Celestial Navigation education kit: Student activities 1-6
... the stars, (including the Sun), to appear to rise in the east and set in the west (diurnal motion). Stars in most parts of the sky travel in a large arc, then disappear below the horizon. However, for observers in the Southern Hemisphere, stars in the southern part of the sky never ‘set’ below the h ...
... the stars, (including the Sun), to appear to rise in the east and set in the west (diurnal motion). Stars in most parts of the sky travel in a large arc, then disappear below the horizon. However, for observers in the Southern Hemisphere, stars in the southern part of the sky never ‘set’ below the h ...
Active Galaxies
... Active galaxies have an energy source beyond what can be attributed to stars. The energy is believed to originate from accretion onto a supermassive blackhole. Active galaxies tend to have higher overall luminosities and very different spectra than “normal” galaxies. “non-stellar” radiation ...
... Active galaxies have an energy source beyond what can be attributed to stars. The energy is believed to originate from accretion onto a supermassive blackhole. Active galaxies tend to have higher overall luminosities and very different spectra than “normal” galaxies. “non-stellar” radiation ...
Word doc - UC-HiPACC - University of California, Santa Cruz
... “We had no idea what these things were,” recounted D. Andrew Howell, staff scientist at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network and adjunct assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara. In 2006 and 2007, two objects caught by the detectors of the Supernova Legacy Survey looked like supernovae—st ...
... “We had no idea what these things were,” recounted D. Andrew Howell, staff scientist at Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescope Network and adjunct assistant professor at UC Santa Barbara. In 2006 and 2007, two objects caught by the detectors of the Supernova Legacy Survey looked like supernovae—st ...
An interesting nebular object in LDN 288
... a. HH 100 (see Fig.5a). It is situated near the well-known cone-like cometary nebula NGC 6729. There are two jets: one is a straight jet while the second one is spiral. b. SNO 35 [3] (see Fig.5b). This object (a in Fig.5b) has a spiral jet, at the end of which there is a condensation (b in Fig.5b). ...
... a. HH 100 (see Fig.5a). It is situated near the well-known cone-like cometary nebula NGC 6729. There are two jets: one is a straight jet while the second one is spiral. b. SNO 35 [3] (see Fig.5b). This object (a in Fig.5b) has a spiral jet, at the end of which there is a condensation (b in Fig.5b). ...
HIGH RESOLTION SPH SIMULATIONS OF GALAXY CLUSTERS
... Spatial smoothing= 0.5 kpc Different feedback params. ...
... Spatial smoothing= 0.5 kpc Different feedback params. ...
mufon ufo symposium -1974
... The line to Alpha Mensae is an extension of the Gliese 86-Zeta Reticuli line. On this line, her conscious mind took control. She erased twice and put it in wrong. A projected image of a slide of the model on a tracing of Betty’s map shows the correct line was probably the top erased line, although t ...
... The line to Alpha Mensae is an extension of the Gliese 86-Zeta Reticuli line. On this line, her conscious mind took control. She erased twice and put it in wrong. A projected image of a slide of the model on a tracing of Betty’s map shows the correct line was probably the top erased line, although t ...
Exploring Space—The Universe: The Vast
... star to our planet besides the sun? (Proxima Centauri.) How far away is Proxima Centauri from our planet? (Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light-years, or 26 trillion miles, away from Earth.) 3. Discuss with students the location of the solar system within the Milky Way galaxy. What are the three types of g ...
... star to our planet besides the sun? (Proxima Centauri.) How far away is Proxima Centauri from our planet? (Proxima Centauri is 4.3 light-years, or 26 trillion miles, away from Earth.) 3. Discuss with students the location of the solar system within the Milky Way galaxy. What are the three types of g ...
in search of antimatter in the universe
... instead consider a much larger object, such as the gas shell of a supernova, then we obtain Figure 12. In this case, the emission line is just visible up to 600 parsecs, after which the brightness drops below 0.1 photons s-1m-2, and the emission line will be hard to distinguish from background noise ...
... instead consider a much larger object, such as the gas shell of a supernova, then we obtain Figure 12. In this case, the emission line is just visible up to 600 parsecs, after which the brightness drops below 0.1 photons s-1m-2, and the emission line will be hard to distinguish from background noise ...
Hubble Space Telescope`s
... before to nab a group of planet candidates outside our solar system. Astronomers used Hubble to conduct a census of Jupiter-sized extrasolar planets residing in the bulge of our Milky Way galaxy. Looking at a narrow slice of sky, the telescope nabbed 16 potential alien worlds orbiting a variety of s ...
