Astronomy - Wappingers Central School District
... advances in observational technologies, astronomy is a very dynamic subject. New and significant discoveries are constantly being made. This often makes the internet a more powerful resource than a well developed textbook. The course is designed to be flexible enough that the students will be able t ...
... advances in observational technologies, astronomy is a very dynamic subject. New and significant discoveries are constantly being made. This often makes the internet a more powerful resource than a well developed textbook. The course is designed to be flexible enough that the students will be able t ...
Where is the Solar System in the Universe?
... Scientists find it hard to work with the measurements we use on earth, like kilometers and miles, because the distances are so great it is hard for us to comprehend such enormous numbers. ...
... Scientists find it hard to work with the measurements we use on earth, like kilometers and miles, because the distances are so great it is hard for us to comprehend such enormous numbers. ...
Activity 15
... 1839. News of the daguerreotype process spread quickly around the world, and shortly the first photographs of the Moon and the Sun were produced by attaching a camera to the eyepiece-end of a telescope. Photographs of fainter celestial objects—planets, stars, nebulae, comets—proved more challenging. ...
... 1839. News of the daguerreotype process spread quickly around the world, and shortly the first photographs of the Moon and the Sun were produced by attaching a camera to the eyepiece-end of a telescope. Photographs of fainter celestial objects—planets, stars, nebulae, comets—proved more challenging. ...
Course Expectations
... How stars create and distribute heavy elements The difference between absolute and apparent magnitude How stars evolve off the main sequence on the HR Diagram The types of stars High mass stars produce supernovae, neutron stars and black holes Low mass stars produce white dwarfs, and planetary nebul ...
... How stars create and distribute heavy elements The difference between absolute and apparent magnitude How stars evolve off the main sequence on the HR Diagram The types of stars High mass stars produce supernovae, neutron stars and black holes Low mass stars produce white dwarfs, and planetary nebul ...
Watching Galaxies Form Near the Beginning of Time
... happened–a delay of 8 minutes for the Sun and about 12 billion years for the most distant galaxies we can observe. In other words, ...
... happened–a delay of 8 minutes for the Sun and about 12 billion years for the most distant galaxies we can observe. In other words, ...
Document
... comets that revolve around a star without giving off its own light. Background source: 1Wyrmshadow1 website ...
... comets that revolve around a star without giving off its own light. Background source: 1Wyrmshadow1 website ...
Astronomy 51 Introduction to Astronomy Fall 2016
... 3. Center Saturn in the field of view, switch to the higher power eyepiece, and re-focus. Study Saturn for a short bit under higher power. Is the image clearer with the greater magnification? Note that because Saturn is low in the sky, the light from Saturn passes through a lot of the Earth’s atmosp ...
... 3. Center Saturn in the field of view, switch to the higher power eyepiece, and re-focus. Study Saturn for a short bit under higher power. Is the image clearer with the greater magnification? Note that because Saturn is low in the sky, the light from Saturn passes through a lot of the Earth’s atmosp ...
Slide 1
... and was named after a Dutch-American astronomer, Gerard P. Kuiper who predicted its existence in the early 1950s. ...
... and was named after a Dutch-American astronomer, Gerard P. Kuiper who predicted its existence in the early 1950s. ...
Quiz Chapter 10 Answers
... Quiz Chapter 10 Answers 10-1. Protostars are not seen in visible light telescopes because: a) they don’t emit any radiation b) they are surrounded by clouds of gas and dust X c) they only emit infrared radiation d) they are all moving away from Earth so fast that their visible light is Doppler shift ...
... Quiz Chapter 10 Answers 10-1. Protostars are not seen in visible light telescopes because: a) they don’t emit any radiation b) they are surrounded by clouds of gas and dust X c) they only emit infrared radiation d) they are all moving away from Earth so fast that their visible light is Doppler shift ...
February 2010 Vol 21 No 2 - Cape Cod Astronomical Society
... Mars was blazing; almost too bright to look at. Next time someone should bring a polarizing filter. Mars is at opposition on January 29th so as we move into February it will be at its peak for a while and then begin to diminish. The next opposition will take place in March of 2012 when the planet wi ...
