May 2005 - Pomona Valley Amateur Astronomers
... But, what we all love to do is look at the sky and RTMC is one giant star party. In fact if it isn’t the biggest in the world it must be very close. There are hundreds of telescopes and binoculars out on Friday and Saturday nights. This year (for those of us interested in deep sky observing) the moo ...
... But, what we all love to do is look at the sky and RTMC is one giant star party. In fact if it isn’t the biggest in the world it must be very close. There are hundreds of telescopes and binoculars out on Friday and Saturday nights. This year (for those of us interested in deep sky observing) the moo ...
Probing the Dynamics of Saturn`s Rings
... the color method for removing background signal from occultation data. The top curve is the sky-subtracted lightcurve for a portion of the event. Because Saturn's rings are so bright at these wavelengths (roughly K), the star signal is not immediately apparent. However, because the star and the ring ...
... the color method for removing background signal from occultation data. The top curve is the sky-subtracted lightcurve for a portion of the event. Because Saturn's rings are so bright at these wavelengths (roughly K), the star signal is not immediately apparent. However, because the star and the ring ...
Group competition
... minimum (since only one spectrum was observable during the minimum). Determine the change of brightness of this binary during the primary minimum and draw the shape of the primary minimum using the same scale as the secondary minimum. Label the graph with all appropriate parameters. Use the answer s ...
... minimum (since only one spectrum was observable during the minimum). Determine the change of brightness of this binary during the primary minimum and draw the shape of the primary minimum using the same scale as the secondary minimum. Label the graph with all appropriate parameters. Use the answer s ...
Characteristics of Blue Elliptical Galaxies
... – Probably late-stage mergers – Stars have “settled down” – Using up remaining gas and dust ...
... – Probably late-stage mergers – Stars have “settled down” – Using up remaining gas and dust ...
ROOT WORD-TELE
... telescope (skopeo – look at) - a device for looking at distant objects telepathy (pathos – feeling) – knowing how someone far away is feeling telethon (Marathon – a battlefield in ancient Greece) a telephone fund-raiser which runs on non-stop, as Pheidippides ran after the battle of Marathon. telepo ...
... telescope (skopeo – look at) - a device for looking at distant objects telepathy (pathos – feeling) – knowing how someone far away is feeling telethon (Marathon – a battlefield in ancient Greece) a telephone fund-raiser which runs on non-stop, as Pheidippides ran after the battle of Marathon. telepo ...
Ir(t) - IPAM
... Slammer (404 bytes worm packet) infected 75,000+ hosts, peak rate of 26,000 scans per worm per second Witty infected 12,000 computers, generating 90 Gbps ...
... Slammer (404 bytes worm packet) infected 75,000+ hosts, peak rate of 26,000 scans per worm per second Witty infected 12,000 computers, generating 90 Gbps ...
SVSU Regional Mathematics and Science Center “The Newsletter
... responsible for the images that we see from this telescope. Apart from these cameras and spectrographs, there are various sensors as well that are responsible for guiding the Hubble. The design of the Telescope was made in a way that could assure its survival in the space. ...
... responsible for the images that we see from this telescope. Apart from these cameras and spectrographs, there are various sensors as well that are responsible for guiding the Hubble. The design of the Telescope was made in a way that could assure its survival in the space. ...
Imaging Total Stations – Modular and Integrated
... With modular concept is it possible to change several parts of the hardware or software, for example to change and upgrade the camera into a new model with higher resolution or a different sensor for IRwavelengths. ...
... With modular concept is it possible to change several parts of the hardware or software, for example to change and upgrade the camera into a new model with higher resolution or a different sensor for IRwavelengths. ...
Mon Jun 18, 2012 WILLIAM PARSONS, MOON AND SATURN Sir
... WILLIAM PARSONS, MOON AND SATURN Sir William Parsons was born on June 17th in the year 1800. Forty years later, he built the Irish Leviathan. At sixteen tons, and with a primary mirror six feet across, the Leviathan would remain the world’s largest telescope for the next seventy years. It was so big ...
... WILLIAM PARSONS, MOON AND SATURN Sir William Parsons was born on June 17th in the year 1800. Forty years later, he built the Irish Leviathan. At sixteen tons, and with a primary mirror six feet across, the Leviathan would remain the world’s largest telescope for the next seventy years. It was so big ...
Methodological demonstration of laser beam pointing
... where θdc is the static offset error in the pointing, δθ is the pointing jitter, D is diameter of telescope, d is amplitude of curvature error in the wavefront and λ is laser wavelength. To achieve the desired beam pointing stability, active feed-back beam pointing control system is required. A demo ...
