Institute for Astrophysical Research Seminar Series
... MAGPIS: Finding MagnetAccelerators, and Other Shiny Trinkets in a Galactic Plane Radio Survey ...
... MAGPIS: Finding MagnetAccelerators, and Other Shiny Trinkets in a Galactic Plane Radio Survey ...
Instruction Manual
... The diagonal mirror will appear centered as shown (2, Fig. D). If the diagonal appears off center, then adjust the 3 collimation screws (2, Fig. B) on the plastic diagonal mirror housing. 2. If the reflection of the primary mirror (3, Fig. D) is not centered on the surface of the diagonal mirror, ad ...
... The diagonal mirror will appear centered as shown (2, Fig. D). If the diagonal appears off center, then adjust the 3 collimation screws (2, Fig. B) on the plastic diagonal mirror housing. 2. If the reflection of the primary mirror (3, Fig. D) is not centered on the surface of the diagonal mirror, ad ...
July - Rose City Astronomers
... While you do not have to be a member of the AAVSO to make magnitude estimate reports you do need to have the organization assign you reporting Initials before you can upload any data. This is a pretty simple process requiring only the filling out of a registration form (no fees involved) and then wa ...
... While you do not have to be a member of the AAVSO to make magnitude estimate reports you do need to have the organization assign you reporting Initials before you can upload any data. This is a pretty simple process requiring only the filling out of a registration form (no fees involved) and then wa ...
114EQ-AR
... power you’re referring to is eyepiece magnification, yes you can! The most common mistake of the beginning observer is to “overpower” a telescope by using high magnifications which the telescope’s aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Keep in mind that a smaller, but bright ...
... power you’re referring to is eyepiece magnification, yes you can! The most common mistake of the beginning observer is to “overpower” a telescope by using high magnifications which the telescope’s aperture and atmospheric conditions cannot reasonably support. Keep in mind that a smaller, but bright ...
OBJXlab
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
The Quest for Object X - Department of Physics and Astronomy
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: • Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: • Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
the search for object x
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: • Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
... light from an unknown celestial object. You can use these facilities to perform tests that will help you uncover the object’s most likely nature Here are some of the questions you may want to ask yourself as you design and implement your observing strategy: • Is the object visible at some wavelength ...
DOBSONIAN TELESCOPE
... full lenscap, view only through the small opening. Looking at the sun without proper use of a solar filter can cause permanent eye damage, included blindness. When viewing through the telescope, the image will appear to be upside-down and inverted. This is normal and is a result of the optical syste ...
... full lenscap, view only through the small opening. Looking at the sun without proper use of a solar filter can cause permanent eye damage, included blindness. When viewing through the telescope, the image will appear to be upside-down and inverted. This is normal and is a result of the optical syste ...
114EQ-AR
... painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. ...
... painless, so there is no warning to the observer that damage has occurred until it is too late. Do not point the telescope at or near the Sun. Do not look through the telescope as it is moving. Children should always have adult supervision while observing. ...
User Guide
... expands the cone of the focused light before it reaches the focal point, so that the telescope's focal length appears longer to the eyepiece. In addition to increasing magnification, the benefits of using a Barlow lens include improved eye relief, and reduced spherical aberration of the eyepiece. Fo ...
... expands the cone of the focused light before it reaches the focal point, so that the telescope's focal length appears longer to the eyepiece. In addition to increasing magnification, the benefits of using a Barlow lens include improved eye relief, and reduced spherical aberration of the eyepiece. Fo ...
Eye in the sky - Academy of Science of South Africa
... a bucket out in the rain of faint light. Your eye and brain cannot do it. You see the world instantaneously (or, in something like 10 – 20 millisecond chunks actually). Because of its size, and the long-exposure ability, SALT can see objects that are billions of times fainter than our naked eye can ...
... a bucket out in the rain of faint light. Your eye and brain cannot do it. You see the world instantaneously (or, in something like 10 – 20 millisecond chunks actually). Because of its size, and the long-exposure ability, SALT can see objects that are billions of times fainter than our naked eye can ...
