Astronomy and Astrophysics

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PHY 501 ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS

Theory General introduction: Historical development of astrophysics.

K D Abhyankar -Astrophysics -Stars and galaxies –-University Press (India) Limited, 1992
Baidanath Basu -An Introduction to Astrophysics (Prentice -Hall of India Pvt Ltd)
Abell,G.O.,Holt,Rhinehart and Winston Inc., Exploration of the Universe, New York,1969
Frank H.Shu- The Physical Universe –An introduction to Astronomy University Science Books, Sausalito,California
Narlikar,J.V ,The structure of the Universe (1978),Oxford Univ.Press, Oxford
Martin Schwarzschild, Structure and Evolution of Stars, Princeton 1958, University Press

Temperature determination of an artificial star
Order of magnitude calculations
Night Sky Observations
Illustrations using Computer and Internet
Introduction to various Astronomical Softwares for Data analysis
Visit to Observatories
(Even Semester) Fees: Rs. 1500/-

C Programming Lab

Guidelines

Article

Follow Coding standards

Article I

The output of the programs should be neatly formatted

Article II

The programs should be user friendly and interactive

Article III

Use comment wherever necessary

Lab Programs

Demonstrate cal, date, echo and bc commands
Demonstrate passwd, who, uname and tty commands
Demonstrate all Directory related commands
Demonstrate all file related commands
Demonstrate all File compression commands
Demonstrate all Communication commands
Write a shell script to accept 2 numbers and perform the basic arithmetic operation
Write a shell script to accept any N numbers and find the sum of N numbers using function
Write a shell script to print current working directory, today’s date and number of users who are currently logged in.
Write a shell script to implement various if statements.