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... The referenced website provides a great deal of background information as well links to additional resources.) Target Audience : 4th grade and up. The lesson can be adapted for many age and ability levels. All of the slides and activities are suitable for all of the suggested target audience levels, ...
... The referenced website provides a great deal of background information as well links to additional resources.) Target Audience : 4th grade and up. The lesson can be adapted for many age and ability levels. All of the slides and activities are suitable for all of the suggested target audience levels, ...
February 2008
... • SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize when it became the first private craft to take a human into space twice in a two week period. The plane was designed by Burt Rutan and built by Rutan’s company, Scaled Composites Inc. SpaceshipOne’s technology has been licensed by Richard Branson's V ...
... • SpaceShipOne won the $10 million Ansari X Prize when it became the first private craft to take a human into space twice in a two week period. The plane was designed by Burt Rutan and built by Rutan’s company, Scaled Composites Inc. SpaceshipOne’s technology has been licensed by Richard Branson's V ...
Telescopes Exhibit Guide
... light, indicating where objects are warm. What is infrared light and how is it different ...
... light, indicating where objects are warm. What is infrared light and how is it different ...
InfraRed Multi-slit Spectrometer (IRMS)
... MOSFIRE uses a cryogenic slit mask unit (CSU) that was originally developed as a back up for the JWST NIRSPEC instrument. The spatial pixel scale of IRMS on TMT is reasonably well matched to the sampling scale (50mas) requested in the SRD for IRMOS and the length of individual slitlets (made by mas ...
... MOSFIRE uses a cryogenic slit mask unit (CSU) that was originally developed as a back up for the JWST NIRSPEC instrument. The spatial pixel scale of IRMS on TMT is reasonably well matched to the sampling scale (50mas) requested in the SRD for IRMOS and the length of individual slitlets (made by mas ...
Ay 20 - Caltech
... (c) The 0.85 m Spitzer Space Telescope, operating at the shortest wavelength of its imaging photometer, 24μm. (d) The planned Caltech TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), with the adaptive optics instrument NFIRAOS (high-speed deformable mirrors and six laser-created guide ‘stars’ in the upper atmosphere) ...
... (c) The 0.85 m Spitzer Space Telescope, operating at the shortest wavelength of its imaging photometer, 24μm. (d) The planned Caltech TMT (Thirty Meter Telescope), with the adaptive optics instrument NFIRAOS (high-speed deformable mirrors and six laser-created guide ‘stars’ in the upper atmosphere) ...
Infrared - World of Teaching
... Infrared Telescopes • Infrared telescopes work much like visible light telescopes • Light hits parabolic mirror • Light is sent to focal point • Light is recorded by computer and translated into visible light ...
... Infrared Telescopes • Infrared telescopes work much like visible light telescopes • Light hits parabolic mirror • Light is sent to focal point • Light is recorded by computer and translated into visible light ...
Bolometers evolution - Chalmers University of Technology
... • Photometric spectra (SED), and their variability, high redshift evaluations • Syunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZ cosmology) • Foreground sources for CMBA analysis • Quiet sources obscured by dust, not generating high energy particles manifesting in radio and X-ray • Cold object of Solar system, Kuiper ...
... • Photometric spectra (SED), and their variability, high redshift evaluations • Syunyaev-Zeldovich effect (SZ cosmology) • Foreground sources for CMBA analysis • Quiet sources obscured by dust, not generating high energy particles manifesting in radio and X-ray • Cold object of Solar system, Kuiper ...
The Milky Way - Computer Science Technology
... about the moon, Jupiter, and Venus. Now you can consider the telescopes, instruments, and techniques of modern astronomers. Telescopes gather and focus light, so you need to study what light is, and how it behaves, on your way to understanding how telescopes work. You will learn about telescopes tha ...
... about the moon, Jupiter, and Venus. Now you can consider the telescopes, instruments, and techniques of modern astronomers. Telescopes gather and focus light, so you need to study what light is, and how it behaves, on your way to understanding how telescopes work. You will learn about telescopes tha ...
