MPhys projects

I am offering an MPhys project in conjunction with Prof. Anna Scaife for the 2023/24 academic year. For more details please see here.

Second Year Tutorials

I taught second year tutorials in the 2022/23 academic year.

Second Year Laboratory

I am no longer teaching lab. However, if you are a previous student of mine and wish to get in touch, please do so via email.

Areas of physics covered from the PHYS10191 syllabus:

• Observational astronomy (Electromagnetic spectrum: astronomy at different wavelengths; telescopes & optics)
• Distances
• Physics of the Sun and stars (e.g. hydrogen spectral lines, and Doppler effect)
• Galaxies (rotation curves; see also PHYS 20491)

Links

• My introductory material for remote teaching of experiments can be found here.
• Jodrell Bank Internet Observatory
• Link to download DS9 software
• Guide to using DS9