Observational Methods

Textbooks + Longer Articles

• Astronomical observations: a guide for allied researchers by Pauline Barmby
• A Beginner’s Guide to Working with Astronomical Data by Markus Pössel
• A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy by Shane Burns
• Basic Stellar Observables (Mahy) chapter from the Encyclopedia of Astrophysics

Notebooks + Tutorials

• PSF/far field pattern tutorial from the CMB Instrument Summer School by Grace Chesmore and Jeff McMahon
• Undergraduate research tutorials by Kate Whitaker’s students
• Various reduction tutorials from Astropy
• Companion site to A Practical Guide to Observational Astronomy by Shane Burns – includes tutorials and examples

Visualizations

• Interactive interferometry explained module by NRAO
• Asternoise – web app to explain/illustrate CCD noise (on GitHub) by Juliana Karp
• MyFilter (on GitHub) – interactive transmission curves for astronomical filters by Mingyu Li