Cours No 2: Astrophysique et Techniques Spatiales: Ingés aéro/ Ingés Phys 2016-2017 (Fichier PDF + vidéos: mov)

In this course of Astronomy and space techniques, we introduce all the necessary concepts that enable us to understand basic observational data as well as modern ground-based and space telescopes and their instrumentation. This course has been designed for future engineers willing to understand and communicate with other people basic concepts of astronomy as well as to those wishing to pursue more specialized studies in astrophysics (cf. end-of-year thesis oriented towards astrophysics, master in space sciences, PhD in astrophysics, ...) or a future career in this field.

In the first part of this course, we present the main discoveries in astrophysics already known by the antique greek astronomers, including an introduction to the different spherical coordinate systems and to photometry.