No. 52 - Institute for Astronomy
... First Observations of the Surface of Two Oort Cloud Objects A team led by IfA astronomer Karen Meech has discovered two unusual objects that originate in the Oort Cloud, a spherical halo of comet nuclei in the outer solar system that extends to about 100,000 times the Earth-Sun distance. Although th ...
... First Observations of the Surface of Two Oort Cloud Objects A team led by IfA astronomer Karen Meech has discovered two unusual objects that originate in the Oort Cloud, a spherical halo of comet nuclei in the outer solar system that extends to about 100,000 times the Earth-Sun distance. Although th ...
Chapter 6 Telescopes: Portals of Discovery How does your eye form
... like visible-light telescopes but need to be above atmosphere to see all IR and UV wavelengths ...
... like visible-light telescopes but need to be above atmosphere to see all IR and UV wavelengths ...
kashiwa
... with the observed trigger rate in December 2001. Third, to reduce the night sky background and improve the signal to noise ratio, we cut the events that the sum of photo-electrons is under 7 photo-electrons. After this cut, we got the energy spectrum shown by red lines. We can find that the energy t ...
... with the observed trigger rate in December 2001. Third, to reduce the night sky background and improve the signal to noise ratio, we cut the events that the sum of photo-electrons is under 7 photo-electrons. After this cut, we got the energy spectrum shown by red lines. We can find that the energy t ...
radio telescope
... waves caused by the relative motions of the source and the observer. In astronomy, the Doppler effect is used to determine whether a star or other body in space is moving away from or toward Earth. ...
... waves caused by the relative motions of the source and the observer. In astronomy, the Doppler effect is used to determine whether a star or other body in space is moving away from or toward Earth. ...
Optics Education in the International Year of Astronomy
... From 2004-2006, we partnered with the MESA Program in Arizona to host a “Build a Reflecting Telescope” competition in conjunction with the statewide MESA Day competitions. Students at each school were given a primary mirror, secondary mirror, and an eyepiece. Students had to design and test the tele ...
... From 2004-2006, we partnered with the MESA Program in Arizona to host a “Build a Reflecting Telescope” competition in conjunction with the statewide MESA Day competitions. Students at each school were given a primary mirror, secondary mirror, and an eyepiece. Students had to design and test the tele ...
Astronomy - SAVE MY EXAMS!
... 1 Herschel and Hubble were astronomers who have had telescopes named after them. (a) Complete the sentence by putting a cross ( ) in the box next to your answer. The telescope named after Herschel detects infrared radiation. Herschel is a suitable name for this infrared telescope because ...
... 1 Herschel and Hubble were astronomers who have had telescopes named after them. (a) Complete the sentence by putting a cross ( ) in the box next to your answer. The telescope named after Herschel detects infrared radiation. Herschel is a suitable name for this infrared telescope because ...
Chapter 4
... refracting and reflecting telescopes. A refracting telescope uses a convex lenses to gather and focus light. A reflecting telescope uses a curves mirror to collect and focus light. Radio telescopes are devices used to detect radio waves from objects in space. Some telescopes detect infrared radiatio ...
... refracting and reflecting telescopes. A refracting telescope uses a convex lenses to gather and focus light. A reflecting telescope uses a curves mirror to collect and focus light. Radio telescopes are devices used to detect radio waves from objects in space. Some telescopes detect infrared radiatio ...
Telescope Basics - UChicago Voices
... empty column. The buckets in this column transfer their ‘water’ down to a final pixel where the electronics of the camera read-out this pixel (the computer measuring the bucket) and turn it into a number that can be understood and stored by a computer. ...
... empty column. The buckets in this column transfer their ‘water’ down to a final pixel where the electronics of the camera read-out this pixel (the computer measuring the bucket) and turn it into a number that can be understood and stored by a computer. ...
Progress of LiJET and Transit Search with Lijiang 2.4m Telescope
... To determine planet parameters for planet candidates being ‘significantly’ detected in the MARVELS but not well determined orbit parameter ...
... To determine planet parameters for planet candidates being ‘significantly’ detected in the MARVELS but not well determined orbit parameter ...
Progress in the Australian Virtual Observatory
... “canvases” via Corba, SOAP, …) – VOTable to VRML service – volume rendering ...
