Hubble - STScI
... myriad of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, he launched a revolution that changed our view of an Earth-centered universe. The launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope aboard the space shuttle Discovery 15 years ago initiated another revolution in astronomy. For the first time, a large telescope that see ...
... myriad of stars in our Milky Way Galaxy, he launched a revolution that changed our view of an Earth-centered universe. The launch of NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope aboard the space shuttle Discovery 15 years ago initiated another revolution in astronomy. For the first time, a large telescope that see ...
Stars and Universe Test Review - Garnet Valley School District
... 22. _________________________ a graph that plots a star’s temperature (x axis) verses its brightness (y-axis) 23. _________________________ irregular shaped galaxies 24. _________________________ the distance from one wave crest to another 25. _________________________ the apparent change in positio ...
... 22. _________________________ a graph that plots a star’s temperature (x axis) verses its brightness (y-axis) 23. _________________________ irregular shaped galaxies 24. _________________________ the distance from one wave crest to another 25. _________________________ the apparent change in positio ...
Debris Belts around Vega - Astronomical Society of the Pacific
... Figure is the glowing dust image after the contribution of the star has been taken out. Arrows point to the location of the belts. Colors represent intensity of light, from bright (red) to faint (blue).The inner belt is not resolved into a ring, but rather is detected as excess light at the star’s p ...
... Figure is the glowing dust image after the contribution of the star has been taken out. Arrows point to the location of the belts. Colors represent intensity of light, from bright (red) to faint (blue).The inner belt is not resolved into a ring, but rather is detected as excess light at the star’s p ...
NASA`s Kepler Space Telescope Discovers Five Exoplanets
... mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., was responsible for developing the Kepler flight system. Ball and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Spac ...
... mission operations and science data analysis. NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., managed the Kepler mission development. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. of Boulder, Colo., was responsible for developing the Kepler flight system. Ball and the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Spac ...
Slide Pack Best Scope?
... If we kept on driving another 35,000,000 miles at the same rate it would take 67 years to reach Mars at it’s nearest..... ...
... If we kept on driving another 35,000,000 miles at the same rate it would take 67 years to reach Mars at it’s nearest..... ...
170 Years of observational astronomy in Greece: telescopes and
... Professor Georgios Vouris, using the Sinas donation, ordered in Austria and installed the first instruments in the new building. The new instruments were: – The 6.2” (158mm, f/15) refractor Ploessl. It was the main observing instrument during the first period (1845-1902) of the Observatory of Athens ...
... Professor Georgios Vouris, using the Sinas donation, ordered in Austria and installed the first instruments in the new building. The new instruments were: – The 6.2” (158mm, f/15) refractor Ploessl. It was the main observing instrument during the first period (1845-1902) of the Observatory of Athens ...
Chapter06_New
... Although there are many ways to illustrate the Doppler effect, including Figure 6.6, my favorite is a batteryoperated whistle on the end of a piece of string. You can use it anywhere, even outside, and can put it in your pocket. You can also whirl it slowly enough that the students can clearly tell ...
... Although there are many ways to illustrate the Doppler effect, including Figure 6.6, my favorite is a batteryoperated whistle on the end of a piece of string. You can use it anywhere, even outside, and can put it in your pocket. You can also whirl it slowly enough that the students can clearly tell ...
Powerpoint file
... Now estimate number of planets with life in our Galaxy (not number with intelligent, communicating life) If we leave out fi and fc (i.e. assume they are unity—all life forms develop our kind of intelligence and technology and try to communicate), we are calculating the number of life-bearing planet ...
... Now estimate number of planets with life in our Galaxy (not number with intelligent, communicating life) If we leave out fi and fc (i.e. assume they are unity—all life forms develop our kind of intelligence and technology and try to communicate), we are calculating the number of life-bearing planet ...
AIM: HOW DO STARS FORM?
... 2. What is a spinning ball of gas & dust that is drawn together by gravity called? 3. Which planet is presently furthest from the sun? 4. The sun & all the objects that orbit the sun is ...