... before to nab a group of planet candidates outside our solar system. Astronomers used Hubble to conduct a census of Jupiter-sized extrasolar planets residing in the bulge of our Milky Way galaxy. Looking at a narrow slice of sky, the telescope nabbed 16 potential alien worlds orbiting a variety of s ...
T Einstein’s Mirage Paul L. Schechter
... to be a close pair of virtually identical quasars was observed. Quasars are very bright distant sources, so light from them sometimes passes near galaxies on its way to us. The suspicion that they were the multiple images of a single quasar expected for a gravitational mirage was confirmed Perhaps t ...
... to be a close pair of virtually identical quasars was observed. Quasars are very bright distant sources, so light from them sometimes passes near galaxies on its way to us. The suspicion that they were the multiple images of a single quasar expected for a gravitational mirage was confirmed Perhaps t ...
14. The Milky Way Galaxy: A Spiral in Space
... • These objects are very close to the Galactic center. The orbit on the right of star S2 is the best fit; it assumes a central black hole of about 4 million solar masses. ...
... • These objects are very close to the Galactic center. The orbit on the right of star S2 is the best fit; it assumes a central black hole of about 4 million solar masses. ...
SPECIAL REPORT
... moving on nearly circular orbits. After this comes a longer-lasting phase in which embryos “compete.” As these objects interact with one another’s gravity over many orbits, their initially circular orbits become increasingly elliptical. Once these orbits grow eccentric enough, planetary embryos coll ...
... moving on nearly circular orbits. After this comes a longer-lasting phase in which embryos “compete.” As these objects interact with one another’s gravity over many orbits, their initially circular orbits become increasingly elliptical. Once these orbits grow eccentric enough, planetary embryos coll ...
Astronomical Filters on Skynet Telescopes
... star informs us about the amount of interstellar dust along the line-of-sight (an effect called "reddening"). Different colors measure the combination of temperature of the star and amount of dust differently, which can be separated by using three or more filters as opposed to just two filters. Simi ...
... star informs us about the amount of interstellar dust along the line-of-sight (an effect called "reddening"). Different colors measure the combination of temperature of the star and amount of dust differently, which can be separated by using three or more filters as opposed to just two filters. Simi ...
Standards
... statement. The students will have to find their match. After finding their match – they will present their statement to the class. If they did not make a correct match – try again later!! This will lead to discussion about each statement. The students will need to write down the terms and concepts t ...
... statement. The students will have to find their match. After finding their match – they will present their statement to the class. If they did not make a correct match – try again later!! This will lead to discussion about each statement. The students will need to write down the terms and concepts t ...
Visual Photometry - El Camino College
... learn how to make simple measurements by direct comparison/calibration. When performing this lab for the 2nd time, using a telescope, we will also learn about a current problem astronomers are investigating. Introduction The magnitude system was developed in the second century BC, by the Greek astro ...
... learn how to make simple measurements by direct comparison/calibration. When performing this lab for the 2nd time, using a telescope, we will also learn about a current problem astronomers are investigating. Introduction The magnitude system was developed in the second century BC, by the Greek astro ...
Celestial Globes Armillary Spheres
... Al-Battānī’s treatise is very different to the pre-Ptolemiac design of a celestial globe, which uses 5 parallel equatorial rings and constellation outlines. Instead, Al-Battānī had a more precise method of charting the stars using the ecliptic and equator, and dividing them in to small divisions (fi ...
... Al-Battānī’s treatise is very different to the pre-Ptolemiac design of a celestial globe, which uses 5 parallel equatorial rings and constellation outlines. Instead, Al-Battānī had a more precise method of charting the stars using the ecliptic and equator, and dividing them in to small divisions (fi ...
Ursa Major
Ursa Major /ˈɜrsə ˈmeɪdʒər/ (also known as the Great Bear and Charles' Wain) is a constellation in the northern celestial hemisphere. One of the 48 constellations listed by Ptolemy (second century AD), it remains one of the 88 modern constellations. It can be visible throughout the year in most of the northern hemisphere. Its name, Latin for ""the greater (or larger) she-bear"", stands as a reference to and in direct contrast with Ursa Minor, ""the smaller she-bear"", with which it is frequently associated in mythology and amateur astronomy. The constellation's most recognizable asterism, a group of seven relatively bright stars commonly known as the ""Big Dipper"", ""the Wagon"" or ""the Plough"" (among others), both mimicks the shape of the lesser bear (the ""Little Dipper"") and is commonly used as a navigational pointer towards the current northern pole star, Polaris in Ursa Minor. The Big Dipper and the constellation as a whole have mythological significance in numerous world cultures, usually as a symbol of the north.The third largest constellation in the sky, Ursa Major is home to many deep-sky objects including seven Messier objects, four other NGC objects and I Zwicky 18, the youngest known galaxy in the visible universe.