Astrophysics Data Analysis Course
Gain mastery in astrophysics data analysis by accessing public archives, cleaning and detrending light curves, detecting and modelling exoplanet transits, estimating planetary radii, and interpreting stellar activity using tools designed for physics professionals in Botswana.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
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What will I learn?
This course equips you with hands-on skills to detect and analyse exoplanet transits from actual space mission data. You will learn to retrieve data from key archives, download and preprocess light curves, manage time formats, detrend and normalise flux levels, perform BLS searches, derive transit parameters, model light curves to determine planetary radii, access stellar details from catalogues, and produce fully documented, reproducible findings with solid scientific justification.
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Develop skills
- Exoplanet transit detection using BLS and phase-folding on real light curves.
- High-precision light-curve cleaning through detrending, de-noising, and normalisation of space data.
- Planet radius estimation by fitting transit models and propagating stellar and depth errors.
- Archive mining expertise for Kepler and TESS data plus stellar catalogues via MAST and APIs.
- Reproducible astrophysics workflows with clear documentation of data, code, and uncertainties.
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