... 2. What is a spinning ball of gas & dust that is drawn together by gravity called? 3. Which planet is presently furthest from the sun? 4. The sun & all the objects that orbit the sun is ...
The ADAHELI (ADvanced Astronomy for HELIophysics) solar mission
... in points 5-7 should be possible with DIMMI2h and NPA experiments. EIRS science partially overlaps points 1-3. The ISODY payload may provide the first high spectral resolution long period (4 hours with a goal of 24 hours) dataset of solar images in a couple of lines, the first one in the photosphere ...
... in points 5-7 should be possible with DIMMI2h and NPA experiments. EIRS science partially overlaps points 1-3. The ISODY payload may provide the first high spectral resolution long period (4 hours with a goal of 24 hours) dataset of solar images in a couple of lines, the first one in the photosphere ...
Light-gathering power
... 17. Radio telescopes are often connected together to do interferometry. What is the primary problem overcome by radio ...
... 17. Radio telescopes are often connected together to do interferometry. What is the primary problem overcome by radio ...
The Milky Way
... 17. Radio telescopes are often connected together to do interferometry. What is the primary problem overcome by radio ...
... 17. Radio telescopes are often connected together to do interferometry. What is the primary problem overcome by radio ...
Stars - Red, Blue, Old, New pt.3
... core, there is a zone of H to He fusion surrounding the core • When the core is all C, further changes occur and C to O fusion starts (with zones of He to C and H to He surrounding) • Stars get an “onion” structure ...
... core, there is a zone of H to He fusion surrounding the core • When the core is all C, further changes occur and C to O fusion starts (with zones of He to C and H to He surrounding) • Stars get an “onion” structure ...
Space - WG Murdoch School
... various types of radiation, such as cosmic rays, and charged particles emitted from the sun (solar wind). you could be hit by small particles of dust or rock that move at high speeds (micrometeoroids) or orbiting debris from satellites or spacecraft. ...
... various types of radiation, such as cosmic rays, and charged particles emitted from the sun (solar wind). you could be hit by small particles of dust or rock that move at high speeds (micrometeoroids) or orbiting debris from satellites or spacecraft. ...
The Birth of Stars
... The cloud spins faster and faster, until it can’t support itself, and flattens out partly into a disk ...
... The cloud spins faster and faster, until it can’t support itself, and flattens out partly into a disk ...
–1– AST104 Sp04: WELCOME TO EXAM 1 Multiple Choice
... a. at new moon and first quarter moon b. at first quarter and third quarter moon c. during a solar eclipse d. at new moon and full moon e.* c and d True or False: 40. X-ray telescopes can be effective from the ground, but only far away from the light pollution of big cities. (F) 41. If there were a ...
... a. at new moon and first quarter moon b. at first quarter and third quarter moon c. during a solar eclipse d. at new moon and full moon e.* c and d True or False: 40. X-ray telescopes can be effective from the ground, but only far away from the light pollution of big cities. (F) 41. If there were a ...
Molecular Line Surveys of Cygnus X: The 13CO and C18O View
... The Cygnus X region at less than 2 kpc from the Sun harbors one of the richest giant molecular cloud and high mass star forming complexes in the Milky Way. Here, we present high spectral resolution imaging of the Cygnus X complex in the 13CO and C18O 1–0 transitions. The data have been taken with th ...
... The Cygnus X region at less than 2 kpc from the Sun harbors one of the richest giant molecular cloud and high mass star forming complexes in the Milky Way. Here, we present high spectral resolution imaging of the Cygnus X complex in the 13CO and C18O 1–0 transitions. The data have been taken with th ...
STAR SYTEMS AND GALAXIES
... because it is hidden by stars and gases. It is 25,000 light years away. • Elliptical galaxies look like flattened balls. They contain little dust and no new stars can form. Old stars only. • Irregular galaxies have no shape. The Large Magellanic Cloud is irregular and close to us (160,000 light year ...
