Introduction to Galaxies - West Jefferson Local Schools
... Elliptical galaxies are affectionately called “E” galaxies. They can be extremely large and massive. This galaxy is 2 million light years across. The size of the Milky Way in comparison! ...
... Elliptical galaxies are affectionately called “E” galaxies. They can be extremely large and massive. This galaxy is 2 million light years across. The size of the Milky Way in comparison! ...
Strategy For Verification and Validation
... telescopes, from UV to near-IR, allowing for monolithic, segmented, and distributed telescope architectures. Large, lower-cost, lightweight mirrors and space-Deployable Structures for the next generation of large telescopes and antennas o NWO supports the development and fabrication of a low cost, h ...
... telescopes, from UV to near-IR, allowing for monolithic, segmented, and distributed telescope architectures. Large, lower-cost, lightweight mirrors and space-Deployable Structures for the next generation of large telescopes and antennas o NWO supports the development and fabrication of a low cost, h ...
The Space-Based Visible Sensor - The Johns Hopkins University
... low-noise 12-bit digitized readout. The camera uses a fully redundant, dual-channel architecture for fault tolerance, where only one channel is powered at a time. The camera has two commandable gains and up to five different integration times. The gains are nominally set to provide 6 and 25 electron ...
... low-noise 12-bit digitized readout. The camera uses a fully redundant, dual-channel architecture for fault tolerance, where only one channel is powered at a time. The camera has two commandable gains and up to five different integration times. The gains are nominally set to provide 6 and 25 electron ...
Gov Aker Telescope Operators Manual
... The Gov Aker telescope was manufactured by the Tinsley Telescope corporation, and is often referred to as the “Tinsley Telescope”. It is a research class telescope that was previously used on Kitt Peak, and was donated by Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, for public education at Discovery ...
... The Gov Aker telescope was manufactured by the Tinsley Telescope corporation, and is often referred to as the “Tinsley Telescope”. It is a research class telescope that was previously used on Kitt Peak, and was donated by Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, for public education at Discovery ...
Understanding Uranus - Lewis Center for
... Hubble Space Telescope only have time to check up on Uranus every year or two. What if something starts to change when the VLA is not looking? GAVRT, by observing several times a year, might see something happening first, and warn us to look with other telescopes! Another important contribution from ...
... Hubble Space Telescope only have time to check up on Uranus every year or two. What if something starts to change when the VLA is not looking? GAVRT, by observing several times a year, might see something happening first, and warn us to look with other telescopes! Another important contribution from ...
Performance Improvement of a Flexible Telescope Through
... performance or whether metrology must be applied. In case metrology is not required, the optimized telescope has two main axis drives with motors and gears as actuators and encoders as sensors. The classical position control uses an open-loop1 pointing model and refraction model, and LUTs for open-l ...
... performance or whether metrology must be applied. In case metrology is not required, the optimized telescope has two main axis drives with motors and gears as actuators and encoders as sensors. The classical position control uses an open-loop1 pointing model and refraction model, and LUTs for open-l ...
40-04135 8 Page Manual Template
... altitude control knobs (5). Loosening this knob allows you to move the telescope up and down. 2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob (6). Loosening this lock allows the telescope to be moved from side to side. 3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the control knobs. You can then use the slow m ...
... altitude control knobs (5). Loosening this knob allows you to move the telescope up and down. 2. Slightly loosen the horizontal lock knob (6). Loosening this lock allows the telescope to be moved from side to side. 3. Once an object is found, re-tighten the control knobs. You can then use the slow m ...
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... is used for extragalactic distance measurements. Understanding the evolution of Cepheids and their migration off the instability strip is therefore important. Several Cepheids are known to exhibit period increase along with amplitude decrease. The most publicized Cepheid showing these characteristic ...
... is used for extragalactic distance measurements. Understanding the evolution of Cepheids and their migration off the instability strip is therefore important. Several Cepheids are known to exhibit period increase along with amplitude decrease. The most publicized Cepheid showing these characteristic ...
telestar instruction manual
... 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 in the diagonal mirror and turn the focuser knob (23) until the ...
... 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 in the diagonal mirror and turn the focuser knob (23) until the ...
60AZ-AR - OPT Telescopes
... is a single, yellow dwarf star. It is average as far as stars go and is a middle aged star. Beyond the planets are clouds of comets, icy planetoids and other debris left over from the birth of our sun. Recently astronomers have found large objects in this area and they may increase the number of pla ...
