LECTURE 1: LINEAR LEAST SQUARES
- Problem 1: Fitting a straight line to simple
data
Problem 2: Unequal errors
Problems 3 and 4: More complex equations
SUMMARY: A GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR LINEAR LEAST
SQUARES
A FEW MORE ADVANCED EXAMPLES
- Radioactive decay
Parallel Lines
Transforming coordinates
LECTURE 2: PARAMETER ERROR ESTIMATES AND NONLINEAR
LEAST SQUARES
- Parameter error estimates
Nonlinear Least Squares
- Fitting a model profile to a star image
Really fitting model profiles to star
images
LECTURE 3: TWO TIMES WHEN THE COOKBOOK ISN'T
ENOUGH
- Errors in several coordinates
Non-Gaussian error distributions
LECTURE 4: STELLAR PHOTOMETRY WITH CCDs - FITS
GALORE
- FIND
APERTURE PHOTOMETRY AND SKY DETERMINATION
PROFILE MODELLING
PROFILE FITTING - ALLSTAR
LECTURE 5: STELLAR PHOTOMETRY WITH CCDs - AFTER THE
FITS ARE OVER
- Growth curves
Matching stars between frames
One last fling
