GEARS Workshop Monday - Georgia Southern University
... of helium fusion. However, a big surprise was the presence of magnesium in similar quantities. This result may provide a key to the unique composition of H1504+65 and validate theoretical predictions that, if massive enough, some stars can extend their lives by tapping yet another energy source: the ...
... of helium fusion. However, a big surprise was the presence of magnesium in similar quantities. This result may provide a key to the unique composition of H1504+65 and validate theoretical predictions that, if massive enough, some stars can extend their lives by tapping yet another energy source: the ...
distances_in_space
... star is 4.1 x 1013 km • Because these numbers get so large, astronomers have come up with another way to measure distance, the light year ▫ The distance that light travels in one year is equal to one light year ▫ Light travels at a speed of 3 x 105km in 1 second ▫ In one year, it travels 9.46 x 1012 ...
... star is 4.1 x 1013 km • Because these numbers get so large, astronomers have come up with another way to measure distance, the light year ▫ The distance that light travels in one year is equal to one light year ▫ Light travels at a speed of 3 x 105km in 1 second ▫ In one year, it travels 9.46 x 1012 ...
Recurring Cost ROM
... Spitzer IRAC. 1 yr of PICO should be more sensitive than 1 month of Spitzer. Much more sensitive than WISE or ASTRO-F since those are survey missions. Might be able to recover some WISE science if WISE is cancelled. This will be JWST precursor science. Each exposure will have 64x the area of Spitzer ...
... Spitzer IRAC. 1 yr of PICO should be more sensitive than 1 month of Spitzer. Much more sensitive than WISE or ASTRO-F since those are survey missions. Might be able to recover some WISE science if WISE is cancelled. This will be JWST precursor science. Each exposure will have 64x the area of Spitzer ...
New Stars, New Planets?
... solar system; the new planets under consideration are 500,000 times more distant than Pluto. Astronomers look for small, regular variations in the Doppler shifts of light emitted by stars. Such changes indicate a back and forth "wobbling" of the star's motion, perhaps due to gravity effects from an ...
... solar system; the new planets under consideration are 500,000 times more distant than Pluto. Astronomers look for small, regular variations in the Doppler shifts of light emitted by stars. Such changes indicate a back and forth "wobbling" of the star's motion, perhaps due to gravity effects from an ...
Introduction and first data set
... the winds cool, these heavy elements condense out as tiny grains of graphite and silicates. As these dust grains float around in space, starlight heats them up to around 100K, and they emit copious mid-IR radiation. But not in the fuzzballs. Dust can be destroyed either by shockwaves, or by prolonge ...
... the winds cool, these heavy elements condense out as tiny grains of graphite and silicates. As these dust grains float around in space, starlight heats them up to around 100K, and they emit copious mid-IR radiation. But not in the fuzzballs. Dust can be destroyed either by shockwaves, or by prolonge ...
Superwind - The University of Sydney
... Astronomers at The University of Manchester believe they have found the answer to the mystery of a powerful ‘superwind’ which causes the death of stars. Writing in Nature, the team of researchers, lead by Barnaby Norris from the University of Sydney in Australia, used new techniques which allowed th ...
... Astronomers at The University of Manchester believe they have found the answer to the mystery of a powerful ‘superwind’ which causes the death of stars. Writing in Nature, the team of researchers, lead by Barnaby Norris from the University of Sydney in Australia, used new techniques which allowed th ...
Telescopes allow us to study space from Earth.
... mission usually provides data from several bodies in space. Orbiters, landers, and probes gather data from one planet or body. ...
... mission usually provides data from several bodies in space. Orbiters, landers, and probes gather data from one planet or body. ...
Space Unit - Questions and Answers
... known as the inner planets and are composed mainly of rocky material and metals. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are also known as the Gas Giants. Their atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen and helium. They have soupy surfaces and gets denser as you sink to the middle ...
... known as the inner planets and are composed mainly of rocky material and metals. The outer planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune and are also known as the Gas Giants. Their atmosphere consists mainly of hydrogen and helium. They have soupy surfaces and gets denser as you sink to the middle ...
How Big Is A Light Year?
... and kilometers are awkward to measure these distances, therefore a unit known as the light year is used. A light year is defined as the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light moves extremely fast, 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles/second. In one second light can travel around Earth almost ...
... and kilometers are awkward to measure these distances, therefore a unit known as the light year is used. A light year is defined as the distance that light travels in one Earth year. Light moves extremely fast, 300,000 km/s or 186,000 miles/second. In one second light can travel around Earth almost ...
A Telescope Made of Moondust SCAS Star-B
... A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. One as big as the largest telescope on Earth—10.4 meters across—would see far more than any Ear ...
... A gigantic telescope on the Moon has been a dream of astronomers since the dawn of the space age. A lunar telescope the same size as Hubble (2.4 meters across) would be a major astronomical research tool. One as big as the largest telescope on Earth—10.4 meters across—would see far more than any Ear ...
SE 1.0 - Edquest
... Copernicus proposed a different model to explain planetary motion. His model, called the Heliocentric model. Galileo Galilei later confirmed his model, in his observations with one of the first telescope. But it was this Johannes Kepler, who put in place what was missing from Copernicus’ model. He r ...