... where θdc is the static offset error in the pointing, δθ is the pointing jitter, D is diameter of telescope, d is amplitude of curvature error in the wavefront and λ is laser wavelength. To achieve the desired beam pointing stability, active feed-back beam pointing control system is required. A demo ...
X-RAY VISION
... medical x-rays penetrate skin to reveal bone, cosmic versions pierce clouds of gas and dust to reveal hidden objects in our galaxy and beyond. Until now, no NASA mission has been able to focus high-energy x-rays to make a clear, high-quality image. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), ...
... medical x-rays penetrate skin to reveal bone, cosmic versions pierce clouds of gas and dust to reveal hidden objects in our galaxy and beyond. Until now, no NASA mission has been able to focus high-energy x-rays to make a clear, high-quality image. The Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR), ...
Teaching STEM through Big Telescopes
... • The majority of the big telescope facilities use mirrors to reflect the light they are collecting, whether long radio waves or shorter infrared light. Many of the larger telescopes have mirrors which consist of smaller segments, requiring precise engineering to position them to nanometre accuracy ...
... • The majority of the big telescope facilities use mirrors to reflect the light they are collecting, whether long radio waves or shorter infrared light. Many of the larger telescopes have mirrors which consist of smaller segments, requiring precise engineering to position them to nanometre accuracy ...
Microscopes and
... 3. Construct the microscope. Which two lenses should you use to maximize the magnification? Use those two and measure the distance between them. Sketch your setup showing where the lenses, images, focal points, etc. are and labeling everything. Calculate the final image location and the magnificatio ...
... 3. Construct the microscope. Which two lenses should you use to maximize the magnification? Use those two and measure the distance between them. Sketch your setup showing where the lenses, images, focal points, etc. are and labeling everything. Calculate the final image location and the magnificatio ...
Press Release
... The effort to build the LSST is a partnership between public and private organizations. Financial support for LSST comes from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation formed in 2003, with headquart ...
... The effort to build the LSST is a partnership between public and private organizations. Financial support for LSST comes from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Energy, and private funding raised by the LSST Corporation, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation formed in 2003, with headquart ...
BT-70-45 review by Phil Harrington
... binding. Interpupillary adjustment is also smooth, although it requires a little more force than I expected. Looking more deeply, I found the interiors of my test unit’s barrels, as well as all internal hardware, painted flat black. I saw no signs of metal shavings, dust, or other contaminants that ...
... binding. Interpupillary adjustment is also smooth, although it requires a little more force than I expected. Looking more deeply, I found the interiors of my test unit’s barrels, as well as all internal hardware, painted flat black. I saw no signs of metal shavings, dust, or other contaminants that ...
Telescope Light Effects
... wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. The first purpose built radio telescope went into operation in 1937. Since then, a tremendous variety of complex astronomical instruments have been developed. The maximum physical size limit for refracting telescopes is about 1 meter , Showing that the Most of t ...
... wavelengths from radio to gamma-rays. The first purpose built radio telescope went into operation in 1937. Since then, a tremendous variety of complex astronomical instruments have been developed. The maximum physical size limit for refracting telescopes is about 1 meter , Showing that the Most of t ...
Seeing
... The brightness of the moonless night sky above La Palma has been measured from hundreds of CCD images taken with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton and 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescopes between 1987 and 1996. The 2 median sky brightness, in units of magnitude per arcsec , at high elevation, high galactic latitud ...
... The brightness of the moonless night sky above La Palma has been measured from hundreds of CCD images taken with the 2.5-m Isaac Newton and 1.0-m Jacobus Kapteyn Telescopes between 1987 and 1996. The 2 median sky brightness, in units of magnitude per arcsec , at high elevation, high galactic latitud ...
(Galileo) His Telescope (and Sir Isaac`s) by Peter Tyson Sir Isaac
... placed a lens for the farsighted about 12 to 14 inches away from a lens for the nearsighted, and then peered through the latter lens, distant objects would miraculously appear as if close by. (Oh, to have seen that pioneer's expression upon first realizing this!) Place those lenses in a tube and voi ...
... placed a lens for the farsighted about 12 to 14 inches away from a lens for the nearsighted, and then peered through the latter lens, distant objects would miraculously appear as if close by. (Oh, to have seen that pioneer's expression upon first realizing this!) Place those lenses in a tube and voi ...