Exploring Chile, the Astronomy Capital of the World
... Currently, when astronomers want to look at a part of the sky, they seek funding, apply for telescope time, and hopefully get to make their observations, deciphering the meaning hidden in the images for a year or so and then opening it up to the larger community, who may or may not care about that s ...
... Currently, when astronomers want to look at a part of the sky, they seek funding, apply for telescope time, and hopefully get to make their observations, deciphering the meaning hidden in the images for a year or so and then opening it up to the larger community, who may or may not care about that s ...
Using Nexus with TheSky 6
... couple of minutes until Windows connects and gets the IP address. 2. In order to use Nexus with TheSky6 it is necessary to setup a Virtual Serial Port to TCP/IP redirection utility. HW VSP3 is used in this guide. It is free for personal use and can be downloaded from: http://www.hw-group.com/product ...
... couple of minutes until Windows connects and gets the IP address. 2. In order to use Nexus with TheSky6 it is necessary to setup a Virtual Serial Port to TCP/IP redirection utility. HW VSP3 is used in this guide. It is free for personal use and can be downloaded from: http://www.hw-group.com/product ...
Slide 1 - Physics and Astronomy
... Infrared images of star-forming “nurseries” can reveal objects still shrouded in cocoons of gas and dust. ...
... Infrared images of star-forming “nurseries” can reveal objects still shrouded in cocoons of gas and dust. ...
Class Project - Space Exploration Timeline
... Each group will complete a different section of the timeline to compile at the end of the project. Guidelines for constructing the timeline will come later. Each group must complete 5-10 events for their section of the timeline, including their mandatory events Each event must be accompanied by ...
... Each group will complete a different section of the timeline to compile at the end of the project. Guidelines for constructing the timeline will come later. Each group must complete 5-10 events for their section of the timeline, including their mandatory events Each event must be accompanied by ...
What is Astronomy? - Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy
... interpret celestial objects and phenomena. These tools include: Telescopes, to collect light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, and resolve images. Electronic detectors like CCDs (charge-coupled devices) to catch photons and produce images. Spectroscopic methods to observe and analyze ...
... interpret celestial objects and phenomena. These tools include: Telescopes, to collect light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation, and resolve images. Electronic detectors like CCDs (charge-coupled devices) to catch photons and produce images. Spectroscopic methods to observe and analyze ...
california association for research in astronomy
... Telescope(s) Instrument(s) Sky time Requested Date(s) to avoid Required conditions ...
... Telescope(s) Instrument(s) Sky time Requested Date(s) to avoid Required conditions ...
BEA 1 a New “Old” Companion of WDS 06167+3852 J 591
... BEA 1 a New “Old” Companion of WDS 06167+3852 J 591 in Auriga the night conditions. I make an average of the calibration parameters from these two pairs and I use this average for the reduction of all double stars measured during the night. Normally, I take from 50 to 100 images of each pair. Then, ...
... BEA 1 a New “Old” Companion of WDS 06167+3852 J 591 in Auriga the night conditions. I make an average of the calibration parameters from these two pairs and I use this average for the reduction of all double stars measured during the night. Normally, I take from 50 to 100 images of each pair. Then, ...
Topic 2 - Holy Cross Collegiate
... Copernicus’s Sun-centred model of the universe, Copernicus’s model still needed work. Like Ptolemy’s Earth-centred model, Copernicus’s model contained epicycles for the planets. This meant that predictions based on it were no more accurate for some events than those based on the Earth-centred model. ...
... Copernicus’s Sun-centred model of the universe, Copernicus’s model still needed work. Like Ptolemy’s Earth-centred model, Copernicus’s model contained epicycles for the planets. This meant that predictions based on it were no more accurate for some events than those based on the Earth-centred model. ...
Intro
... RGB and Grey Photopigments The wavelength of maximum absorbance is indicated at the top of each curve. The 420 nm curve is for the short wavelength cones, the 498 nm curve is for the rods, and the 534 nm and 564 nm curves are for the middle and long wavelength sensitive cones respectively. ...
