Global Telescope Network - XMM-Newton
... members of the general public through 44 talks and workshops in 2003-2006 • Tom Estill has left the program, as he accepted a position in GSFC Education Department. He continues to do XMM-related workshops, but we are no longer paying him. • A new call for EAs will be issued in Fall 2007. ...
... members of the general public through 44 talks and workshops in 2003-2006 • Tom Estill has left the program, as he accepted a position in GSFC Education Department. He continues to do XMM-related workshops, but we are no longer paying him. • A new call for EAs will be issued in Fall 2007. ...
OUSNMAY06 - The George Abell Observatory
... CVn ds, (2.9,5.5) separation 19.6". Cor Coroli (Heart of Charles), A fine bluishwhite and white double star. NGC4151 (11.2) sg. Barred spiral with a bright nucleus. NGC4215 (10.5) ir. Located south and slightly west of NGC4244. NGC4244 (10.7) sg. Spiral galaxy seen edge-on appearing as a needle of ...
... CVn ds, (2.9,5.5) separation 19.6". Cor Coroli (Heart of Charles), A fine bluishwhite and white double star. NGC4151 (11.2) sg. Barred spiral with a bright nucleus. NGC4215 (10.5) ir. Located south and slightly west of NGC4244. NGC4244 (10.7) sg. Spiral galaxy seen edge-on appearing as a needle of ...
Witnesses to Local Cosmic History - Max-Planck
... shed the 100-kilogram landing probe Philae, which will softly land on the comet’s nucleus, which measures only a few kilometers across. This will be the first time it will be possible to thoroughly investigate a comet in situ. There is still some time to go until then, but for Hermann Böhnhardt and ...
... shed the 100-kilogram landing probe Philae, which will softly land on the comet’s nucleus, which measures only a few kilometers across. This will be the first time it will be possible to thoroughly investigate a comet in situ. There is still some time to go until then, but for Hermann Böhnhardt and ...
Optical instruments
... Calculate the resolving power of this instrument when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. 6. A certain Cassegrain reflector with a main mirror of focal length 6 m is used to view a planet such that the final image formed by the mirrors is at the pole of the concave mirror. It is viewed there by mean ...
... Calculate the resolving power of this instrument when light of wavelength 600 nm is used. 6. A certain Cassegrain reflector with a main mirror of focal length 6 m is used to view a planet such that the final image formed by the mirrors is at the pole of the concave mirror. It is viewed there by mean ...
Phobos
... Mercury: pulls out to its greatest western elongation of 27.7o from the Sun (about the maximum ever possible) on the 22nd. This makes for a superb apparition for observers at midsouthern latitudes, but in our location, the +0.1 magnitude planet climbs just 5o high about 30 minutes before sunrise and ...
... Mercury: pulls out to its greatest western elongation of 27.7o from the Sun (about the maximum ever possible) on the 22nd. This makes for a superb apparition for observers at midsouthern latitudes, but in our location, the +0.1 magnitude planet climbs just 5o high about 30 minutes before sunrise and ...
What does the universe look like? - Harvard
... Over billions of years, wind and water have eroded almost all of Earth's craters. But a few are still visible. A tough one: If the Moon craters are from impacts, then why are there mountains in the centers of some of the craters? See Exploration 3, student projects, and compare with Harold Edgerton ...
... Over billions of years, wind and water have eroded almost all of Earth's craters. But a few are still visible. A tough one: If the Moon craters are from impacts, then why are there mountains in the centers of some of the craters? See Exploration 3, student projects, and compare with Harold Edgerton ...
Document
... Their surface temperatures are similar to those of main sequence stars of the same mass, but they are significantly more luminous because their radii are larger. Their central temperatures are too low for hydrogen fusion. Instead, they are powered by gravitational energy released when the stars cont ...
... Their surface temperatures are similar to those of main sequence stars of the same mass, but they are significantly more luminous because their radii are larger. Their central temperatures are too low for hydrogen fusion. Instead, they are powered by gravitational energy released when the stars cont ...
Sky-Watcher Telescope - C
... Canada, Bresser microscope, Germany. We are adding many more scientific products to our wide range of products. Now we are focusing on scientific and sports products like, Telescope, Binoculars, Spotting scopes, digital microscopes and optical laboratory equipments. Due to our dedicated & hardworkin ...
... Canada, Bresser microscope, Germany. We are adding many more scientific products to our wide range of products. Now we are focusing on scientific and sports products like, Telescope, Binoculars, Spotting scopes, digital microscopes and optical laboratory equipments. Due to our dedicated & hardworkin ...
telescopes - NPZ Optics
... the mounts on a pier or tripod. Different models of telescopes are provided with different mounts. The mount MT-1 has manual slowmotion controls on both axes and is used with TAL-1 telescope. For the first sight-in on, the object, loosen the telescope s Dec. and R.A. locks (1) and move the telesco ...
... the mounts on a pier or tripod. Different models of telescopes are provided with different mounts. The mount MT-1 has manual slowmotion controls on both axes and is used with TAL-1 telescope. For the first sight-in on, the object, loosen the telescope s Dec. and R.A. locks (1) and move the telesco ...
0506 - Astronomy
... body in the solar system that is more massive than the total mass of all of the other bodies in a similar orbit. Proxy is µ= M(planet)/M(objects) ...
... body in the solar system that is more massive than the total mass of all of the other bodies in a similar orbit. Proxy is µ= M(planet)/M(objects) ...
