Mopra
... Current role, strengths and scientific highlights Mopra has had a particular role to play in the training of students in the skills of mm astronomy and in the hands-on operation of telescopes. This role will continue, but with the maturing of the facility its scientific program will now provide the ...
... Current role, strengths and scientific highlights Mopra has had a particular role to play in the training of students in the skills of mm astronomy and in the hands-on operation of telescopes. This role will continue, but with the maturing of the facility its scientific program will now provide the ...
Key Stage 2: Teacher`s Pack
... 11. Can you think how scientists can use this to find alien planets? By observing a star and recording its light for a long time, scientists can look for dips. If there are regular dips, it may mean there is a planet going around that star. ...
... 11. Can you think how scientists can use this to find alien planets? By observing a star and recording its light for a long time, scientists can look for dips. If there are regular dips, it may mean there is a planet going around that star. ...
2016/2017 steam project grade 6 due date: november 10.2016
... CHOOSE ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING TWO PROJECT TASKS. ...
... CHOOSE ONE FROM THE FOLLOWING TWO PROJECT TASKS. ...
Microscopy - Steilacoom High School
... • Man of many hats • Associated with telescope – Perfected telescope lenses – Smoother, more polished – Stronger magnification power – Turned it towards skies to study the planets, stars and sun ...
... • Man of many hats • Associated with telescope – Perfected telescope lenses – Smoother, more polished – Stronger magnification power – Turned it towards skies to study the planets, stars and sun ...
Astronomy Tour
... Comets are “dirty snowballs” composed of frozen water and dust. As they approach the Sun they melt and leave a stream of water vapor and dust that is a “tail” Scientists believe that these originate from a large region filled with comet cores called the Oort ...
... Comets are “dirty snowballs” composed of frozen water and dust. As they approach the Sun they melt and leave a stream of water vapor and dust that is a “tail” Scientists believe that these originate from a large region filled with comet cores called the Oort ...
Summary of week 1:
... Galaxies (The Milky Way) A large (typically 5000-200,000 ly) gravitationally-bound system of hundreds of millions (or up to a trillion) of stars. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across and has over 100 billion stars. Clusters of Galaxies (The Local Group) Superclusters of galaxies (The Vi ...
... Galaxies (The Milky Way) A large (typically 5000-200,000 ly) gravitationally-bound system of hundreds of millions (or up to a trillion) of stars. The Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across and has over 100 billion stars. Clusters of Galaxies (The Local Group) Superclusters of galaxies (The Vi ...
Astronomy Invention and Exploration Timeline
... the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. 1994: An asteroid passes earth at only 160 000km (100,000 miles). Hubble Space Telescope finds evidence for a black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy. ...
... the SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) program. 1994: An asteroid passes earth at only 160 000km (100,000 miles). Hubble Space Telescope finds evidence for a black hole at the centre of the M87 galaxy. ...
PHY299B Poster-Justin Hudson-v2
... • Using the UMD Observatory 6 and 7inch telescopes, with CCD cameras to gather images we must first cool the CCD cameras for at least 2 hours. • Following cooling, taking flat images of the sky slowly getting darker as day turns to night to help clean up our images that could be altered by dust or o ...
... • Using the UMD Observatory 6 and 7inch telescopes, with CCD cameras to gather images we must first cool the CCD cameras for at least 2 hours. • Following cooling, taking flat images of the sky slowly getting darker as day turns to night to help clean up our images that could be altered by dust or o ...
word document - FacStaff Home Page for CBU
... Since Newton formulated his laws of motion and gravitation, people have tried to explain the why of those astronomical motions in terms of more basic natural laws (like the law of gravity) assuming that the astronomical objects were composed of material like that of earth and obeyed the same natural ...
... Since Newton formulated his laws of motion and gravitation, people have tried to explain the why of those astronomical motions in terms of more basic natural laws (like the law of gravity) assuming that the astronomical objects were composed of material like that of earth and obeyed the same natural ...
Astronomy_Stars_n_Galaxies_PowerPoint
... • In the 1920’s, American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the light given off by a star or galaxy gets “stretched” if it is moving away from us. This causes the light being given off to have a longer wavelength and the object to appear redder than it really is. This is called the red shift. ...
