114EQ-AR
... Perform the first part of this procedure during the daytime and the last step at night. 1. Point the telescope at an easy-to-find land object such as the top of a telephone pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look through the eyepiece and turn the focuser knob (31) until the image is sharply focuse ...
... Perform the first part of this procedure during the daytime and the last step at night. 1. Point the telescope at an easy-to-find land object such as the top of a telephone pole or a distant mountain or tower. Look through the eyepiece and turn the focuser knob (31) until the image is sharply focuse ...
Functional Fields of Bioptic: implications for driving
... Measured Head Tilt • Needed to move from viewing through the telescope to viewing through the carrier lens • All much larger than 10 degrees • Some uncomfortably large ...
... Measured Head Tilt • Needed to move from viewing through the telescope to viewing through the carrier lens • All much larger than 10 degrees • Some uncomfortably large ...
Kepler-452b is not a new Earth A twin of the Sun
... In the days following the flyby, back to Earth also began to arrive data and images taken by other instruments aboard the spacecraft, such as those produced by the Alice spectrograph, which demonstrate how Pluto’s upper atmosphere is overall much more extended into space than previously thought: 1,6 ...
... In the days following the flyby, back to Earth also began to arrive data and images taken by other instruments aboard the spacecraft, such as those produced by the Alice spectrograph, which demonstrate how Pluto’s upper atmosphere is overall much more extended into space than previously thought: 1,6 ...
Wide-eyed Telescope Finds its First Transiting
... Embargoed until Tuesday 26th September 00:02 a.m. BST=GMT+1hr The SuperWASP planetary transit telescopes The SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) project operates two camera systems – one in La Palma in the Canary Islands and one at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. These telescopes have a ...
... Embargoed until Tuesday 26th September 00:02 a.m. BST=GMT+1hr The SuperWASP planetary transit telescopes The SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) project operates two camera systems – one in La Palma in the Canary Islands and one at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. These telescopes have a ...
Wide-eyed Telescope Finds its First Transiting
... Embargoed until Tuesday 26th September 00:02 a.m. BST=GMT+1hr The SuperWASP planetary transit telescopes The SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) project operates two camera systems – one in La Palma in the Canary Islands and one at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. These telescopes have a ...
... Embargoed until Tuesday 26th September 00:02 a.m. BST=GMT+1hr The SuperWASP planetary transit telescopes The SuperWASP (Wide Angle Search for Planets) project operates two camera systems – one in La Palma in the Canary Islands and one at Sutherland Observatory, South Africa. These telescopes have a ...
Lab Manual part 2
... onto the eyepiece when you put it in. On the eyepiece holder right by the telescope is the focus knob. Every single time that you put in a new eyepiece you will need to re-focus. (Question: Since everything in the sky is essentially infinitely far away, and so the focus should always be set to infin ...
... onto the eyepiece when you put it in. On the eyepiece holder right by the telescope is the focus knob. Every single time that you put in a new eyepiece you will need to re-focus. (Question: Since everything in the sky is essentially infinitely far away, and so the focus should always be set to infin ...
The Space-Based Visible Sensor - The Johns Hopkins University
... lifetime, the SBV sensor is designed to acquire a visibleband database on these targets and also on background phenomena such as Earth-limb, aurora, airglow, and celestial phenomena. Finally, the SBV sensor will demonstrate technologies required for a space-based, visible-band, above-the-horizon sur ...
... lifetime, the SBV sensor is designed to acquire a visibleband database on these targets and also on background phenomena such as Earth-limb, aurora, airglow, and celestial phenomena. Finally, the SBV sensor will demonstrate technologies required for a space-based, visible-band, above-the-horizon sur ...
next generation optical spectrograph for noao
... of targets uncovered by NASA space missions and ground-based optical and near-IR imaging surveys. ...
... of targets uncovered by NASA space missions and ground-based optical and near-IR imaging surveys. ...
Xray_image_chain
... – Chandra takes up to 6 CCD images, each 1024x1024, once every 3 seconds: data rate prohibitively high for transmission to ground – “Event lists” (with photon x, y, E, and t) compiled by on-board software represent an enormous reduction in required data ...
