UPNA Radio Astronomy Course

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UPNA offers a course in radio astronomy as part of its Bachelor of Science in Telecommunications Engineering. The radio astronomy course consists of a series of seminars related to radio astronomy, in which students learn about the basics of astronomy and antennas, to more recent research with the Jocelyn Bell Radio Telescope, to UPNA and the new challenges arising from an interest in space observation. Jocelyn Bell Burnell is an astrophysicist from Northern Ireland who, as a graduate student, discovered the first radio pulsars in 1967. A radio pulsar is an object with periodic pulsed radiation in the radio range. The radio astronomy course aims to develop students' ability to effectively communicate information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialist and non-specialist audiences and to train students in the key learning skills necessary to continue their studies with a high level of autonomy. The radio astronomy course includes sections including an introduction to the radio astronomy course, an introduction to astronomy, astronomical coordinates, the origin and nature of cosmic radio emissions, the propagation of radio waves, the characteristics of the received radio signal, radiometers, radio telescopes and feed systems, as well as guest lectures by professional radio astronomers.