... because it is hidden by stars and gases. It is 25,000 light years away. • Elliptical galaxies look like flattened balls. They contain little dust and no new stars can form. Old stars only. • Irregular galaxies have no shape. The Large Magellanic Cloud is irregular and close to us (160,000 light year ...
Telescopes - Murrieta Valley Unified
... magnify images. All optical telescopes work by gathering light to a point. Those that use a lens to bend light to a center point are called refracting telescopes. Those that use a curved mirror to reflect light to a center point are called reflecting telescopes. Refracting telescopes have three basi ...
... magnify images. All optical telescopes work by gathering light to a point. Those that use a lens to bend light to a center point are called refracting telescopes. Those that use a curved mirror to reflect light to a center point are called reflecting telescopes. Refracting telescopes have three basi ...
Bushnell North Star 127mm Maksutov Cassegrain review
... So there you have it. The Bushnell is a bargain space scope, with very good optics (the scope resolves what I regard as a deep space object, such as Trapezium, with very good clarity – one can view M27, the Dumbbell Nebula, but its light gathering abilities are not as good as larger scopes, so you w ...
... So there you have it. The Bushnell is a bargain space scope, with very good optics (the scope resolves what I regard as a deep space object, such as Trapezium, with very good clarity – one can view M27, the Dumbbell Nebula, but its light gathering abilities are not as good as larger scopes, so you w ...
Galileo Galilei From The Starry Messenger (1610) and The Assayer
... prominences, deep valleys, and chasms. Again, it seems to me a matter of no small importance to have ended the dispute about the Milky Way by making its nature manifest to the very senses as well as to the intellect. Similarly it will be a pleasant and elegant thing to demonstrate that the nature of ...
... prominences, deep valleys, and chasms. Again, it seems to me a matter of no small importance to have ended the dispute about the Milky Way by making its nature manifest to the very senses as well as to the intellect. Similarly it will be a pleasant and elegant thing to demonstrate that the nature of ...
157a_midterm_2016
... details. Plot the relative intensity that we would observe as a function of time (i.e. as a function of the planet position in its orbit) at a wavelength of 16 microns. Can we detect the presence of the planet? Ignore the star light reflected from the planet. Hint: The total intensity is the sum of ...
... details. Plot the relative intensity that we would observe as a function of time (i.e. as a function of the planet position in its orbit) at a wavelength of 16 microns. Can we detect the presence of the planet? Ignore the star light reflected from the planet. Hint: The total intensity is the sum of ...
SeekingExoplanets - American Association of Physics Teachers
... http://www.astronomyforum.net/celestron-nexstar-telescope-forum/124907-making-piggyback-camera-mount-se4.html (image by “pushrod” believed to be in public domain) ...
... http://www.astronomyforum.net/celestron-nexstar-telescope-forum/124907-making-piggyback-camera-mount-se4.html (image by “pushrod” believed to be in public domain) ...
Hunting for Extrasolar Planets: Methods and Results
... A photometric method: Transits. This is the most active area of planet searching today because 1. It does not require a large telescope! 2. Chances of finding a planet-star system nearly edge-on is small, so need lots of observations; 3. Big payoff: you can learn about a stars diameter and mass, an ...
... A photometric method: Transits. This is the most active area of planet searching today because 1. It does not require a large telescope! 2. Chances of finding a planet-star system nearly edge-on is small, so need lots of observations; 3. Big payoff: you can learn about a stars diameter and mass, an ...
NIE10x301Sponsor Thank You (Page 1)
... (1738-1822) and other astronomers would turn larger and larger telescopes towards these catalogued “nebulosities” and discover many to have a generally circular, and often spiral-shaped, structure; they called these spiral nebulae, and presumed them objects within our own “island universe”. A famous ...
... (1738-1822) and other astronomers would turn larger and larger telescopes towards these catalogued “nebulosities” and discover many to have a generally circular, and often spiral-shaped, structure; they called these spiral nebulae, and presumed them objects within our own “island universe”. A famous ...
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.