Full Program with Abstracts - CIERA
... planet is likely within 5pc. After four years of continuous observations, the Kepler prime mission ended in May 2013 with the loss of a second reaction wheel. Thanks to innovative engineering, the spacecraft gained a second lease on life and emerged as the ecliptic surveyor, K2. In many regards, K2 ...
... planet is likely within 5pc. After four years of continuous observations, the Kepler prime mission ended in May 2013 with the loss of a second reaction wheel. Thanks to innovative engineering, the spacecraft gained a second lease on life and emerged as the ecliptic surveyor, K2. In many regards, K2 ...
Constellation Paper - Matt Hape`s Portfolio
... elliptical galaxies, along with a few spiral galaxies. It is 3.6 billion light years away making it difficult to observe (Constellation Guide.) Another deep sky object that was particularly interesting to me is a white dwarf star known as Van Maanen’s star. This star is unique because it is the thir ...
... elliptical galaxies, along with a few spiral galaxies. It is 3.6 billion light years away making it difficult to observe (Constellation Guide.) Another deep sky object that was particularly interesting to me is a white dwarf star known as Van Maanen’s star. This star is unique because it is the thir ...
Optical Specifications (Tech Report #35)
... where is the rms deviation from the mean wavefront. We want to specify the small scale (1 cm) surface roughness so that no more than 3% of the light is scattered outside ...
... where is the rms deviation from the mean wavefront. We want to specify the small scale (1 cm) surface roughness so that no more than 3% of the light is scattered outside ...
Project T-REX: Italian technologies for E
... excursus and a technological excursus, which started with software development and has evolved into participation to project and realization of spectrographs for both ground based and space telescopes. Her participation to such activities have evolved from simple participant, to roles of increasing ...
... excursus and a technological excursus, which started with software development and has evolved into participation to project and realization of spectrographs for both ground based and space telescopes. Her participation to such activities have evolved from simple participant, to roles of increasing ...
Multiplicity in Early Stellar Evolution
... work has continued on initially turbulent, massive clouds, with an eye toward determining cluster properties such as the initial mass function (e.g., Clark et al., 2008; Offner et al., 2009) and the number of brown dwarfs formed (e.g., Bonnell et al., 2008; Bate, 2009a,b; Attwood et al., 2009). 3D ...
... work has continued on initially turbulent, massive clouds, with an eye toward determining cluster properties such as the initial mass function (e.g., Clark et al., 2008; Offner et al., 2009) and the number of brown dwarfs formed (e.g., Bonnell et al., 2008; Bate, 2009a,b; Attwood et al., 2009). 3D ...
A Teacher`s Guide to the Universe
... and events, ask questions, construct explanations, test those explanations against current scientific knowledge, and communicate their ideas to others. They identify their assumptions, use critical and logical thinking, and consider alternative explanations. In this way, students actively develop th ...
... and events, ask questions, construct explanations, test those explanations against current scientific knowledge, and communicate their ideas to others. They identify their assumptions, use critical and logical thinking, and consider alternative explanations. In this way, students actively develop th ...
Observations, Modeling and Theory of Debris Disks
... (Eiroa et al. 2013). The DEBRIS survey, with flux-limited observations of 446 A through M nearby stars (Matthews et al. 2013b) has a median sensitivity of fd of just 2 × 10−5 but a faintest detected disk of 7 × 10−7 , approaching the level of the EKB. Based on Figures 2 and 3, increased sensitivity ...
... (Eiroa et al. 2013). The DEBRIS survey, with flux-limited observations of 446 A through M nearby stars (Matthews et al. 2013b) has a median sensitivity of fd of just 2 × 10−5 but a faintest detected disk of 7 × 10−7 , approaching the level of the EKB. Based on Figures 2 and 3, increased sensitivity ...
Observations, Modeling and Theory of Debris Disks
... (Eiroa et al. 2013). The DEBRIS survey, with flux-limited observations of 446 A through M nearby stars (Matthews et al. 2013b) has a median sensitivity of fd of just 2 × 10−5 but a faintest detected disk of 7 × 10−7 , approaching the level of the EKB. Based on Figures 2 and 3, increased sensitivity ...