... is a single, yellow dwarf star. It is average as far as stars go and is a middle aged star. Beyond the planets are clouds of comets, icy planetoids and other debris left over from the birth of our sun. Recently astronomers have found large objects in this area and they may increase the number of pla ...
Network Telescopes: Technical Report
... Data collection on the Internet today is a formidable task. It is either impractical or impossible to collect data in enough locations to construct a global view of this dynamic, amorphous system. Over the last three years, a new measurement approach – network telescopes [1] – has emerged as the pre ...
... Data collection on the Internet today is a formidable task. It is either impractical or impossible to collect data in enough locations to construct a global view of this dynamic, amorphous system. Over the last three years, a new measurement approach – network telescopes [1] – has emerged as the pre ...
the eye of the beholder: designing the owl
... Preliminary requirements and possible technological solutions for the next generation of ground-based optical telescopes were laid down at ESO in 1998. Since then, a phase A study has been commissioned, the objective of which is to produce a conceptual design compatible, to the maximum possible exte ...
... Preliminary requirements and possible technological solutions for the next generation of ground-based optical telescopes were laid down at ESO in 1998. Since then, a phase A study has been commissioned, the objective of which is to produce a conceptual design compatible, to the maximum possible exte ...
orion® starBlast™ - Spectrum Scientifics
... Tracking Celestial Objects The Earth is constantly rotating about its polar axis, completing one full rotation every 24 hours; this is what defines a “day”. We do not feel the Earth rotating, but we see it at night from the apparent movement of stars from east to west. When you observe any astronomi ...
... Tracking Celestial Objects The Earth is constantly rotating about its polar axis, completing one full rotation every 24 hours; this is what defines a “day”. We do not feel the Earth rotating, but we see it at night from the apparent movement of stars from east to west. When you observe any astronomi ...
Synopsis by Tim Williams
... Comparison to existing systems Existing systems use 1000’s of expensive capacitive sensors and voice-coil actuators glued to the back of the mirror with tolerances of 10 to 50 um. Air gaps in these systems are on the order of 200 um for actuators and 50 um for capacitive sensors. These small dimensi ...
... Comparison to existing systems Existing systems use 1000’s of expensive capacitive sensors and voice-coil actuators glued to the back of the mirror with tolerances of 10 to 50 um. Air gaps in these systems are on the order of 200 um for actuators and 50 um for capacitive sensors. These small dimensi ...
Word version of Episode 704
... External reference This activity is taken from Advancing Physics, chapter 12, 160O ...
... External reference This activity is taken from Advancing Physics, chapter 12, 160O ...
telestar instruction manual
... in your telescope. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, because it is close to the Sun. You can observe Venus going through crescent phases. But you cannot see any surface detail on Venus because it has a very thick atmosphere of gas. When Mars is close to the Earth, you can see some details o ...
... in your telescope. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, because it is close to the Sun. You can observe Venus going through crescent phases. But you cannot see any surface detail on Venus because it has a very thick atmosphere of gas. When Mars is close to the Earth, you can see some details o ...
User Manual Explore Scientific Truss Tube Dobsonian Telescopes
... of the planets in astronomy circulars and soon on the information center of the Explore Scientific homepage. The following planets are especially suited for observations with your telescope: Venus: The diameter of Venus is about 9/10 the diameter of the earth. When Venus is orbiting the sun the astr ...
... of the planets in astronomy circulars and soon on the information center of the Explore Scientific homepage. The following planets are especially suited for observations with your telescope: Venus: The diameter of Venus is about 9/10 the diameter of the earth. When Venus is orbiting the sun the astr ...
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... In contrast, the best HST images permit reliable classifications to be made to epochs corresponding to redshifts of 1–2, some 60–70% of the way back to the Big Bang. Early work with HST concentrated on randomly chosen small fields observed with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC-2) in parallel, ...
... In contrast, the best HST images permit reliable classifications to be made to epochs corresponding to redshifts of 1–2, some 60–70% of the way back to the Big Bang. Early work with HST concentrated on randomly chosen small fields observed with the Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC-2) in parallel, ...
New Meade 60 EQ-D 8-03
... Repeat this procedure until all 3 leg braces are mounted on the 3 leg brace supports. See Fig. 6. 4. To attach the accessory tray (3, Fig. 1) to the leg braces (4, Fig. 1), place the round accessory tray over the over mounting bolt hole (36, Fig. 3). Threading the attachment knob into the the mounti ...
... Repeat this procedure until all 3 leg braces are mounted on the 3 leg brace supports. See Fig. 6. 4. To attach the accessory tray (3, Fig. 1) to the leg braces (4, Fig. 1), place the round accessory tray over the over mounting bolt hole (36, Fig. 3). Threading the attachment knob into the the mounti ...
