August 2013 - Joliet Junior College
... overhead at mid-evening during August. Directly above are three bright stars that form the summer triangle. They are Deneb, Altair, and the brightest of the three, Vega. The Milky Way runs between these three stars and down to the horizon at Sagittarius - a constellation that looks like a teapot. At ...
... overhead at mid-evening during August. Directly above are three bright stars that form the summer triangle. They are Deneb, Altair, and the brightest of the three, Vega. The Milky Way runs between these three stars and down to the horizon at Sagittarius - a constellation that looks like a teapot. At ...
Vampy Astronomy Syllabus
... Make rough angular measurements between objects in the night sky using only your hand. Locate significant constellations in the night sky. Conduct family and friends on a tour of the night sky. Explain what is meant by the statement, “When we look at the night sky, we look into the past.” View the s ...
... Make rough angular measurements between objects in the night sky using only your hand. Locate significant constellations in the night sky. Conduct family and friends on a tour of the night sky. Explain what is meant by the statement, “When we look at the night sky, we look into the past.” View the s ...
PowerPoint - Earth Science with Mrs. Wilson
... the absolute magnitude (real brightness) of a star and its surface temperature. They plotted the data on a graph. ...
... the absolute magnitude (real brightness) of a star and its surface temperature. They plotted the data on a graph. ...
Chapter 30 Notes
... A star is a sphere of gas that undergoes a process called fusion. This process releases so much energy, the star gives off very bright light. A planet is a large, spherical piece of matter that revolves around a star. The brightest object in the night sky (besides the moon) is the planet Venus ...
... A star is a sphere of gas that undergoes a process called fusion. This process releases so much energy, the star gives off very bright light. A planet is a large, spherical piece of matter that revolves around a star. The brightest object in the night sky (besides the moon) is the planet Venus ...
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... 27. Why must radio telescopes be so much larger than 23. Circle the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that radio telescopes will be able to detect. Draw a box optical telescopes? Radio waves millions of times as large around the part that can be detected with optical telescopes (refracting or ref ...
... 27. Why must radio telescopes be so much larger than 23. Circle the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that radio telescopes will be able to detect. Draw a box optical telescopes? Radio waves millions of times as large around the part that can be detected with optical telescopes (refracting or ref ...
8-3-Star_Classification STUDENT
... Two astronomers discovered a relationship between the _______________ (real brightness) of a star and its ______________. They plotted the data on a graph. ...
... Two astronomers discovered a relationship between the _______________ (real brightness) of a star and its ______________. They plotted the data on a graph. ...
Midterm Study Guide
... 67. What is the color of a mineral in its powdered form called? (we rubbed it on a piece of tile) 68. What is it called when a mineral breaks in even planes? 69. What do we call a minerals resistance to scratch? 70. What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens? 71. What type of rock ...
... 67. What is the color of a mineral in its powdered form called? (we rubbed it on a piece of tile) 68. What is it called when a mineral breaks in even planes? 69. What do we call a minerals resistance to scratch? 70. What type of rock forms when magma or lava cools and hardens? 71. What type of rock ...
March 2016 Star Diagonal - Ogden Astronomical Society
... that won’t fit in your car will need to be picked up before then so they don’t sit out in the parking lot during the meeting. Lee showed a video on The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts but the video player broke down part way through it. We then played a You Tube video from JPL showing a fly by view ...
... that won’t fit in your car will need to be picked up before then so they don’t sit out in the parking lot during the meeting. Lee showed a video on The Cosmic Reach of Gamma-Ray Bursts but the video player broke down part way through it. We then played a You Tube video from JPL showing a fly by view ...
Astrophotography
Astrophotography is a specialized type of photography for recording images of astronomical objects and large areas of the night sky. The first photograph of an astronomical object (the Moon) was taken in 1840, but it was not until the late 19th century that advances in technology allowed for detailed stellar photography. Besides being able to record the details of extended objects such as the Moon, Sun, and planets, astrophotography has the ability to image objects invisible to the human eye such as dim stars, nebulae, and galaxies. This is done by long time exposure since both film and digital cameras can accumulate and sum light photons over these long periods of time. Photography revolutionized the field of professional astronomical research, with long time exposures recording hundreds of thousands of new stars and nebulae that were invisible to the human eye, leading to specialized and ever larger optical telescopes that were essentially big cameras designed to collect light to be recorded on film. Direct astrophotography had an early role in sky surveys and star classification but over time it has given way to more sophisticated equipment and techniques designed for specific fields of scientific research, with film (and later astronomical CCD cameras) becoming just one of many forms of sensor.Astrophotography is a large sub-discipline in amateur astronomy where it is usually used to record aesthetically pleasing images, rather than for scientific research, with a whole range of equipment and techniques dedicated to the activity.