... (Eiroa et al. 2013). The DEBRIS survey, with flux-limited observations of 446 A through M nearby stars (Matthews et al. 2013b) has a median sensitivity of fd of just 2 × 10−5 but a faintest detected disk of 7 × 10−7 , approaching the level of the EKB. Based on Figures 2 and 3, increased sensitivity ...
TheSkyX - Physics!
... document are furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. They may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement (www.bisque.com/eula). It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license or nondisclosure ag ...
... document are furnished under a license agreement or nondisclosure agreement. They may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the agreement (www.bisque.com/eula). It is against the law to copy the software on any medium except as specifically allowed in the license or nondisclosure ag ...
1997 Apparition of Comet Hale-Bopp - HIGP
... grow larger than others, becoming planetesimals, and these begin to sweep up all the other debris along their orbits about the central protostar. As the planetesimals get larger, the velocities get higher and the collisions get more violent, (4). In the vicinity of the giant planets, some of the vol ...
... grow larger than others, becoming planetesimals, and these begin to sweep up all the other debris along their orbits about the central protostar. As the planetesimals get larger, the velocities get higher and the collisions get more violent, (4). In the vicinity of the giant planets, some of the vol ...
Brightest Stars : Discovering the Universe Through the Sky`s Most
... the blue-white star Rigel, which the book had talked about, glittered through the trees and truly pierced my heart with its beauty and wonder. Only I didn’t know initially that it was Rigel. It was so splendid I thought it must be Sirius, the blue-white brightest-of-all star that the book had also t ...
... the blue-white star Rigel, which the book had talked about, glittered through the trees and truly pierced my heart with its beauty and wonder. Only I didn’t know initially that it was Rigel. It was so splendid I thought it must be Sirius, the blue-white brightest-of-all star that the book had also t ...
Analysis of Angular Momentum in Planetary Systems and Host Stars
... systems’ angular momenta, including both the planetary orbital and stellar spin components, are widely spread above and below the primary power law, but on average agree well with the primary relationship. The results indicate that the primary power law describes angular momenta of stars of <2 solar ...
... systems’ angular momenta, including both the planetary orbital and stellar spin components, are widely spread above and below the primary power law, but on average agree well with the primary relationship. The results indicate that the primary power law describes angular momenta of stars of <2 solar ...
Preliminary Design Manual - Caltech Optical Observatories
... NGAO versus Keck Upgrade Trade Study .......................................................................... 95 ...
... NGAO versus Keck Upgrade Trade Study .......................................................................... 95 ...
The Milky Way - The Independent School
... Several million, up to more than a billion solar masses! Supermassive ...
... Several million, up to more than a billion solar masses! Supermassive ...
The Norma cluster (ACO3627) – II. The near-infrared Ks
... tages. While star-forming regions are bright at optical wavelengths, making optical observations particularly sensitive to galaxies where star formation is taking place, the NIR is much less affected by short bursts of star formation and therefore a better indicator of galaxy mass (Andreon & Pelló ...
... tages. While star-forming regions are bright at optical wavelengths, making optical observations particularly sensitive to galaxies where star formation is taking place, the NIR is much less affected by short bursts of star formation and therefore a better indicator of galaxy mass (Andreon & Pelló ...
Untitled - narrowbandimaging.com
... Ritchey-Chretien telescope, for the purpose of executing the aforementioned scheme or artifice to defraud, Meade transmitted by wire on its interactive website, located at www.meade.com, writings, signs, signals and pictures falsely describing the Meade RCX400 series and the LX200R as “RitcheyChreti ...
... Ritchey-Chretien telescope, for the purpose of executing the aforementioned scheme or artifice to defraud, Meade transmitted by wire on its interactive website, located at www.meade.com, writings, signs, signals and pictures falsely describing the Meade RCX400 series and the LX200R as “RitcheyChreti ...
optimizing the performance of as-manufactured grazing incidence x
... telescopes have only been conceived and designed for a little over fifty (50) years. The Wolter Type I design is particularly well suited for stellar astronomical telescopes (very small field-ofview). The first orbiting X-ray observatory, HEAO-1 was launched in 1977, a mere twenty-eight (28) years a ...
