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Blocking Starlight Much Closer to Home 2: This Year`s
... have the light curve of an occultation by that 15th magnitude star, which was the typical brightness of our occultation stars that we were observing anyway. We are about to submit a paper to the Astronomical Journal about our results. It is important to search in the Pluto system ahead of and behind ...
... have the light curve of an occultation by that 15th magnitude star, which was the typical brightness of our occultation stars that we were observing anyway. We are about to submit a paper to the Astronomical Journal about our results. It is important to search in the Pluto system ahead of and behind ...
WHAT MAKES A STAR SO SPECIAL Abstract
... luminosity, or 1000 red stars from class M with low luminosity. This statistics shows that the formation of stars with low masses is a very common process. If we plot the spectral classes (or the temperature, which is the same) along the x-axis and the luminosity (or stars’ absolute magnitude) along ...
... luminosity, or 1000 red stars from class M with low luminosity. This statistics shows that the formation of stars with low masses is a very common process. If we plot the spectral classes (or the temperature, which is the same) along the x-axis and the luminosity (or stars’ absolute magnitude) along ...
Penn State Astronomy 11 Laboratory
... A. Along with this laboratory packet, you need to purchase a planisphere from the bookstore which will help you to locate stars and constellations this semester. You will also need a calculator capable of scientific notation, and a small flashlight with some type of red filter on it (i.e., covered w ...
... A. Along with this laboratory packet, you need to purchase a planisphere from the bookstore which will help you to locate stars and constellations this semester. You will also need a calculator capable of scientific notation, and a small flashlight with some type of red filter on it (i.e., covered w ...
Lecture 12: Evolution of the Galaxy
... heavy element mass fraction, Z, at the time of their birth. The youngest stars are therefore the most heavy-element rich, and the oldest ones (Population II stars) are the most deficient in heavy elements relative to the Sun. • Halo Population II stars have Z ~ 10-3 to 10-1 Z⊙ • Disk Population I st ...
... heavy element mass fraction, Z, at the time of their birth. The youngest stars are therefore the most heavy-element rich, and the oldest ones (Population II stars) are the most deficient in heavy elements relative to the Sun. • Halo Population II stars have Z ~ 10-3 to 10-1 Z⊙ • Disk Population I st ...
astro-ph/0303282 PDF
... significant for Epsilon Eridani, in which each field was observed in the same orientation in each epoch, but were significant for Vega, in which Keck image rotator was oriented differently during the second epoch. Based on measurements of relative positions of the brightest sources in multiple image ...
... significant for Epsilon Eridani, in which each field was observed in the same orientation in each epoch, but were significant for Vega, in which Keck image rotator was oriented differently during the second epoch. Based on measurements of relative positions of the brightest sources in multiple image ...
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... Among the first GRBs pinpointed by BeppoSAX was GRB970508, so named because it occurred on May 8, 1997. Radio observations of its afterglow provided an essential clue. The glow varied erratically by roughly a factor of two during the first three weeks, after which it stabilized and then began to dim ...
... Among the first GRBs pinpointed by BeppoSAX was GRB970508, so named because it occurred on May 8, 1997. Radio observations of its afterglow provided an essential clue. The glow varied erratically by roughly a factor of two during the first three weeks, after which it stabilized and then began to dim ...
Thinking Outside the Sphere
... Building on the work of Apollonius of Perga and particularly of Hipparchus, Ptolemy developed an intricate system to account for the retrograde motion of the planets. In his scheme, each planet was attached to a small circle, called an epicycle, which moved it in a small orbit. The epicycle was atta ...
... Building on the work of Apollonius of Perga and particularly of Hipparchus, Ptolemy developed an intricate system to account for the retrograde motion of the planets. In his scheme, each planet was attached to a small circle, called an epicycle, which moved it in a small orbit. The epicycle was atta ...
A Compilation of Relevant Articles from MMM`s first 25 years, issues
... 2.A. 106 million times as far as the Moon, and 9,000 times as far as Neptune. 3.A. Sirius is 8.7 light years distant, Procyon 11.3, Altair 16.6, Fomalhaut 23, and Vega 26 Light Years distant. With a small telescope, you can find Barnard’s Star which is only 5.9 LY from here. 4.A. Stars come bigger, ...
... 2.A. 106 million times as far as the Moon, and 9,000 times as far as Neptune. 3.A. Sirius is 8.7 light years distant, Procyon 11.3, Altair 16.6, Fomalhaut 23, and Vega 26 Light Years distant. With a small telescope, you can find Barnard’s Star which is only 5.9 LY from here. 4.A. Stars come bigger, ...
The Evolution of Isotope Ratios in the Milky Way Galaxy
... Isotope ratios have opened a new window into the study of the details of stellar evolution, supernovae, and galactic chemical evolution. We present the evolution of the isotope ratios of elemental abundances (from C to Zn) in the solar neighbourhood, bulge, halo, and thick disk, using chemical evolu ...
... Isotope ratios have opened a new window into the study of the details of stellar evolution, supernovae, and galactic chemical evolution. We present the evolution of the isotope ratios of elemental abundances (from C to Zn) in the solar neighbourhood, bulge, halo, and thick disk, using chemical evolu ...