... RGB and Grey Photopigments The wavelength of maximum absorbance is indicated at the top of each curve. The 420 nm curve is for the short wavelength cones, the 498 nm curve is for the rods, and the 534 nm and 564 nm curves are for the middle and long wavelength sensitive cones respectively. ...
The Lives of Stars
... Astronomers speculate that stars form from gas and dust clouds called nebulae Gravity pulls the material togethe Accumulating gas increases temperature At 10,000,000 degrees nuclear fusion begins (transformation of hydrogen into helium) ...
... Astronomers speculate that stars form from gas and dust clouds called nebulae Gravity pulls the material togethe Accumulating gas increases temperature At 10,000,000 degrees nuclear fusion begins (transformation of hydrogen into helium) ...
Chapter 3 - AstroStop
... Views of the Milky Way’s Central Regions (a) An optical image in the direction of Sagittarius, toward the Milky Way’s center. The dark regions are interstellar gas and dust clouds that prevent visible light from beyond them from reaching us. (b) An infrared image of the same area of the sky, showin ...
... Views of the Milky Way’s Central Regions (a) An optical image in the direction of Sagittarius, toward the Milky Way’s center. The dark regions are interstellar gas and dust clouds that prevent visible light from beyond them from reaching us. (b) An infrared image of the same area of the sky, showin ...
M - UC Berkeley Astronomy w
... • Optical/IR photons are absorbed by dust • Power-law models help correlate SEDs and scattered light images of the dust with many free parameters, e.g., the optical properties and size distribution of the dust. • Disk masses are unconstrained because the dust to gas ratio is unknown. • Molecular obs ...
... • Optical/IR photons are absorbed by dust • Power-law models help correlate SEDs and scattered light images of the dust with many free parameters, e.g., the optical properties and size distribution of the dust. • Disk masses are unconstrained because the dust to gas ratio is unknown. • Molecular obs ...
Powerpoint for today - Physics and Astronomy
... Summary of Chapter 3, cont. • Resolution of ground-based optical telescopes is limited by atmospheric effects. • Resolution of radio or space-based telescopes is limited by diffraction. • Active and adaptive optics can minimize ...
... Summary of Chapter 3, cont. • Resolution of ground-based optical telescopes is limited by atmospheric effects. • Resolution of radio or space-based telescopes is limited by diffraction. • Active and adaptive optics can minimize ...
Telescopes - Wayne State University Physics and Astronomy
... Observations Outside Earth's Atmosphere Earth's atmosphere blocks most radiation at wavelengths shorter than those of visible light It is thus possible to make astronomical observation at these wavelengths only from space ...
... Observations Outside Earth's Atmosphere Earth's atmosphere blocks most radiation at wavelengths shorter than those of visible light It is thus possible to make astronomical observation at these wavelengths only from space ...
Focus On Middle School Astronomy Student
... has a “belt” of three bright stars in a straight row. Once the “belt” is located, it is easy to find the “club” and “shield” by looking for neighboring stars. ...
... has a “belt” of three bright stars in a straight row. Once the “belt” is located, it is easy to find the “club” and “shield” by looking for neighboring stars. ...
Bruno Maffei/C. OʼSullivan, Lens vs mirror telescope - B-Pol
... Other reflective configurations are investigated • But it is very unlikely to get a single compact/small system with many pixels and several spectral bands (excepted with large improvement in detector technology) ...
... Other reflective configurations are investigated • But it is very unlikely to get a single compact/small system with many pixels and several spectral bands (excepted with large improvement in detector technology) ...
Binoculars and Telescopes - Shreveport
... which is price. Those fancy, color corrected objectives are expensive. consequently, most instruments of this kind are four inches or less in diameter. Indeed, the refractor has the highest cost per inch of objective diameter of any amateur instrument. Another problem is that they do not gather much ...
... which is price. Those fancy, color corrected objectives are expensive. consequently, most instruments of this kind are four inches or less in diameter. Indeed, the refractor has the highest cost per inch of objective diameter of any amateur instrument. Another problem is that they do not gather much ...
1” “Sky-Notes” of the Open University Astronomy Club. September
... found in the "east wing" of Cygnus. This is the "Veil/Filament nebula", a supernova remnant (SNR). Although it shows up well in photographs it can be frustratingly difficult to see visually, partly because of its large angular size. A dark, transparent sky is essential and the use of a UHC filter wi ...