Series Telescopes INSTRUCTION MANUAL
... Some of the many standard features of the AstroMaster LT include: • All coated glass optical elements for clear, crisp images. • Smooth functioning, rigid alt-azimuth mount with a large pan handle with built-in clutch for easy targeting. • Preassembled steel leg tripod with 1” legs ensures stable pl ...
... Some of the many standard features of the AstroMaster LT include: • All coated glass optical elements for clear, crisp images. • Smooth functioning, rigid alt-azimuth mount with a large pan handle with built-in clutch for easy targeting. • Preassembled steel leg tripod with 1” legs ensures stable pl ...
ASTRONOMY IN MODERN TURKEY Akdeniz University Space
... Early contacts with the Copernican heliocentric system and modern astronomy in the modern Turkey were made through translations of astronomical tables, e.g. Noël Duret (d. 1650) translated by Tezkireci Köse İbrahim in 1660-64, and through many translated maps and atlases, e.g. Atlas Major by Wilh ...
... Early contacts with the Copernican heliocentric system and modern astronomy in the modern Turkey were made through translations of astronomical tables, e.g. Noël Duret (d. 1650) translated by Tezkireci Köse İbrahim in 1660-64, and through many translated maps and atlases, e.g. Atlas Major by Wilh ...
JRASC, June 2014 Issue (PDF, low resolution)
... of a historical, biographical, or educational nature of general interest to the astronomical community. All contributions are welcome, but the editors reserve the right to edit material prior to publication. Research papers are reviewed prior to publication, and professional astronomers with institu ...
... of a historical, biographical, or educational nature of general interest to the astronomical community. All contributions are welcome, but the editors reserve the right to edit material prior to publication. Research papers are reviewed prior to publication, and professional astronomers with institu ...
A Starscape in Red and Blue - Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
... of a historical, biographical, or educational nature of general interest to the astronomical community. All contributions are welcome, but the editors reserve the right to edit material prior to publication. Research papers are reviewed prior to publication, and professional astronomers with institu ...
... of a historical, biographical, or educational nature of general interest to the astronomical community. All contributions are welcome, but the editors reserve the right to edit material prior to publication. Research papers are reviewed prior to publication, and professional astronomers with institu ...
Astronomy Timeline
... 130 B.C. - Greek astronomer Hipparchus develops the first accurate star map and star catalogue, and a reliable method to predict solar eclipses 46 B.C. - Julius Caesar, after consulting the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria, introduces the Julian Calendar, a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 ...
... 130 B.C. - Greek astronomer Hipparchus develops the first accurate star map and star catalogue, and a reliable method to predict solar eclipses 46 B.C. - Julius Caesar, after consulting the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria, introduces the Julian Calendar, a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 ...
What Makes a Failure? Designing a New National Telescope, 1975
... to see the coherence that is starting to develop now as compared to the early 1970s, particularly in the scientific community. . . . And given what I now see plus some money, we engineers will give you guys the moon.” 7 These comments were prescient, but it would be several more years before astrono ...
... to see the coherence that is starting to develop now as compared to the early 1970s, particularly in the scientific community. . . . And given what I now see plus some money, we engineers will give you guys the moon.” 7 These comments were prescient, but it would be several more years before astrono ...
Te lescopes - Astromedia AB
... The German equatorial mount features setting circles and slow motion controls on the R.A. and DEC. axes. These controls will enhance your viewing experience by simplifying both locating and tracking objects. When you’re looking for a telescope offering a bit more versatility and control than the alt ...
... The German equatorial mount features setting circles and slow motion controls on the R.A. and DEC. axes. These controls will enhance your viewing experience by simplifying both locating and tracking objects. When you’re looking for a telescope offering a bit more versatility and control than the alt ...
Upcoming Events
... The year 2015 marked big progress on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and there are still a number of large milestones before the next generation telescope is launched in 2018. Recently, all of the 18 segments of the Webb telescope primary mirror segments were installed on the observatory's backpla ...
... The year 2015 marked big progress on NASA's James Webb Space Telescope and there are still a number of large milestones before the next generation telescope is launched in 2018. Recently, all of the 18 segments of the Webb telescope primary mirror segments were installed on the observatory's backpla ...
40-04135 8 Page Manual Template
... 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 surface detail on Venus because it has a very ...