70AZ-AR
... and are called the inner planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars comprise the inner planets. Venus and Mars can be easily seen in your telescope. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, because it is close to the Sun. You can observe Venus going through crescent phases. But you cannot see any sur ...
... and are called the inner planets. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars comprise the inner planets. Venus and Mars can be easily seen in your telescope. Venus is seen before dawn or after sunset, because it is close to the Sun. You can observe Venus going through crescent phases. But you cannot see any sur ...
Gone in a flash: supernovae in the survey era
... brighter than a Type Ia supernova). The first of SLSN (Gal-Yam 2012), commonly defined as CFHT, or DECam on the Cerro Tololo Interevent, SCP 06F6, was identified in 2009 and had being brighter than –21 in absolute magnitude American Observatory 4 m Blanco telescope), broad, unexplained spectral abso ...
... brighter than a Type Ia supernova). The first of SLSN (Gal-Yam 2012), commonly defined as CFHT, or DECam on the Cerro Tololo Interevent, SCP 06F6, was identified in 2009 and had being brighter than –21 in absolute magnitude American Observatory 4 m Blanco telescope), broad, unexplained spectral abso ...
Does size matter (in the SFRs)?
... Narrow-band Hα and continuum images were obtained for a total of 18 dS galaxies at the 1.5m telescope at San Pedro Mártir observatory (Baja California, México). They were reduced and analysed using the normal procedure in MIDAS (Hidalgo-Gámez, work in progress). ...
... Narrow-band Hα and continuum images were obtained for a total of 18 dS galaxies at the 1.5m telescope at San Pedro Mártir observatory (Baja California, México). They were reduced and analysed using the normal procedure in MIDAS (Hidalgo-Gámez, work in progress). ...
User`s Manual for the 84cm and 1.5m Telescopes
... Figure 4: The main window of the telescope console's graphical interface at the command prompt in any terminal window. The graphical interface opens the window shown in Figure 4. There are two tabs: TELESCOPIO and CATALOGO. The TELESCOPIO page is the console interface proper while the CATALOGO page ...
... Figure 4: The main window of the telescope console's graphical interface at the command prompt in any terminal window. The graphical interface opens the window shown in Figure 4. There are two tabs: TELESCOPIO and CATALOGO. The TELESCOPIO page is the console interface proper while the CATALOGO page ...
Burge Proc SPIE 4840 226 - LOFT, Large Optics Fabrication and
... Size and asphericity are the factors that challenge our ability to make larger and faster mirrors for giant telescopes. Size drives the requirement for greater efficiency in manufacturing the optics. While no one is proposing to make individual segments larger than the 8 m class mirrors for which fa ...
... Size and asphericity are the factors that challenge our ability to make larger and faster mirrors for giant telescopes. Size drives the requirement for greater efficiency in manufacturing the optics. While no one is proposing to make individual segments larger than the 8 m class mirrors for which fa ...
Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation. With a 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) mirror, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra. The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble.Hubble's orbit outside the distortion of Earth's atmosphere allows it to take extremely high-resolution images with negligible background light. Hubble has recorded some of the most detailed visible-light images ever, allowing a deep view into space and time. Many Hubble observations have led to breakthroughs in astrophysics, such as accurately determining the rate of expansion of the universe.Although not the first space telescope, Hubble is one of the largest and most versatile, and is well known as both a vital research tool and a public relations boon for astronomy. The HST was built by the United States space agency NASA, with contributions from the European Space Agency, and is operated by the Space Telescope Science Institute. The HST is one of NASA's Great Observatories, along with the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory, the Chandra X-ray Observatory, and the Spitzer Space Telescope.Space telescopes were proposed as early as 1923. Hubble was funded in the 1970s, with a proposed launch in 1983, but the project was beset by technical delays, budget problems, and the Challenger disaster. When finally launched in 1990, Hubble's main mirror was found to have been ground incorrectly, compromising the telescope's capabilities. The optics were corrected to their intended quality by a servicing mission in 1993.Hubble is the only telescope designed to be serviced in space by astronauts. After launch by Space Shuttle Discovery in 1990, four subsequent Space Shuttle missions repaired, upgraded, and replaced systems on the telescope. A fifth mission was canceled on safety grounds following the Columbia disaster. However, after spirited public discussion, NASA administrator Mike Griffin approved one final servicing mission, completed in 2009. The telescope is still operating as of 2015, and may last until 2030–2040. Its scientific successor, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), is scheduled for launch in 2018.