... – Chandra takes up to 6 CCD images, each 1024x1024, once every 3 seconds: data rate prohibitively high for transmission to ground – “Event lists” (with photon x, y, E, and t) compiled by on-board software represent an enormous reduction in required data ...
09 03 07 Logic Outline - The National Academies of Sciences
... be more expensive than dedicated telescopes to purchase, and certainly are more expensive to operate and maintain. The initial cost of a general purpose telescope at a major observatory, while it can be considerable, is typically much smaller than the long run operation and maintenance (O&M) costs o ...
... be more expensive than dedicated telescopes to purchase, and certainly are more expensive to operate and maintain. The initial cost of a general purpose telescope at a major observatory, while it can be considerable, is typically much smaller than the long run operation and maintenance (O&M) costs o ...
ted_2012_power_of_design
... meet earthquake requirements, maintain cultural identity, and take the environment into consideration. A light-steel component system dramatically reducing construction time was developed with donated Autodesk design software. Local materials were used wherever possible, and due to the simple design ...
... meet earthquake requirements, maintain cultural identity, and take the environment into consideration. A light-steel component system dramatically reducing construction time was developed with donated Autodesk design software. Local materials were used wherever possible, and due to the simple design ...
Observing Jupiter and Saturn with a Vixen 80mm Fluorite Refractor
... luminous than the Sun and hide it in our own galaxy where the most powerful optical telescopes on Earth cannot find it. But it is not impossible. In fact, there could be dozens to hundreds of such stars hiding in the Milky Way right now. Furiously burning their inner stores of hydrogen, these hidden ...
... luminous than the Sun and hide it in our own galaxy where the most powerful optical telescopes on Earth cannot find it. But it is not impossible. In fact, there could be dozens to hundreds of such stars hiding in the Milky Way right now. Furiously burning their inner stores of hydrogen, these hidden ...
Tipp2011VerUpgrade
... Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique • Primaries (Gammas + Cosmic rays) create showers of secondary particles • Creates shower in upper atmosphere • Secondary pairs emit Cherenkov radiation • Large light pool area: Aeff ~105m2 • Shower imaged in multi-PMT Cameras at telescope focus ...
... Atmospheric Cherenkov Technique • Primaries (Gammas + Cosmic rays) create showers of secondary particles • Creates shower in upper atmosphere • Secondary pairs emit Cherenkov radiation • Large light pool area: Aeff ~105m2 • Shower imaged in multi-PMT Cameras at telescope focus ...
Active primary mirror support for the 2.1-m
... The year of 1989 marked a new era in the design of optical telescopes, when the concept of active optics saw first light in the European Southern Observatory’s ~ESO’s! New Technology Telescope ~NTT!,1 and several aberration terms, including a large spherical aberration of 3 mm, were corrected to obt ...
... The year of 1989 marked a new era in the design of optical telescopes, when the concept of active optics saw first light in the European Southern Observatory’s ~ESO’s! New Technology Telescope ~NTT!,1 and several aberration terms, including a large spherical aberration of 3 mm, were corrected to obt ...
Full Poster - Cool Cosmos
... Almost everything that we know about the Universe comes from studying the light that is emitted or reflected by objects in space. Apart from a few exceptions, such as the collection of moon rocks, astronomers must rely on collecting and analyzing the faint light from distant objects in order to stud ...
... Almost everything that we know about the Universe comes from studying the light that is emitted or reflected by objects in space. Apart from a few exceptions, such as the collection of moon rocks, astronomers must rely on collecting and analyzing the faint light from distant objects in order to stud ...
Series Telescopes INSTRUCTION MANUAL
... A Newtonian reflector uses a single concave mirror as its primary. Light enters the tube traveling to the mirror at the back end. There light is bent forward in the tube to a single point, its focal point. Since putting your head in front of the telescope to look at the image with an eyepiece would ...
... A Newtonian reflector uses a single concave mirror as its primary. Light enters the tube traveling to the mirror at the back end. There light is bent forward in the tube to a single point, its focal point. Since putting your head in front of the telescope to look at the image with an eyepiece would ...
Introduction - Arecibo Observatory
... possible to study very weak radio sources by increasing the effective coherence time for them from, at maximum, a few minutes to hours (Wrobel et al. VLBA Sci. Memo 24). Currently, some 50 % of VLBI observations are carried out using the phase-referencing technique. However, phase referencing observ ...