... 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 surface detail on Venus because it has a very ...
Celestron Manual
... Let’s say, for example, you are using the 20mm eyepiece that came with your Travel Scope 70 telescope. To determine the magnification you divide the focal length of your telescope (the Travel Scope for this example has a focal length of 400mm) by the focal length of the eyepiece, 20mm. Dividing 400 ...
... Let’s say, for example, you are using the 20mm eyepiece that came with your Travel Scope 70 telescope. To determine the magnification you divide the focal length of your telescope (the Travel Scope for this example has a focal length of 400mm) by the focal length of the eyepiece, 20mm. Dividing 400 ...
telestar instruction manual
... volcanic activity. You can also see mountain ranges and fault lines on the Moon. Use a neutral density filter (often called a “moon filter”) when observing the Moon. Neutral density filters are available from Meade as an optional accessory and enhance contrast to improve your observation of lunar fe ...
... volcanic activity. You can also see mountain ranges and fault lines on the Moon. Use a neutral density filter (often called a “moon filter”) when observing the Moon. Neutral density filters are available from Meade as an optional accessory and enhance contrast to improve your observation of lunar fe ...
telestar instruction manual
... interesting. But look again. There is much information that is revealed in stars. The first thing you will notice is that not all stars are the same colors. See if you can find blue, orange, yellow, white and red stars. The color of stars sometimes can tell you about the age of a star and the temper ...
... interesting. But look again. There is much information that is revealed in stars. The first thing you will notice is that not all stars are the same colors. See if you can find blue, orange, yellow, white and red stars. The color of stars sometimes can tell you about the age of a star and the temper ...
MEADE INSTRUCTION MANUAL
... your eyepiece inside the circle. The best exercise for drawing is to observe the moons of Jupiter every night or so. Try to make Jupiter and the moons approximately the same size as they look in your eyepiece. You will see that the moons are in a different position every night. As you get better at ...
... your eyepiece inside the circle. The best exercise for drawing is to observe the moons of Jupiter every night or so. Try to make Jupiter and the moons approximately the same size as they look in your eyepiece. You will see that the moons are in a different position every night. As you get better at ...
Galileo`s telescope - Exhibits on-line
... telescope with twenty magnifications is indicatively 15 minutes, that is, about half the apparent diameter of the Moon, it decreases to the order of only 5 minutes in a telescope with fifty magnifications. Such limited fields not only made the Galilean telescope unfeasible for civil and military pur ...
... telescope with twenty magnifications is indicatively 15 minutes, that is, about half the apparent diameter of the Moon, it decreases to the order of only 5 minutes in a telescope with fifty magnifications. Such limited fields not only made the Galilean telescope unfeasible for civil and military pur ...
Jodrell Bank Observatory
The Jodrell Bank Observatory (originally the Jodrell Bank Experimental Station, then the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories from 1966 to 1999; /ˈdʒɒdrəl/) is a British observatory that hosts a number of radio telescopes, and is part of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics at the University of Manchester. The observatory was established in 1945 by Sir Bernard Lovell, a radio astronomer at the University of Manchester who wanted to investigate cosmic rays after his work on radar during the Second World War. It has since played an important role in the research of meteors, quasars, pulsars, masers and gravitational lenses, and was heavily involved with the tracking of space probes at the start of the Space Age. The managing director of the observatory is Professor Simon Garrington.The main telescope at the observatory is the Lovell Telescope, which is the third largest steerable radio telescope in the world. There are three other active telescopes located at the observatory; the Mark II, as well as 42 ft (13 m) and 7 m diameter radio telescopes. Jodrell Bank Observatory is also the base of the Multi-Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network (MERLIN), a National Facility run by the University of Manchester on behalf of the Science and Technology Facilities Council.The site of the observatory, which includes the Jodrell Bank Visitor Centre and an arboretum, is located in the civil parish of Lower Withington (the rest being in Goostrey civil parish), near Goostrey and Holmes Chapel, Cheshire, North West England. It is reached from the A535. An excellent view of the telescope can be seen by travelling by train, as the main line between Manchester and Crewe passes right by the site, with Goostrey station being only a short distance away.