... Copernicus proposed a different model to explain planetary motion. His model, called the Heliocentric model. Galileo Galilei later confirmed his model, in his observations with one of the first telescope. But it was this Johannes Kepler, who put in place what was missing from Copernicus’ model. He r ...
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... occulter-based mission thus requires careful consideration of diffraction effects. Spitzer (1962) noted that it was sufficient to change the transmission function with radius in order to suppress this central spot. Subsequent papers have suggested some specific mechanisms for accomplishing this. One ...
... occulter-based mission thus requires careful consideration of diffraction effects. Spitzer (1962) noted that it was sufficient to change the transmission function with radius in order to suppress this central spot. Subsequent papers have suggested some specific mechanisms for accomplishing this. One ...
February 2016
... If you missed our nights with the big telescopes on Mount Wilson in 2014 and 2015 this is your chance to remedy that omission. PVAA has reserved the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory on Friday, June 3, 2016. We have the 60inch telescope the next night, Saturday, June 4, 2016. Having the ...
... If you missed our nights with the big telescopes on Mount Wilson in 2014 and 2015 this is your chance to remedy that omission. PVAA has reserved the 100-inch telescope at Mount Wilson Observatory on Friday, June 3, 2016. We have the 60inch telescope the next night, Saturday, June 4, 2016. Having the ...
Space News Update – August 2015 By Pat Williams
... surveys stars and many other astronomical objects as it spins, observing circular swathes of the sky. By repeatedly measuring the positions of the stars with extraordinary accuracy, Gaia can tease out their distances and motions through the Milky Way galaxy. The mission’s primary scientific product ...
... surveys stars and many other astronomical objects as it spins, observing circular swathes of the sky. By repeatedly measuring the positions of the stars with extraordinary accuracy, Gaia can tease out their distances and motions through the Milky Way galaxy. The mission’s primary scientific product ...
Lab 1: Introduction to Astronomy
... Directions: Complete the attached crossword puzzle using the clues given below. Note two-word answers become one word in the puzzle. You are allowed to use whatever resources you’d like, including the internet. Each completed clue is worth one point. If you have trouble, feel free to ask your TA for ...
... Directions: Complete the attached crossword puzzle using the clues given below. Note two-word answers become one word in the puzzle. You are allowed to use whatever resources you’d like, including the internet. Each completed clue is worth one point. If you have trouble, feel free to ask your TA for ...
I Cloudy with a Chance of Making a star is no easy thing
... cubic centimeter) that they are opaque even to the thermal infrared wavelengths that usually penetrate dusty regions. These so-called infrared dark clouds are much more massive (100 to 100,000 times the mass of the sun) than clouds that had been previously discovered at optical ...
... cubic centimeter) that they are opaque even to the thermal infrared wavelengths that usually penetrate dusty regions. These so-called infrared dark clouds are much more massive (100 to 100,000 times the mass of the sun) than clouds that had been previously discovered at optical ...
AAO Techniques Workshop (April 2001) 12 Mbytes
... The FOS could obtain spectra of objects that were fainter than those possible with the GHRS and over a much larger wavelength range (ie 115 to 800 nm). It consisted of a `blue’ tube sensitive from 115 to 550 nm and a `red’ tube covering 180 to 800 nm. The detectors were two 512-element Digicon light ...
... The FOS could obtain spectra of objects that were fainter than those possible with the GHRS and over a much larger wavelength range (ie 115 to 800 nm). It consisted of a `blue’ tube sensitive from 115 to 550 nm and a `red’ tube covering 180 to 800 nm. The detectors were two 512-element Digicon light ...
Who actually invented the astronomical telescope?
... included this sketch in a letter written in August 1609. ...
... included this sketch in a letter written in August 1609. ...
The hierarchical structure of the Universe (go from little to large)
... B No, but a pair of binoculars is sufficient to see it. C Barely. D As a faint and tiny patch of glow. E As a band of light all the way around the sky. ...
... B No, but a pair of binoculars is sufficient to see it. C Barely. D As a faint and tiny patch of glow. E As a band of light all the way around the sky. ...
Chapter 13 Lesson 3 Notes
... ___________________ is best known for its rings, made of ice, dust, boulders, and frozen ___________________. Uranus also has many rings and moons. This planet rotates on a tilted axis that is tilted more than other planets. The fastest winds in our solar system occur on ___________________. As far ...
... ___________________ is best known for its rings, made of ice, dust, boulders, and frozen ___________________. Uranus also has many rings and moons. This planet rotates on a tilted axis that is tilted more than other planets. The fastest winds in our solar system occur on ___________________. As far ...
Study Guide: Use your notes and handouts to
... Reading Notes – Telescopes; Reading Quiz – Telescope ...
... Reading Notes – Telescopes; Reading Quiz – Telescope ...
Mission 1 Glossary
... to plan, record and control the movement of a ship or plane Moon - can be any natural object orbiting around another; often refers to the Moon of the Earth (but other planets have moons too.) The Moon of the Earth was probably formed when a large object struck the Earth a long time ago. ...
... to plan, record and control the movement of a ship or plane Moon - can be any natural object orbiting around another; often refers to the Moon of the Earth (but other planets have moons too.) The Moon of the Earth was probably formed when a large object struck the Earth a long time ago. ...
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.