... telescopes have only been conceived and designed for a little over fifty (50) years. The Wolter Type I design is particularly well suited for stellar astronomical telescopes (very small field-ofview). The first orbiting X-ray observatory, HEAO-1 was launched in 1977, a mere twenty-eight (28) years a ...
Critical-Angle Transmission Gratings for High Resolution, Large Area Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy
... ΔE) and resolving power (large R = λ/Δλ). The x-ray band of interest for these science objectives extends over more than two orders of magnitude in energy. High quality spectroscopy over such a large band cannot be obtained with a single instrument. For example, imaging spectroscopy with a spectral ...
... ΔE) and resolving power (large R = λ/Δλ). The x-ray band of interest for these science objectives extends over more than two orders of magnitude in energy. High quality spectroscopy over such a large band cannot be obtained with a single instrument. For example, imaging spectroscopy with a spectral ...
galileo and the discovery of the phases of venus
... of his period of observation, Galileo had seen Venus showing the circular phase. He needed to see it assuming the crescent phase. When, towards the end of December, he satisfied himself that indeed Venus had started assuming the crescent phase, he broke his silence and wrote his letters to Clavius a ...
... of his period of observation, Galileo had seen Venus showing the circular phase. He needed to see it assuming the crescent phase. When, towards the end of December, he satisfied himself that indeed Venus had started assuming the crescent phase, he broke his silence and wrote his letters to Clavius a ...
– 1 – 1. Galaxy Observations 1.1.
... rate affecting the UV continuum, and the calibration for UV stellar photospheric features or UV ISM absorption to metallicity is not well understood at present (see Erb 2010 for details). So the best approach is to move into the near-IR, where the normal optical low redshift techniques and calibrati ...
... rate affecting the UV continuum, and the calibration for UV stellar photospheric features or UV ISM absorption to metallicity is not well understood at present (see Erb 2010 for details). So the best approach is to move into the near-IR, where the normal optical low redshift techniques and calibrati ...
7. Non-adaptive wavefront control
... the complexity of the problem it is necessary to derive the best solution from an optimization procedure. The coupling between different control systems (optical and dynamical) should be understood and studied in detail. The separation and decoupling of some subsystems can be deduced from the time-s ...
... the complexity of the problem it is necessary to derive the best solution from an optimization procedure. The coupling between different control systems (optical and dynamical) should be understood and studied in detail. The separation and decoupling of some subsystems can be deduced from the time-s ...
Word doc - Infinity Internet
... Annett, C.H. Classification and Elucidation of Meteor Acoustics. Irish Astronomical Journal 14:7-8 (Sept.-Dec. 1980) 199-211. Ansari, S.M.R. The early development of Western astronomy in India. Vistas in Astronomy 20:1 (1976) 195. Ansari, S.M. Razaullah. The observatories movement in India during th ...
... Annett, C.H. Classification and Elucidation of Meteor Acoustics. Irish Astronomical Journal 14:7-8 (Sept.-Dec. 1980) 199-211. Ansari, S.M.R. The early development of Western astronomy in India. Vistas in Astronomy 20:1 (1976) 195. Ansari, S.M. Razaullah. The observatories movement in India during th ...
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
... Teachers continue to look for ways to make math meaningful by providing students with problems and examples demonstrating its applications in everyday life. Space Math offers math applications through one of the strongest motivators-Space. Technology makes it possible for students to experience the ...
... Teachers continue to look for ways to make math meaningful by providing students with problems and examples demonstrating its applications in everyday life. Space Math offers math applications through one of the strongest motivators-Space. Technology makes it possible for students to experience the ...
Introduction_to_pulsar_astronomy
... Radio emission from the Crab nebula was first detected by Bolton, Stanley and Slee (1949). It is one of the most powerful radio sources known, with a flux of 1000 Jy at 1 GHz. Apart from M1, it is also known as Taurus A, 3C144 and G184.6-5.8. The Crab nebula was the first known extra-solar X-ray sou ...
... Radio emission from the Crab nebula was first detected by Bolton, Stanley and Slee (1949). It is one of the most powerful radio sources known, with a flux of 1000 Jy at 1 GHz. Apart from M1, it is also known as Taurus A, 3C144 and G184.6-5.8. The Crab nebula was the first known extra-solar X-ray sou ...
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.