... possible to study very weak radio sources by increasing the effective coherence time for them from, at maximum, a few minutes to hours (Wrobel et al. VLBA Sci. Memo 24). Currently, some 50 % of VLBI observations are carried out using the phase-referencing technique. However, phase referencing observ ...
Seeing
... ESO was created in 1962 and is supported by eleven countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. ESO operates three sites in the Atacama desert region in Chile. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Paranal is located on ...
... ESO was created in 1962 and is supported by eleven countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and United Kingdom. ESO operates three sites in the Atacama desert region in Chile. The Very Large Telescope (VLT) on Paranal is located on ...
Chapter 11: Space Technology
... Radio waves and visible light from the Sun are just two types of electromagnetic radiation. Other types include gamma rays, X rays, ultraviolet waves, infrared waves, and microwaves. Figure 1 shows these forms of electromagnetic radiation arranged according to their wavelengths. This arrangement of ...
... Radio waves and visible light from the Sun are just two types of electromagnetic radiation. Other types include gamma rays, X rays, ultraviolet waves, infrared waves, and microwaves. Figure 1 shows these forms of electromagnetic radiation arranged according to their wavelengths. This arrangement of ...
DV Briefing, J. Marty
... AIRO: The Antarctic Infrared Observatory (Jim Jackson, Boston University) Wide-field surveys of brown dwarfs and star-forming regions API: Antarctic Planet Interferometer (Mark Swain, JPL/Univ. of Arizona) A concept designed to detect and characterize Earth-like extrasolar planets National Scien ...
... AIRO: The Antarctic Infrared Observatory (Jim Jackson, Boston University) Wide-field surveys of brown dwarfs and star-forming regions API: Antarctic Planet Interferometer (Mark Swain, JPL/Univ. of Arizona) A concept designed to detect and characterize Earth-like extrasolar planets National Scien ...
SPACE Section 8-STARS- OBSERVING CONSTELLATIONS
... appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen at different seasons. Students know telescopes magnify the appearance of some distant objects in the sky, including the Moon and the planets. The number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than th ...
... appear to move across the sky nightly, and different stars can be seen at different seasons. Students know telescopes magnify the appearance of some distant objects in the sky, including the Moon and the planets. The number of stars that can be seen through telescopes is dramatically greater than th ...
ppt
... 4. Beam overlap reduces requirements on both mirror and laser 5. Can be tested on Electra & Mercury ...
... 4. Beam overlap reduces requirements on both mirror and laser 5. Can be tested on Electra & Mercury ...
James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), previously known as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), is a space observatory under construction and scheduled to launch in October 2018. The JWST will offer unprecedented resolution and sensitivity from long-wavelength visible to the mid-infrared, and is a successor instrument to the Hubble Space Telescope and the Spitzer Space Telescope. The telescope features a segmented 6.5-meter (21 ft) diameter primary mirror and will be located near the Earth–Sun L2 point. A large sunshield will keep its mirror and four science instruments below 50 K (−220 °C; −370 °F).JWST's capabilities will enable a broad range of investigations across the fields of astronomy and cosmology. One particular goal involves observing some of the most distant objects in the Universe, beyond the reach of current ground and space based instruments. This includes the very first stars, the epoch of reionization, and the formation of the first galaxies. Another goal is understanding the formation of stars and planets. This will include imaging molecular clouds and star-forming clusters, studying the debris disks around stars, direct imaging of planets, and spectroscopic examination of planetary transits.In gestation since 1996, the project represents an international collaboration of about 17 countries led by NASA, and with significant contributions from the European Space Agency and the Canadian Space Agency. It is named after James E. Webb, the second administrator of NASA, who played an integral role in the Apollo program.The JWST has a history of major cost overruns and delays. The first realistic budget estimates were that the observatory would cost $1.6 billion and launch in 2011. NASA has now scheduled the telescope for a 2018 launch. In 2011, the United States House of Representatives voted to terminate funding, after about $3 billion had been spent and 75 percent of its hardware was in production. Funding was restored in compromise legislation with the US Senate, and spending on the program was capped at $8 billion. As of December 2014, the telescope remained on schedule and within budget, but at risk of further delays.