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1.LECTURE 1: LINEAR LEAST SQUARES

1.1.1.Problem 1: Fitting a straight line to simple data

1.1.2.Problem 2: Unequal errors

1.1.3.Problems 3 and 4: More complex equations

1.2.SUMMARY: A GENERAL METHODOLOGY FOR LINEAR LEAST SQUARES

1.3.A FEW MORE ADVANCED EXAMPLES

1.3.1.Radioactive decay

1.3.2.Parallel Lines

1.3.3.Transforming coordinates

2.LECTURE 2: PARAMETER ERROR ESTIMATES AND NONLINEAR LEAST SQUARES

2.1.Parameter error estimates

2.2.Nonlinear Least Squares

2.2.1.Fitting a model profile to a star image

2.2.2.Really fitting model profiles to star images

3.LECTURE 3: TWO TIMES WHEN THE COOKBOOK ISN'T ENOUGH

3.1.Errors in several coordinates

3.2.Non-Gaussian error distributions

4.LECTURE 4: STELLAR PHOTOMETRY WITH CCDs - FITS GALORE

4.1.FIND

4.2.APERTURE PHOTOMETRY AND SKY DETERMINATION

4.3.PROFILE MODELLING

4.4.PROFILE FITTING - ALLSTAR

5.LECTURE 5: STELLAR PHOTOMETRY WITH CCDs - AFTER THE FITS ARE OVER

5.1.Growth curves

5.2.Matching stars between frames

5.3.One last fling

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