Department of Physics

University of Durham

Level One

8. Summary

On completion of the experiment you should have:

1. A basic understanding of what stellar motions are and how they are measured.
    
2. A general idea of the astronomer's co-ordinate system, i.e. RA and Dec.
    
3. By inspecting the 1937 and 1960 images, a value for the proper motion (plus its uncertainty) of Barnard's star.
    
4. An estimate of the position of Barnard's star on the Durham image from 2000 and a consistency check of the proper motion.
    
5. Undertaken some basic analysis of the results. 

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