ASTR120 Homework 3 − Solutions
... So, the star Alpha Lupi has about 192 times the flux of the Sun. Ch. 6, Prob. 25. Infrared radiation is just heat. So if you keep an infrared detector at room temperature, it will detect the infrared light it emits itself. Therefore, the detector must be kept cool so that its own radiation will not ...
... So, the star Alpha Lupi has about 192 times the flux of the Sun. Ch. 6, Prob. 25. Infrared radiation is just heat. So if you keep an infrared detector at room temperature, it will detect the infrared light it emits itself. Therefore, the detector must be kept cool so that its own radiation will not ...
Montage of Jupiter and the Galilean satellites
... Last year, our Sun went though Solar Maximum, the time in its 11-year cycle where the most sunspots and explosive activities occur. Sunspots, the Solar Cycle, and solar prominences are all caused by the Sun's changing magnetic field. Pictured above is a solar prominence that erupted on May 15, throw ...
... Last year, our Sun went though Solar Maximum, the time in its 11-year cycle where the most sunspots and explosive activities occur. Sunspots, the Solar Cycle, and solar prominences are all caused by the Sun's changing magnetic field. Pictured above is a solar prominence that erupted on May 15, throw ...
329_ryan - New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
... Ultimately: develop an asset ~100 km northwest of Spaceport America in New Mexico that can be utilized to assess spacecraft health, assist in anomaly resolution, and provide data for mishap investigation for Commercial Space Vehicle launches Pilot Project: Develop the required tracking capabilities ...
... Ultimately: develop an asset ~100 km northwest of Spaceport America in New Mexico that can be utilized to assess spacecraft health, assist in anomaly resolution, and provide data for mishap investigation for Commercial Space Vehicle launches Pilot Project: Develop the required tracking capabilities ...
CHAPTER 10: SPACE EXPLORATION
... space stations provide a place in space for astronaut to carry out studies while in space. Russia’s space station-Salyut, America’s – Skylab. The International Space Station (ISS) is now being built in orbit through the cooperation of 16 countries. d. ...
... space stations provide a place in space for astronaut to carry out studies while in space. Russia’s space station-Salyut, America’s – Skylab. The International Space Station (ISS) is now being built in orbit through the cooperation of 16 countries. d. ...
The STFC Further Learning Package
... there and when was it there? It is thought that water is crucial for the development of life. If there was water on Mars in its past it might mean that there was also life. In several decades time it might be possible to send humans to Mars to look for signs of past water and life. Before this, the ...
... there and when was it there? It is thought that water is crucial for the development of life. If there was water on Mars in its past it might mean that there was also life. In several decades time it might be possible to send humans to Mars to look for signs of past water and life. Before this, the ...
An ultra-deep field observatory at the lunar south pole
... even much larger future ground telescopes will be incapable of spectroscopic follow up, because of thermal emission and absorption by the atmosphere and telescope. Larger telescopes in space will be necessary, cryogenically cooled and used with spatiallymultiplexed spectrometers in very long integra ...
... even much larger future ground telescopes will be incapable of spectroscopic follow up, because of thermal emission and absorption by the atmosphere and telescope. Larger telescopes in space will be necessary, cryogenically cooled and used with spatiallymultiplexed spectrometers in very long integra ...
Instruments
... of extraterrastrial observatories” . He explained two advantages, - Angular resolution - Different wavelength that is absorbed by Earth atmosphere ...
... of extraterrastrial observatories” . He explained two advantages, - Angular resolution - Different wavelength that is absorbed by Earth atmosphere ...
Chapter 6 PowerPoint
... Near Infrared Camera for the Keck I Telescope (NIRC) Near Infrared Camera for the Keck II Telescope (NIRC2) Near Infrared Spectrometer ...