... found in the "east wing" of Cygnus. This is the "Veil/Filament nebula", a supernova remnant (SNR). Although it shows up well in photographs it can be frustratingly difficult to see visually, partly because of its large angular size. A dark, transparent sky is essential and the use of a UHC filter wi ...
Great Basin - 2016 NSS Convention
... As it is visible as a faint smudge on a moonless night, and is one of the farthest objects visible to the naked eye. The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Sun at about 62 to 87 miles per second, so Andromeda and the Milky Way are expected to collide in perhaps 2.5 billion years. ...
... As it is visible as a faint smudge on a moonless night, and is one of the farthest objects visible to the naked eye. The Andromeda Galaxy is approaching the Sun at about 62 to 87 miles per second, so Andromeda and the Milky Way are expected to collide in perhaps 2.5 billion years. ...
Barbee_6_16_10
... Earth-Moon system and rendezvouses with a robotic servicing vehicle in a Lyapunov orbit about EarthMoon L1 (EML1) A crew vehicle carrying astronauts launches to rendezvous with the servicer/telescope stack After servicing is complete, the crew vehicle returns to Earth and the telescope returns t ...
... Earth-Moon system and rendezvouses with a robotic servicing vehicle in a Lyapunov orbit about EarthMoon L1 (EML1) A crew vehicle carrying astronauts launches to rendezvous with the servicer/telescope stack After servicing is complete, the crew vehicle returns to Earth and the telescope returns t ...
Wednesday, April 17 - Otterbein University
... • Any irregularly shaped cloud of gas and dust • May be bright or dark, depending on temperature • Types: – Emission (bright) Nebulae – Dark Nebulae – Reflection Nebulae ...
... • Any irregularly shaped cloud of gas and dust • May be bright or dark, depending on temperature • Types: – Emission (bright) Nebulae – Dark Nebulae – Reflection Nebulae ...
Spitzer Space Telescope
The Spitzer Space Telescope (SST), formerly the Space Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is an infrared space observatory launched in 2003. It is the fourth and final of the NASA Great Observatories program.The planned mission period was to be 2.5 years with a pre-launch expectation that the mission could extend to five or slightly more years until the onboard liquid helium supply was exhausted. This occurred on 15 May 2009. Without liquid helium to cool the telescope to the very low temperatures needed to operate, most of the instruments are no longer usable. However, the two shortest-wavelength modules of the IRAC camera are still operable with the same sensitivity as before the cryogen was exhausted, and will continue to be used in the Spitzer Warm Mission. All Spitzer data, from both the primary and warm phases, are archived at the Infrared Science Archive (IRSA).In keeping with NASA tradition, the telescope was renamed after its successful demonstration of operation, on 18 December 2003. Unlike most telescopes that are named after famous deceased astronomers by a board of scientists, the new name for SIRTF was obtained from a contest open to the general public.The contest led to the telescope being named in honor of astronomer Lyman Spitzer, who had promoted the concept of space telescopes in the 1940s. Spitzer wrote a 1946 report for RAND Corporation describing the advantages of an extraterrestrial observatory and how it could be realized with available or upcoming technology. He has been cited for his pioneering contributions to rocketry and astronomy, as well as ""his vision and leadership in articulating the advantages and benefits to be realized from the Space Telescope Program.""The US$800 million Spitzer was launched from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, on a Delta II 7920H ELV rocket, Monday, 25 August 2003 at 13:35:39 UTC-5 (EDT).It follows a heliocentric instead of geocentric orbit, trailing and drifting away from Earth's orbit at approximately 0.1 astronomical unit per year (a so-called ""earth-trailing"" orbit). The primary mirror is 85 centimeters (33 in) in diameter, f/12, made of beryllium and is cooled to 5.5 K (−449.77 °F). The satellite contains three instruments that allow it to perform astronomical imaging and photometry from 3 to 180 micrometers, spectroscopy from 5 to 40 micrometers, and spectrophotometry from 5 to 100 micrometers.