Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

SVG 203 — Field Astronomy

SVG department course · Nigerian universities

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What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Upon completion of this course, students should be able to:
discuss the nature and motion of planets, solar, stellar and satellite systems
use the applications of celestial coordinate system, time system and star almanac; and
develop the procedure for the determination of solar and stellar azimuths

Course contents

Nature of universe and solar, stellar and satellite systems. The motion of planets, Normal orbit, Kepler’s laws and perturbed orbit of satellite. The motion and the relationship of the earth and the sun/star. Stars constellations, magnitude and distance of sun/star from the earth. Solution of astronomical triangle.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study SVG 203.

SVG 203 — Field Astronomy

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

Course contents

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