronleichnam, Schulen: Pfingstferien), 34: 03.06.2024-08.06.2024 TUMonline registration for 35: 10.06.2024-15.06.2024, 36: 17.06.2024-22.06.2024 TUMonline registration for 37: 24.06.2024-29.06.2024, 38: 01.07.2024-06.07.2024 TUMonline registration for 39: 08.07.2024-13.07.2024, 40: 15.07.2024-20.07.2024 TUMonline registration for 41: 22.07.2024-27.07.2024 TUMonline registration for 43: 05.08.2024-10.08.2024 TUMonline registration for 31: 13.05.2024-18.05.2024, 32: 21.05.2024-25.05.2024 (Montag: Pfingstmontag, Schulen: Pfingstferien) TUMonline registration for 27: 15.04.2024-20.04.2024, 28: 22.04.2024-27.04.2024 |