... “canvases” via Corba, SOAP, …) – VOTable to VRML service – volume rendering ...
Review for Exam 1
... Something which is 500 km away has an angular size of 5 seconds of arc. Approximately how tall is it? What is believed to be the contribution of the Greek astronomer Aristarchus? What are the reasons why the other astronomers rejected his Heliocentric model? What quantities did he calculate? How did ...
... Something which is 500 km away has an angular size of 5 seconds of arc. Approximately how tall is it? What is believed to be the contribution of the Greek astronomer Aristarchus? What are the reasons why the other astronomers rejected his Heliocentric model? What quantities did he calculate? How did ...
Estimating the Costs of Extremely Large Telescopes
... Key milestone: Baseline Design which will answer the following key design issues/trades ...
... Key milestone: Baseline Design which will answer the following key design issues/trades ...
“Beautiful and cantankerous instruments”: telescopes, technology
... a dozen people. One of their main projects was adapting mini-computers for direct use at the telescope. Dennison’s devices found a welcome reception at Palomar, and by 1970 astronomers at the 200-in. used a digital data-recording system on one out of every three observing runs. The degree to which t ...
... a dozen people. One of their main projects was adapting mini-computers for direct use at the telescope. Dennison’s devices found a welcome reception at Palomar, and by 1970 astronomers at the 200-in. used a digital data-recording system on one out of every three observing runs. The degree to which t ...
fors_office2007 - Departament d`Astronomia i Meteorologia
... • This Baker-Nunn Camera (BNC) was commissioned at ROA (San Fernando) in the 60s by the Smithsonian Institution, with the aim of monitoring artificial satellites. • It was designed as a f/1 0.5m photographic wide field (5ºx30º) telescope with a spot size smaller than 20µm throughout the field. • Dur ...
... • This Baker-Nunn Camera (BNC) was commissioned at ROA (San Fernando) in the 60s by the Smithsonian Institution, with the aim of monitoring artificial satellites. • It was designed as a f/1 0.5m photographic wide field (5ºx30º) telescope with a spot size smaller than 20µm throughout the field. • Dur ...
Review1
... What causes the phases of the moon? What are the angles of the earth, moon and the sun At full moon, new moon, a quarter moon. What is precession of the earth’s axis and how long it takes to complete one cycle. What are the consequences of this precession? Application of the small angle formula: Som ...
... What causes the phases of the moon? What are the angles of the earth, moon and the sun At full moon, new moon, a quarter moon. What is precession of the earth’s axis and how long it takes to complete one cycle. What are the consequences of this precession? Application of the small angle formula: Som ...
Telescopes
... - Does not scale very well with large aperture since meniscus corrector plate becomes prohibitively large and expensive ...
... - Does not scale very well with large aperture since meniscus corrector plate becomes prohibitively large and expensive ...
telescopes
... 2. how do stars form? 3. how do galaxies form? 4. when did the first structures (galaxies, stars...) form in the universe? ...
... 2. how do stars form? 3. how do galaxies form? 4. when did the first structures (galaxies, stars...) form in the universe? ...
“Other ideas for gamma ray instruments” 1) Preserving the highest energies
... the 0.3TeV- 100TeV and do the science we have been talking about for 15 years. * With low energy arrays, in the design take into account ...
... the 0.3TeV- 100TeV and do the science we have been talking about for 15 years. * With low energy arrays, in the design take into account ...
YAAYS_M57_poster
... sheer beauty as the first Hubble Heritage release in 1999 made it an instant Hubble icon. ...
... sheer beauty as the first Hubble Heritage release in 1999 made it an instant Hubble icon. ...
Week 6 - TTU Physics
... This is not the case with an alt-azimuth mount. Consider the case of tracking a star that passes near the zenith: as the zenith is passed the telescope must rotate nearly 180｡ in azimuth which means that a camera mounted rigidly to the telescope tube would rotate relative to the objects being imaged ...
... This is not the case with an alt-azimuth mount. Consider the case of tracking a star that passes near the zenith: as the zenith is passed the telescope must rotate nearly 180｡ in azimuth which means that a camera mounted rigidly to the telescope tube would rotate relative to the objects being imaged ...