Course Details
Geodetical Astronomy and Space Geodesy I
Academic Year 2023/24
HE01 course is part of 1 study plan
N-P-C-GK / GD Winter Semester 1st year
Astronomical coordinate systems.
Apparent movement (day and night).
Time and time systems, standard epochs, calendar.
Transformation of coordinates and their differential changes.
Changes in equatorial coordinates, astronomical refraction.
Star catalogs (FK5, FK6, Hipparcos, Tycho2, UCAC-3) and almanacs.
Geodetic Astronomy – principle of the methods. Instruments and equipment.
Apparent movement (day and night).
Time and time systems, standard epochs, calendar.
Transformation of coordinates and their differential changes.
Changes in equatorial coordinates, astronomical refraction.
Star catalogs (FK5, FK6, Hipparcos, Tycho2, UCAC-3) and almanacs.
Geodetic Astronomy – principle of the methods. Instruments and equipment.
Course Guarantor
Institute
Objective
Introduction of Spherical Astronomy, coordinate systems, time counting and measurement, basic tasks and methods of Geodetic Astronomy, instruments of classical Geodetic Astronomy.
Knowledge
The goal of subject are knowledges from Spherical Astronomy, coordinate and time systems, time conversions and basic tasks and methods of Geodetic Astronomy.
Syllabus
1.Entrance in Geodetic Astronomy.
2.Astronomical coordinate systems and their reciprocal transformations.
3.Incidence of Earth rotation.
4.Time and time systems.
5.Julian date and standard epochs, calendar.
6.Mean and apparent places of stars.
7.Methods of apparent places of stars computation.
8.Earth pole motion.
9.Conventional reference coordinate system.
10.Basic tasks of Geodetic Astronomy.
11.Instruments in Geodetic Astronomy.
12.Very Long Baseline Interferometry
13.Usage of Geodetic Astronomy
2.Astronomical coordinate systems and their reciprocal transformations.
3.Incidence of Earth rotation.
4.Time and time systems.
5.Julian date and standard epochs, calendar.
6.Mean and apparent places of stars.
7.Methods of apparent places of stars computation.
8.Earth pole motion.
9.Conventional reference coordinate system.
10.Basic tasks of Geodetic Astronomy.
11.Instruments in Geodetic Astronomy.
12.Very Long Baseline Interferometry
13.Usage of Geodetic Astronomy
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of surveying with particular view of angular measurements, knowledge of plane and spherical trigonometry, Newton’s gravitational law, theory of free nutation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Credits
5 credits
Semester
winter
Forms and criteria of assessment
course-unit credit and examination
Specification of controlled instruction, the form of instruction, and the form of compensation of the absences
Extent and forms are specified by guarantor’s regulation updated for every academic year.
Offered to foreign students
Not to offer
Course on BUT site
Lecture
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, elective
Syllabus
1.Entrance in Geodetic Astronomy.
2.Astronomical coordinate systems and their reciprocal transformations.
3.Incidence of Earth rotation.
4.Time and time systems.
5.Julian date and standard epochs, calendar.
6.Mean and apparent places of stars.
7.Methods of apparent places of stars computation.
8.Earth pole motion.
9.Conventional reference coordinate system.
10.Basic tasks of Geodetic Astronomy.
11.Instruments in Geodetic Astronomy.
12.Very Long Baseline Interferometry
13.Usage of Geodetic Astronomy
Exercise
13 weeks, 2 hours/week, compulsory
Syllabus
Introduction. Instructions for observation - determination of astronomical azimuth using the Sun, task 1.
Determination of astronomical azimuth using the Sun - observation.
Determination of astronomical azimuth using the Sun - repeated observation.
Interpolation, task 2.
Transformation of spherical coordinates, task 3, test 1.
Sunset and sunrise, task 4.
Time and time systems, task 5.
Visit of Brno city planetarium - demonstration of spherical astronomy phenomena.
Astronomical refraction, task 6, test 2.
Interpolation of apparent places of stars, task 7, test 3.
Presentation of classical geodetic astronomy instruments.