... Mars was blazing; almost too bright to look at. Next time someone should bring a polarizing filter. Mars is at opposition on January 29th so as we move into February it will be at its peak for a while and then begin to diminish. The next opposition will take place in March of 2012 when the planet wi ...
the curious incident of the dog in the night-time
... rate of expansion forever and ever). While somewhat boring, this model of the Universe fit with many other cosmological measurements that were more accurately determined. All of this changed rather suddenly in 1999 (and following) when two groups (or “collaborations”) of astronomers and astrophysici ...
... rate of expansion forever and ever). While somewhat boring, this model of the Universe fit with many other cosmological measurements that were more accurately determined. All of this changed rather suddenly in 1999 (and following) when two groups (or “collaborations”) of astronomers and astrophysici ...
Chapter 16
... Tycho and his assistants transformed the 5 km (3 mile) long island, Ven, into Europe's center of astronomy. ...
... Tycho and his assistants transformed the 5 km (3 mile) long island, Ven, into Europe's center of astronomy. ...
G-CLEF Summary
... and the spectrograph efficiency with all attendant losses (e.g. slit losses for a 0.7 arcsec slit, telescope reflectivity, etc.) are plotted. ...
... and the spectrograph efficiency with all attendant losses (e.g. slit losses for a 0.7 arcsec slit, telescope reflectivity, etc.) are plotted. ...
Stars…Giants, Supergiants, Dwarfs….
... atomic energy levels, instead of being crisp and unique, get “fuzzed out”. “Fuzzed out” is technical terminology for a change in the energy which depends on how close the neighbors are, how many of them there are, what direction they are,…… ...
... atomic energy levels, instead of being crisp and unique, get “fuzzed out”. “Fuzzed out” is technical terminology for a change in the energy which depends on how close the neighbors are, how many of them there are, what direction they are,…… ...
kashiwa
... This energy region (10-100GeV) is quite important for gamma-ray pulsars. There are two classes of models to explain high energy pulsed emission from pulsars. They predict clearly different behaviors above the 10GeV region. ...
... This energy region (10-100GeV) is quite important for gamma-ray pulsars. There are two classes of models to explain high energy pulsed emission from pulsars. They predict clearly different behaviors above the 10GeV region. ...
370KB - NZQA
... Use the HR diagram on page 2 to describe THREE characteristics of Barnard’s star and Procyon B, and then use these characteristics to compare and contrast the luminosity of Barnard’s star and Procyon B. ...
... Use the HR diagram on page 2 to describe THREE characteristics of Barnard’s star and Procyon B, and then use these characteristics to compare and contrast the luminosity of Barnard’s star and Procyon B. ...
here. - Oswego
... weaker than the light the telescope would have received in the absence of the atmosphere. This process is called extinction. • Because the atmosphere can change from night to night, we only estimate extinction using observations from a single night. • Because different filters observe different wave ...
... weaker than the light the telescope would have received in the absence of the atmosphere. This process is called extinction. • Because the atmosphere can change from night to night, we only estimate extinction using observations from a single night. • Because different filters observe different wave ...
September 2013 - astronomy for beginners
... application and shows graphically the availability of the planets during September. Along the top of the chart is the key to the colour of each planet on the chart. The vertical bars above a planet line indicate the planet will be visible from the time inferred by that line until dawn. Bars below th ...
... application and shows graphically the availability of the planets during September. Along the top of the chart is the key to the colour of each planet on the chart. The vertical bars above a planet line indicate the planet will be visible from the time inferred by that line until dawn. Bars below th ...
Word doc - UC-HiPACC - University of California, Santa Cruz
... Indeed, the team of 15 astronomers from seven institutions on four continents had picked Tau Ceti specifically because meticulous observations strongly suggested the star had no planetary system. From the earliest days of the hunt for exoplanets almost 20 years ago, astronomers suspected that eviden ...
... Indeed, the team of 15 astronomers from seven institutions on four continents had picked Tau Ceti specifically because meticulous observations strongly suggested the star had no planetary system. From the earliest days of the hunt for exoplanets almost 20 years ago, astronomers suspected that eviden ...
