The Danish 1.5 m Telescope in Operation!
... readers. Pointing corrections for mechanical and optical misalignment or for flexure are not yet included, but the pointing accuracy is al ready of the order of 10-15". All control and acquisition electronics and their terminals are 10cated partly in a room on the floor below, partly in a small cont ...
... readers. Pointing corrections for mechanical and optical misalignment or for flexure are not yet included, but the pointing accuracy is al ready of the order of 10-15". All control and acquisition electronics and their terminals are 10cated partly in a room on the floor below, partly in a small cont ...
QUINN_2004 - Armagh Observatory
... During my 6 week placement at Armagh observatory, I was set the project of studying the change in magnitude of a variable star, KPD 1930+2752. KPD 1930+2752 is actually 2 stars, known as a binary system, it consists of 2 stars, one hot, bright sub-dwarf B star orbiting round a smaller, denser white ...
... During my 6 week placement at Armagh observatory, I was set the project of studying the change in magnitude of a variable star, KPD 1930+2752. KPD 1930+2752 is actually 2 stars, known as a binary system, it consists of 2 stars, one hot, bright sub-dwarf B star orbiting round a smaller, denser white ...
SX TransPORT .(English)
... Predicted Bandwidth for Scheduled Experiments, March 2005 Predicted international Research & Education Network bandwidth, to be made available for scheduled application and middleware research experiments by December 2004. ...
... Predicted Bandwidth for Scheduled Experiments, March 2005 Predicted international Research & Education Network bandwidth, to be made available for scheduled application and middleware research experiments by December 2004. ...
The Telescope - Salt Lake Astronomical Society
... energy efficient using only the equivalent of 28 household light bulbs for each orbit. At a cost of over $1.5 Billion Dollars Hubble was the most expensive telescope built at the time. It had a mission plan that spans 20 years and is due to be replaced in 2011 by a new space telescope that will see ...
... energy efficient using only the equivalent of 28 household light bulbs for each orbit. At a cost of over $1.5 Billion Dollars Hubble was the most expensive telescope built at the time. It had a mission plan that spans 20 years and is due to be replaced in 2011 by a new space telescope that will see ...
23-4 - Fremont Peak Observatory
... The Challenger telescope early this year had a high reflectance (96)% aluminum coating applied to its primary mirror by L & L Optical in Mission Viejo, Ca. The Challenger's secondary mirror will be recoated along with the FPOA's 16" Dob's primary and secondary mirror in the December 2006-January 200 ...
... The Challenger telescope early this year had a high reflectance (96)% aluminum coating applied to its primary mirror by L & L Optical in Mission Viejo, Ca. The Challenger's secondary mirror will be recoated along with the FPOA's 16" Dob's primary and secondary mirror in the December 2006-January 200 ...
Lab 10: Refracting Telescopes
... 4 feet long of Mr. Newton's invention which, though the metaline concave was not duly polished, yet did pretty well, but was under charged'. It was improved for the next meeting, when the minutes note 'The 4 foot telescope of Mr. Newton's invention was produced again, being improved since the last m ...
... 4 feet long of Mr. Newton's invention which, though the metaline concave was not duly polished, yet did pretty well, but was under charged'. It was improved for the next meeting, when the minutes note 'The 4 foot telescope of Mr. Newton's invention was produced again, being improved since the last m ...
Sunset06 - University of California, San Diego
... See more things, see farther If you double the area of the mirror, you collect four times as much light ...
... See more things, see farther If you double the area of the mirror, you collect four times as much light ...
Document
... upper left: numerical simulation of granular convection on the Sun (Beeck & Schüssler, MPS), upper right: same scene seen through a 70cm telescope, lower left: reconstructed, lower right: 1% random noise added and then reconstructed ...
... upper left: numerical simulation of granular convection on the Sun (Beeck & Schüssler, MPS), upper right: same scene seen through a 70cm telescope, lower left: reconstructed, lower right: 1% random noise added and then reconstructed ...
Choosing and Using a Telescope for Astronomy
... ideal for a Newtonian telescope tube. Equatorial If Earth did not move, an alt-azimuth mount would be all that any of us would ever need. An equatorial mount readily compensates for the motion of the Earth. It does this sinceone of its axes is parallel to Earth’s spin. There are two main types of eq ...
