Aims of the Project

The overall aim of the Level 2 Research-Led Investigation is to allow students to build on the experience in experimental physics gained over the previous year in Laboratory Skills and Electronics, carry out a research project and produce a scientific report. The RLI section offers a variety of observational astronomy projects which focus on making measurements from astronomical measurements with CCD and CMOS cameras. The RLI project objectives are

  1. To appreciate the overall aim of the individual project and its wider importance.

  2. To identify a question that you want to address with the experiment.

  3. To learn how to gather experimental data on the universe using a modern observatory.

  4. To gain skills for the reduction and analysis of the numerical data gathered, with particular reference to finding the uncertainty on the final results.

  5. To produce a scientific report of the project which describes the background, the experimental details, the data reduction, the data analysis and the final result. The report should be framed such that someone outside the laboratory itself, but with a scientific background, is able to appreciate the project and the work undertaken. Further details on the format of the report can be found on DUO.

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