... Near Infrared Camera for the Keck I Telescope (NIRC) Near Infrared Camera for the Keck II Telescope (NIRC2) Near Infrared Spectrometer ...
Galileo Galilei - cloudfront.net
... Galileo did not invent the telescope, but he was the first to make powerful telescopes with good optics. He was also among the first to train his telescopes on the sky. What Galileo saw through his telescope eventually helped show that Earth was not the center of the universe. Galileo’s observations ...
... Galileo did not invent the telescope, but he was the first to make powerful telescopes with good optics. He was also among the first to train his telescopes on the sky. What Galileo saw through his telescope eventually helped show that Earth was not the center of the universe. Galileo’s observations ...
resolving power
... – Incoming photons strike an array of semiconductor pixels that are coupled to a computer – Efficiencies of 75% possible – CCD (Charged-coupled Device) for pictures ...
... – Incoming photons strike an array of semiconductor pixels that are coupled to a computer – Efficiencies of 75% possible – CCD (Charged-coupled Device) for pictures ...
What is light?
... the 1921 year's Nobel Prize. By this effect, light is transformed into electric signals. The challenge when designing an image sensor was to gather and read out the signals in a large number of image points, pixels, in a short time. The CCD is the digital camera's electronic eye. It revolutionized p ...
... the 1921 year's Nobel Prize. By this effect, light is transformed into electric signals. The challenge when designing an image sensor was to gather and read out the signals in a large number of image points, pixels, in a short time. The CCD is the digital camera's electronic eye. It revolutionized p ...
PPT
... Solar-B data, together with analysis software tools, will be opened to the world solar physics (and related) communities as quickly as possible. (hopefully in a few months after data acquisition) We welcome proposals for observation plans from outside the Solar-B team. (Details TBD) Collaborative ob ...
... Solar-B data, together with analysis software tools, will be opened to the world solar physics (and related) communities as quickly as possible. (hopefully in a few months after data acquisition) We welcome proposals for observation plans from outside the Solar-B team. (Details TBD) Collaborative ob ...
Quiz # 3
... 9. One technique that astronomers are now using to increase the amount of detail that can be recorded with telescopes is A) spinning huge tubs of mercury, thus producing very large parabolic surfaces at relatively low cost. B) antireflective coatings, where the mirror is coated with a substance such ...
... 9. One technique that astronomers are now using to increase the amount of detail that can be recorded with telescopes is A) spinning huge tubs of mercury, thus producing very large parabolic surfaces at relatively low cost. B) antireflective coatings, where the mirror is coated with a substance such ...
Powerpoint - UIUC HEP Group
... The ability to observe infrared is important to cosmology (due to the red shift). The gain from better image quality in space is partially reduced by the fact that terrestrial telescopes can have larger mirrors. Adaptive optics also helps to mitigate atmospheric effects. ...
... The ability to observe infrared is important to cosmology (due to the red shift). The gain from better image quality in space is partially reduced by the fact that terrestrial telescopes can have larger mirrors. Adaptive optics also helps to mitigate atmospheric effects. ...
Orion-pr-2009 - Astrophysics Research Institute
... was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003. During its mission, Spitzer will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space between wavelengths of 3 and 180 microns (1 micron is one-millionth of a meter) ...
... was launched into space by a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida on 25 August 2003. During its mission, Spitzer will obtain images and spectra by detecting the infrared energy, or heat, radiated by objects in space between wavelengths of 3 and 180 microns (1 micron is one-millionth of a meter) ...
Exploring Space
... Satellites orbit Earth, thousands are in orbit today Sputnik- 1957, 1st satellite by Russians, Started space race Space Probes travel out in space and send back information about planets and moons Over 50 space probe missions have occurred in last 50 ...
... Satellites orbit Earth, thousands are in orbit today Sputnik- 1957, 1st satellite by Russians, Started space race Space Probes travel out in space and send back information about planets and moons Over 50 space probe missions have occurred in last 50 ...
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.