Presentation
... For homework, do “Orbits and Kepler’s Laws” tutorial, read Ch. 4 and S1.4 S1.5 by next week • Short SkyGazer tutorial ...
... For homework, do “Orbits and Kepler’s Laws” tutorial, read Ch. 4 and S1.4 S1.5 by next week • Short SkyGazer tutorial ...
Answer titese questions on a piece of loose leaf paper.
... Characteristics of Stars 1. What is- a conslellation? 2. Stars aicmndc up mostly of what gas? 3. By wlut process do stars produce energj-'.' ThLs process makes stars do wbart 4. What five cbaracteristics are used to classify stars? 5. What color arc tlic holiest stars? Tile coolest stars? 6. Our sua ...
... Characteristics of Stars 1. What is- a conslellation? 2. Stars aicmndc up mostly of what gas? 3. By wlut process do stars produce energj-'.' ThLs process makes stars do wbart 4. What five cbaracteristics are used to classify stars? 5. What color arc tlic holiest stars? Tile coolest stars? 6. Our sua ...
Kepler`s Law - New Mexico Tech
... The Sun’s Lifecycle • The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years ago when a hydrogen molecular cloud collapsed. • It is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during this time, nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. • It will spend approx. 10 billion years as a ...
... The Sun’s Lifecycle • The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years ago when a hydrogen molecular cloud collapsed. • It is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during this time, nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. • It will spend approx. 10 billion years as a ...
The Sun - WordPress.com
... Have you ever wondered where pictures of the Sun came from? They came from the Yohkoh Solar Observatory Satellite. The Satellite was launched August 31, 1991, from Japan. The Satellite takes X-rays of the Sun and send them back in images we cant normally see. The word ‘Yohkoh’ means ‘Sunbeam’ ...
... Have you ever wondered where pictures of the Sun came from? They came from the Yohkoh Solar Observatory Satellite. The Satellite was launched August 31, 1991, from Japan. The Satellite takes X-rays of the Sun and send them back in images we cant normally see. The word ‘Yohkoh’ means ‘Sunbeam’ ...
Astronomical Chronicle for September, 2008
... its maximum preferred distance). Interestingly, Russians deny the existence of the debris (well, the satellite), while the ISS crew has had to keep track of quite the messy debris field. ...
... its maximum preferred distance). Interestingly, Russians deny the existence of the debris (well, the satellite), while the ISS crew has had to keep track of quite the messy debris field. ...
Solar System from Web
... The Sun’s Lifecycle • The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years ago when a hydrogen molecular cloud collapsed. • It is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during this time, nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. • It will spend approx. 10 billion years as a ...
... The Sun’s Lifecycle • The Sun was formed about 4.57 billion years ago when a hydrogen molecular cloud collapsed. • It is about halfway through its main-sequence evolution, during this time, nuclear fusion reactions in its core fuse hydrogen into helium. • It will spend approx. 10 billion years as a ...
International Ultraviolet Explorer
The International Ultraviolet Explorer (IUE) was an astronomical observatory satellite primarily designed to take ultraviolet spectra. The satellite was a collaborative project between NASA, the UK Science Research Council and the European Space Agency (ESA). The mission was first proposed in early 1964, by a group of scientists in the United Kingdom, and was launched on January 26, 1978 aboard a NASA Delta rocket. The mission lifetime was initially set for 3 years, but in the end it lasted almost 18 years, with the satellite being shut down in 1996. The switch-off occurred for financial reasons, while the telescope was still functioning at near original efficiency.It was the first space observatory to be operated in real time by astronomers who visited the groundstations in the United States and Europe. Astronomers made over 104,000 observations using the IUE, of objects ranging from solar system bodies to distant quasars. Among the significant scientific results from IUE data were the first large scale studies of stellar winds, accurate measurements of the way interstellar dust absorbs light, and measurements of the supernova SN1987A which showed that it defied stellar evolution theories as they then stood. When the mission ended, it was considered the most successful astronomical satellite ever.