A Practical Guide to Exoplanet Observing
... Note: here the term Science Images refers to the raw images of the field-of-view containing the exoplanet host star; such images are also often referred to as Lights by other image processing software. The AIJ Analysis subdirectory is where measurement and model fit files from AIJ can be stored. If ...
... Note: here the term Science Images refers to the raw images of the field-of-view containing the exoplanet host star; such images are also often referred to as Lights by other image processing software. The AIJ Analysis subdirectory is where measurement and model fit files from AIJ can be stored. If ...
AXIS always points to Polaris
... the stars there. We are going to focus in on two major constellations, and one very important star—Polaris, or the North Star. ...
... the stars there. We are going to focus in on two major constellations, and one very important star—Polaris, or the North Star. ...
in search of antimatter in the universe
... super-massive black hole of the galaxy, flying through the galaxy around them at speeds close to the speed of light. It is possible that these jets contain electrons and positrons, meaning it is likely that Positronium will form somewhere along the jet. ...
... super-massive black hole of the galaxy, flying through the galaxy around them at speeds close to the speed of light. It is possible that these jets contain electrons and positrons, meaning it is likely that Positronium will form somewhere along the jet. ...
The cosmological significance of high
... The MSX satellite (Mill et al. 1994) was a US Department of Defense mission, undertaken by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Launched in 1996, the infrared instrument on board consisted of a 35-cm off-axis telescope with detectors in six mid-infrared bands (two very narrow near 4 µm, and f ...
... The MSX satellite (Mill et al. 1994) was a US Department of Defense mission, undertaken by the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization. Launched in 1996, the infrared instrument on board consisted of a 35-cm off-axis telescope with detectors in six mid-infrared bands (two very narrow near 4 µm, and f ...
z= 1000 - z= 10
... imaging with SALT of low extinction part of ACT strip (200 square degrees) Would be a very interesting target for a lensing survey ...
... imaging with SALT of low extinction part of ACT strip (200 square degrees) Would be a very interesting target for a lensing survey ...
EQUINOCTIAL vLOBE ·
... the equinoctial points, keeping the pole' of the eeliptic fixed at 66°k under the meridian. Note. The number of degrees may also be measured by the motion of Vi westward from the graduated edge of the brass me": ridian, or by the motion of ry>, or �, from the intersection which is made by the brass ...
... the equinoctial points, keeping the pole' of the eeliptic fixed at 66°k under the meridian. Note. The number of degrees may also be measured by the motion of Vi westward from the graduated edge of the brass me": ridian, or by the motion of ry>, or �, from the intersection which is made by the brass ...
Unlocking the secrets of stellar haloes using combined star counts
... Durrell, Sarajedini & Chandar 2010; Tanaka et al. 2011) have provided a wealth of information on such structures. However, stellar haloes can also be studied through surface photometry, i.e. observations of the integrated light from large numbers of unresolved stars within each system. Both techniqu ...
... Durrell, Sarajedini & Chandar 2010; Tanaka et al. 2011) have provided a wealth of information on such structures. However, stellar haloes can also be studied through surface photometry, i.e. observations of the integrated light from large numbers of unresolved stars within each system. Both techniqu ...
Stardust--Snapshots of Stars
... describe these grains as astrophysical fossils that provide precise isotopic compositions that researchers use to constrain their theoretical models of nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch ( AGB) phase stars and supernovae. Development of high-tech instruments make it possible to analyze the a ...
... describe these grains as astrophysical fossils that provide precise isotopic compositions that researchers use to constrain their theoretical models of nucleosynthesis in asymptotic giant branch ( AGB) phase stars and supernovae. Development of high-tech instruments make it possible to analyze the a ...
Ardua et Astra: On the Calculation of the Dates of the Rising and
... rather than individual stars. In the case of a large constellation such as Pegasus, this can be extremely confusing: when we read for example in the Geminus parapegma that “On the 17th day of Leo, for Euctemon … the Horse rises”,21 to which star does this refer? Is it the first star of the constella ...
... rather than individual stars. In the case of a large constellation such as Pegasus, this can be extremely confusing: when we read for example in the Geminus parapegma that “On the 17th day of Leo, for Euctemon … the Horse rises”,21 to which star does this refer? Is it the first star of the constella ...
Hipparcos
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Hipparcos was a scientific satellite of the European Space Agency (ESA), launched in 1989 and operated until 1993. It was the first space experiment devoted to precision astrometry, the accurate measurement of the positions of celestial objects on the sky. This permitted the accurate determination of proper motions and parallaxes of stars, allowing a determination of their distance and tangential velocity. When combined with radial-velocity measurements from spectroscopy, this pinpointed all six quantities needed to determine the motion of stars. The resulting Hipparcos Catalogue, a high-precision catalogue of more than 118,200 stars, was published in 1997. The lower-precision Tycho Catalogue of more than a million stars was published at the same time, while the enhanced Tycho-2 Catalogue of 2.5 million stars was published in 2000. Hipparcos ' follow-up mission, Gaia, was launched in 2013.The word ""Hipparcos"" is an acronym for High precision parallax collecting satellite and also a reference to the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus of Nicaea, who is noted for applications of trigonometry to astronomy and his discovery of the precession of the equinoxes.