Bringing E.T. into Your Classroom The Search for
... The Earth is a pinhead about 15 meters away and Jupiter is a marble 80 meters away and The nearest star to our solar system is on the East coast………….so You are trying to find a pinhead on a grapefruit about 2500 miles away plus the star is a billion times brighter than its planets ...
... The Earth is a pinhead about 15 meters away and Jupiter is a marble 80 meters away and The nearest star to our solar system is on the East coast………….so You are trying to find a pinhead on a grapefruit about 2500 miles away plus the star is a billion times brighter than its planets ...
Purpose Contents 1. Activity 1
... sometimes weeks at a time during their "observing run". They stay in the Transient Quarters, which is set up like a mini-hotel located a short walking distance from the Harlan J. Smith and Struve telescope domes. But the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), due to its unique design and scheduling system, r ...
... sometimes weeks at a time during their "observing run". They stay in the Transient Quarters, which is set up like a mini-hotel located a short walking distance from the Harlan J. Smith and Struve telescope domes. But the Hobby-Eberly Telescope (HET), due to its unique design and scheduling system, r ...
Disks around new stars and planet formation
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
Accretion Disks around Stars and the Process of Planet Formation
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
Powerpoint presentation, Created by Debra Shepherd, NRAO, 2002
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
... Terrestrial Planet Finder (TPF) – Will be designed to image planetary systems & debris disks. TPF will be either a coronagraph, a large-baseline interferometer operating in the infrared, or perhaps a combination of the two architectures. Final selection of a TPF architecture will occur in 2006. ...
Phobos
... and any associated planets. However, without identification and characterization of the foreground star, little can be said about the accompanying planet. The newly discovered host star, catalogued as OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/ MOA-2003-BLG53L, has a planetary companion that was discovered in 2003 through ...
... and any associated planets. However, without identification and characterization of the foreground star, little can be said about the accompanying planet. The newly discovered host star, catalogued as OGLE-2003-BLG-235L/ MOA-2003-BLG53L, has a planetary companion that was discovered in 2003 through ...
December
... a piece of metal back-and-forth causes it to heat up internally. When a path to the surface opens up, that internal heat escapes through quiescent lava flows and catastrophic volcanic eruptions! The hottest spots on Io's surface reach 1,200 °C (2,000 °F); compared to the average surface temperature ...
... a piece of metal back-and-forth causes it to heat up internally. When a path to the surface opens up, that internal heat escapes through quiescent lava flows and catastrophic volcanic eruptions! The hottest spots on Io's surface reach 1,200 °C (2,000 °F); compared to the average surface temperature ...
675 x 4.5” Reflector Telescope
... satisfying objects in the sky to see simply because it looks like it does in pictures. Imagine seeing what you've seen in textbooks or NASA images from your backyard! Jupiter--the largest planet in our solar system is spectacular. Most noted features are its dark stripes or bands both above and belo ...
... satisfying objects in the sky to see simply because it looks like it does in pictures. Imagine seeing what you've seen in textbooks or NASA images from your backyard! Jupiter--the largest planet in our solar system is spectacular. Most noted features are its dark stripes or bands both above and belo ...
Spokane Public Library The Spokane Astronomical
... the seasonal sky charts in the National Audubon Society Constellations Pocket Guide (starting on pg 34). Find your season and a clear direction and match the stars with the chart. After locating a constellation that is high in the sky, turn to pg 74 and thumb through the alphabetical list of constel ...
... the seasonal sky charts in the National Audubon Society Constellations Pocket Guide (starting on pg 34). Find your season and a clear direction and match the stars with the chart. After locating a constellation that is high in the sky, turn to pg 74 and thumb through the alphabetical list of constel ...
Exoplanets. I
... Planets do not orbit the Sun - they both orbit the center of mass. The radius of the orbit is inversely proportional to the mass The radius of the Sun’s orbit with respect to the Earth is 1/300,000 AU, or 500 km R 1 M1 = R 2 M 2 ...
... Planets do not orbit the Sun - they both orbit the center of mass. The radius of the orbit is inversely proportional to the mass The radius of the Sun’s orbit with respect to the Earth is 1/300,000 AU, or 500 km R 1 M1 = R 2 M 2 ...
CML_DPS_PressBriefing_10Oct2006
... asteroid. The amount of mass responsible for the observed emission is the equivalent of a ...
... asteroid. The amount of mass responsible for the observed emission is the equivalent of a ...
Chapter 9 Our Solar System Lesson Preview LESSON 1 They`re on
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are called the outer planets. They are cold and dark because they are far from the Sun. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are large. They are made of gases and have many moons. Each of these four planets also has a system of rings. Pluto is small and is ...
... Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto are called the outer planets. They are cold and dark because they are far from the Sun. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are large. They are made of gases and have many moons. Each of these four planets also has a system of rings. Pluto is small and is ...
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... Andromeda, and determined their distance. Andromeda contains a spiral-shaped galaxy that, at a distance of 2.2 million light-years, is the farthest object visible to the naked eye. He calculated that Andromeda must be at least 10 times farther away than the farthest stars in the Milky Way. The Andro ...
... Andromeda, and determined their distance. Andromeda contains a spiral-shaped galaxy that, at a distance of 2.2 million light-years, is the farthest object visible to the naked eye. He calculated that Andromeda must be at least 10 times farther away than the farthest stars in the Milky Way. The Andro ...
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.