... ideal for a Newtonian telescope tube. Equatorial If Earth did not move, an alt-azimuth mount would be all that any of us would ever need. An equatorial mount readily compensates for the motion of the Earth. It does this sinceone of its axes is parallel to Earth’s spin. There are two main types of eq ...
Loan-A-Scope Program FAQ
... If the telescope is a GEM mount with a simple tracking motor, make sure the motor is properly engaging and running. You should be able to hear a hum or whine from the motor. If not, check that it is getting power and if it has LED’s, that some are on. If not, check the power source/change the batter ...
... If the telescope is a GEM mount with a simple tracking motor, make sure the motor is properly engaging and running. You should be able to hear a hum or whine from the motor. If not, check that it is getting power and if it has LED’s, that some are on. If not, check the power source/change the batter ...
Optical Discussion Summary
... throughout the coming decade (i.e., through until 2015). It is absolutely vital that the AAO as an institution be kept running, in order to retain the people, intellectual property, and instrument R&D/construction capability. There was strong endorsement of the “Australian Astronomical Observatory” ...
... throughout the coming decade (i.e., through until 2015). It is absolutely vital that the AAO as an institution be kept running, in order to retain the people, intellectual property, and instrument R&D/construction capability. There was strong endorsement of the “Australian Astronomical Observatory” ...
I. Reflective and Refractive Telescopes II. Telescope Optics III
... 9 Index of refraction for most transparent materials are wavelength dependent, i.e. n is a function of λ ...
... 9 Index of refraction for most transparent materials are wavelength dependent, i.e. n is a function of λ ...
What is light?
... Science of Radio Astronomy Radio astronomy reveals several features, not visible at other wavelengths: • Neutral hydrogen clouds (which don’t emit any visible light), containing ~ 90 % of all the atoms in the Universe • Molecules (often located in dense clouds, where visible light is completely abs ...
... Science of Radio Astronomy Radio astronomy reveals several features, not visible at other wavelengths: • Neutral hydrogen clouds (which don’t emit any visible light), containing ~ 90 % of all the atoms in the Universe • Molecules (often located in dense clouds, where visible light is completely abs ...
Meade ETX-90 Student Guide
... o Loosen the vertical and horizontal locks. o Turn the telescope along its horizontal axis counter clockwise until it stops. o Turn the telescope clockwise about its horizontal axis until one of the fork arms is centered over the computer control. o Adjust the telescope tube so that it is parallel t ...
... o Loosen the vertical and horizontal locks. o Turn the telescope along its horizontal axis counter clockwise until it stops. o Turn the telescope clockwise about its horizontal axis until one of the fork arms is centered over the computer control. o Adjust the telescope tube so that it is parallel t ...
January 2005 - Otterbein University
... exploration. That's how long it will take the European Space Agency's Huygens probe to parachute to the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan on January 14th. Huygens will sample Titan's atmosphere, photograph its bizarre terrain, listen for alien sounds and, possibly, splash down in a liquid metha ...
... exploration. That's how long it will take the European Space Agency's Huygens probe to parachute to the surface of Saturn's largest moon Titan on January 14th. Huygens will sample Titan's atmosphere, photograph its bizarre terrain, listen for alien sounds and, possibly, splash down in a liquid metha ...
James Webb Space Telescope
... hardware for NASA and other customers to propose a plan for the development, validation, and flight demonstration of technologies that will benefit the JWST. The Ball Aerospace approach is also based on enhancing technologies that have the potential to improve scientific capabilities, to reduce the ...
... hardware for NASA and other customers to propose a plan for the development, validation, and flight demonstration of technologies that will benefit the JWST. The Ball Aerospace approach is also based on enhancing technologies that have the potential to improve scientific capabilities, to reduce the ...
Light - Indiana University Astronomy
... Wavelengths are measured in nanometers, and temperatures in degrees Kelvin. Using the infrared camera or a thermometer, measure the temperatures of materials available in the room (ice, walls, water, hot water, skin, incandescent light bulb. Using Wien’s Law, determine the wavelength at which each m ...
... Wavelengths are measured in nanometers, and temperatures in degrees Kelvin. Using the infrared camera or a thermometer, measure the temperatures of materials available in the room (ice, walls, water, hot water, skin, incandescent light bulb. Using Wien’s Law, determine the wavelength at which each m ...
Document
... •$5M advanced concept defintion and technology development • funded by NASA Headquarters 1991-94 • transmit electrical power from the ground to satellites and spacecraft via high energy laser illumination of photovoltaic array •Relevant Products •Post-Keck, 12 meter-class ground imaging telescope de ...