... • In the 1920’s, American astronomer Edwin Hubble discovered that the light given off by a star or galaxy gets “stretched” if it is moving away from us. This causes the light being given off to have a longer wavelength and the object to appear redder than it really is. This is called the red shift. ...
The Telescope and the Microscope Lab
... Telescope Mtheo = 3.45 Mexp = 4 % Error % diff = 10.1 % ...
... Telescope Mtheo = 3.45 Mexp = 4 % Error % diff = 10.1 % ...
Telescopes—3 Feb
... Hubble Space Telescope (HST) • 2.4m diameter mirror • Ultraviolet/optical/infrared • Above (most of) Earth’s atmosphere • High angular resolution • Light not blocked in ultraviolet (or infrared) • Low earth orbit • 600 km (370 mile) altitude • 95 min orbits • Earth blocks view half of each orbit • ...
... Hubble Space Telescope (HST) • 2.4m diameter mirror • Ultraviolet/optical/infrared • Above (most of) Earth’s atmosphere • High angular resolution • Light not blocked in ultraviolet (or infrared) • Low earth orbit • 600 km (370 mile) altitude • 95 min orbits • Earth blocks view half of each orbit • ...
Corresponding Angles and Distances forvJarded expressly for
... orbit; but the stars, which have latterly been gradually approaching, have within the last two years closed up so rapidly as to be in the early part of the current year quite beyond the power of my instrument, the distance being estimated as not exceeding o"· 4, while only a rough guess could be mad ...
... orbit; but the stars, which have latterly been gradually approaching, have within the last two years closed up so rapidly as to be in the early part of the current year quite beyond the power of my instrument, the distance being estimated as not exceeding o"· 4, while only a rough guess could be mad ...
Globular Clusters and Planetary Nebula
... – Will move this session around depending on weather. – Start out in class explaining solar viewing safety. • Never point a telescope or binoculars at sun. • Explain that we are using special filter equipment to make it safe and that they don’t have this special equipment. ...
... – Will move this session around depending on weather. – Start out in class explaining solar viewing safety. • Never point a telescope or binoculars at sun. • Explain that we are using special filter equipment to make it safe and that they don’t have this special equipment. ...
Document
... Pre and Post Assessment Questions The following questions have been used as pre and post assessments of the above astronomy presentation. They have not been used in any specific order and can be modified to suite the needs of the instructor. ...
... Pre and Post Assessment Questions The following questions have been used as pre and post assessments of the above astronomy presentation. They have not been used in any specific order and can be modified to suite the needs of the instructor. ...
October 19
... I read about telescopes while I was writing a report on Galileo. He used a refracting telescope over 400 years ago. This type of telescope uses lenses to refract light and magnify the image, making it seem larger. ...
... I read about telescopes while I was writing a report on Galileo. He used a refracting telescope over 400 years ago. This type of telescope uses lenses to refract light and magnify the image, making it seem larger. ...
Organize Your Space PowerPoint.
... crashing into each other at high speeds and sending clouds of dust into space. The combined mass of all the asteroids would only be 1/1000 the mass of the earth and if all the asteroids were combined together their diameter would be only half the diameter of ...
... crashing into each other at high speeds and sending clouds of dust into space. The combined mass of all the asteroids would only be 1/1000 the mass of the earth and if all the asteroids were combined together their diameter would be only half the diameter of ...
Astronomy Assignment #5: Newton`s Universal Law of Gravitation
... If a planet orbiting a massive star has the same orbital period as a planet orbiting a low-mass star, which of the planets orbits at a greater distance from its star? Explain your answer. How can you predict the orbital period of Jupiter’s satellite Europa from observations of the other jovian moon ...
... If a planet orbiting a massive star has the same orbital period as a planet orbiting a low-mass star, which of the planets orbits at a greater distance from its star? Explain your answer. How can you predict the orbital period of Jupiter’s satellite Europa from observations of the other jovian moon ...
Astronomy Test Review
... What does the tail of a comet tell us about the direction the comet is moving? ...
... What does the tail of a comet tell us about the direction the comet is moving? ...
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.