... •$5M advanced concept defintion and technology development • funded by NASA Headquarters 1991-94 • transmit electrical power from the ground to satellites and spacecraft via high energy laser illumination of photovoltaic array •Relevant Products •Post-Keck, 12 meter-class ground imaging telescope de ...
Ch 05
... in the sky that supported the Copernican theory of the heliocentric cosmos like the moons of Jupiter • He also observed that the Milky Way was composed of millions of stars, Venus had phases, the Moon had geographical features similar to Earth (and the maria weren’t seas!) and the Sun had spots • Af ...
... in the sky that supported the Copernican theory of the heliocentric cosmos like the moons of Jupiter • He also observed that the Milky Way was composed of millions of stars, Venus had phases, the Moon had geographical features similar to Earth (and the maria weren’t seas!) and the Sun had spots • Af ...
central chapter - NSPE
... The JWST is a much anticipated, long awaited “next generation” telescope hopefully capable to look further back in time, deep within dusty star forming regions, using longer wavelengths that is more sensitive then any previous space telescope. The technologies are being developed for ground-breaking ...
... The JWST is a much anticipated, long awaited “next generation” telescope hopefully capable to look further back in time, deep within dusty star forming regions, using longer wavelengths that is more sensitive then any previous space telescope. The technologies are being developed for ground-breaking ...
An ultra-deep field observatory at the lunar south pole
... stars, and started to make the elements like carbon and oxygen and iron from which the Earth and life are made. We know a lot about the big bang, because it was so bright we can see it easily, now cooled off to become radio waves. First seen from New Jersey, these were recently mapped out from Antar ...
... stars, and started to make the elements like carbon and oxygen and iron from which the Earth and life are made. We know a lot about the big bang, because it was so bright we can see it easily, now cooled off to become radio waves. First seen from New Jersey, these were recently mapped out from Antar ...
Quiz # 3
... A) The sky is more transparent and there is less haze in the atmosphere at that site, providing brighter and sharper images. B) The winds are lighter at the better site, thereby producing less telescope vibration. C) There is less air turbulence at that site, causing less twinkling and blurring of t ...
... A) The sky is more transparent and there is less haze in the atmosphere at that site, providing brighter and sharper images. B) The winds are lighter at the better site, thereby producing less telescope vibration. C) There is less air turbulence at that site, causing less twinkling and blurring of t ...
Introduction to the Dobsonian Telescopes
... Aiming the telescope at an object needs some care. Due to magnification, the size of the field you see in the eyepiece is little (not much more than the size of the Moon would fit in the telescope), so you need to use an aiming device. Such a device, called a TELRAD, is mounted on the side of the te ...
... Aiming the telescope at an object needs some care. Due to magnification, the size of the field you see in the eyepiece is little (not much more than the size of the Moon would fit in the telescope), so you need to use an aiming device. Such a device, called a TELRAD, is mounted on the side of the te ...
Lovell Telescope
The Lovell Telescope /ˈlʌvəl/ is a radio telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory, near Goostrey, Cheshire in the north-west of England. When construction was finished in 1957, the telescope was the largest steerable dish radio telescope in the world at 76.2 m (250 ft) in diameter;it is now the third largest, after the Green Bank telescope in West Virginia, USA, and the Effelsberg telescope in Germany.It was originally known as the ""250 ft telescope"" or the Radio Telescope at Jodrell Bank, before becoming the Mark I telescope around 1961 when future telescopes (the Mark II, III, and IV) were being discussed. It was renamed to the Lovell Telescope in 1987 after Sir Bernard Lovell, and became a Grade I listed building in 1988. The telescope forms part of the MERLIN and European VLBI Network arrays of radio telescopes.Both Bernard Lovell and Charles Husband were knighted for their roles in creating the telescope. In September 2006, the telescope won the BBC's online competition to find the UK's greatest ""Unsung Landmark"". 2007 marked the 50th anniversary of the telescope.If the air is clear enough, the Mark I telescope can be seen from high-rise buildings in Manchester such as the Beetham Tower, and from as far away as the Pennines, Winter Hill in Lancashire, Snowdonia, Beeston Castle in Cheshire, and the Peak District. It can also be seen from the Terminal 1 restaurant area and departure lounges of Manchester Airport.