Instruction Manual Meade Instruments Corporation
... telescope is provided with this feature. However, be advised, compared to star-hopping, object location by use of setting circles requires a greater investment in time and patience to achieve a more precise alignment of the telescope’s polar axis to the celestial pole. For this reason, in part, star ...
... telescope is provided with this feature. However, be advised, compared to star-hopping, object location by use of setting circles requires a greater investment in time and patience to achieve a more precise alignment of the telescope’s polar axis to the celestial pole. For this reason, in part, star ...
softwares and past experience
... Field = 1.9x1.9°, sampling 3.3 arcsec/pix About 12 GRBs/year Variable stars Minor planets Follow up of ToO ...
... Field = 1.9x1.9°, sampling 3.3 arcsec/pix About 12 GRBs/year Variable stars Minor planets Follow up of ToO ...
Preparing astronomical observations and observing with OHP facilities
... For imaging, the observer will have to choose the filter used. This can be a broadband filter (see Fig. 5 for a usual set of UV, Blue, Visible, Red and near-IR filters) or a narrowband: narrowband filters centered on Hα emission line (at 656 nm, 5 nm of width) are often used to enhance HII gaz in so ...
... For imaging, the observer will have to choose the filter used. This can be a broadband filter (see Fig. 5 for a usual set of UV, Blue, Visible, Red and near-IR filters) or a narrowband: narrowband filters centered on Hα emission line (at 656 nm, 5 nm of width) are often used to enhance HII gaz in so ...
February - Amateur Telescope Makers of Boston
... Submillimeter Array (SMA) is an array of parabolic reflector radio telescopes which will total 66 antennas when completed. They are located in the Atacama Desert of Chile at an elevation of approximately 5,000 meters (about 16,000 feet or 3.1 miles) above sea level. The array will have a baseline me ...
... Submillimeter Array (SMA) is an array of parabolic reflector radio telescopes which will total 66 antennas when completed. They are located in the Atacama Desert of Chile at an elevation of approximately 5,000 meters (about 16,000 feet or 3.1 miles) above sea level. The array will have a baseline me ...
PH507lecnote07_mcp2
... um) and the sub-millimetre (100 um -> 300 um). The sub-millimetre is particularly important for investigating star formation regions, and will be discuss further later. Space missions. IRAS (InfraRed Astronomical Satellite) ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) SIRTF (Space InfraRed Telescope Facility) P ...
... um) and the sub-millimetre (100 um -> 300 um). The sub-millimetre is particularly important for investigating star formation regions, and will be discuss further later. Space missions. IRAS (InfraRed Astronomical Satellite) ISO (Infrared Space Observatory) SIRTF (Space InfraRed Telescope Facility) P ...
October 2011 - Newbury Astronomical Society
... The surface of the planet has many bands or „belts‟ of different colours some of which can be seen even in a small telescope. These belts are mainly different shades of browns with variations from white through orange to chocolate brown. There are even reds especially in the famous Great Red Spot al ...
... The surface of the planet has many bands or „belts‟ of different colours some of which can be seen even in a small telescope. These belts are mainly different shades of browns with variations from white through orange to chocolate brown. There are even reds especially in the famous Great Red Spot al ...
Astrophotography Manual
... taking planets. Put an eyepiece in the tele-extender and hold the eyepiece in place by the screw. Attach the T-ring to the tele-extender and attach the setup to the visual back. Note: exposure should not exceed 1/15 seconds. 6. Different types of objects for photography ...
... taking planets. Put an eyepiece in the tele-extender and hold the eyepiece in place by the screw. Attach the T-ring to the tele-extender and attach the setup to the visual back. Note: exposure should not exceed 1/15 seconds. 6. Different types of objects for photography ...
Spokane Public Library The Spokane Astronomical
... the effort, being some of most wonderful things in the night sky. To find deep-sky objects, look up the seasonal sky charts in the National Audubon Society Constellations Pocket Guide (starting on pg 34). Find your season and a clear direction and match the stars with the chart. After locating a con ...
... the effort, being some of most wonderful things in the night sky. To find deep-sky objects, look up the seasonal sky charts in the National Audubon Society Constellations Pocket Guide (starting on pg 34). Find your season and a clear direction and match the stars with the chart. After locating a con ...
The Cook Memorial Library
... effort, being some of most wonderful things in the night sky. To find deep-sky objects, refer to the DeepMap600, provided with the telescope (instructions are on the map). Many free online resources exist to guide you, including free planetarium software. Star Clusters are particularly pretty, usual ...
... effort, being some of most wonderful things in the night sky. To find deep-sky objects, refer to the DeepMap600, provided with the telescope (instructions are on the map). Many free online resources exist to guide you, including free planetarium software. Star Clusters are particularly pretty, usual ...
WhyIYA - DEP
... Galileo then turned his attention to most numerous objects in the night skystars. Rather to his disappointment the stars showed no features- they were still point source, even through a telescope the stars still appeared as points of light. Galileo suggested that this was due to their immense distan ...
... Galileo then turned his attention to most numerous objects in the night skystars. Rather to his disappointment the stars showed no features- they were still point source, even through a telescope the stars still appeared as points of light. Galileo suggested that this was due to their immense distan ...
Introduction - Arecibo Observatory
... [Note to Murray: This section may need to be shortened further – the points I tried to get across are, AO, VLBI, phase referencing, and the 11.3 m antenna soon to be brought to AO ] ...
... [Note to Murray: This section may need to be shortened further – the points I tried to get across are, AO, VLBI, phase referencing, and the 11.3 m antenna soon to be brought to AO ] ...
Portable CDK Alt-Az Telescope.qxp
... diameters at reasonable cost. Their generous backfocus facilitates the incorporation of a deviator plate, off-axis guider, filters, and other instrumentation as needed. The large field of view allows, simultaneously, both large format cameras and access to a wide selection of guide stars, necessary ...
... diameters at reasonable cost. Their generous backfocus facilitates the incorporation of a deviator plate, off-axis guider, filters, and other instrumentation as needed. The large field of view allows, simultaneously, both large format cameras and access to a wide selection of guide stars, necessary ...
Optical Infrared Coordination Network for Astronomy FP7 2013
... for them to take up the observing time. This will normally be for a single observer. If travel support for more than one observer is required for clearly demonstrated scientific reasons it will be necessary to get confirmation from the Project Scientist (details below). Please also see the section o ...
... for them to take up the observing time. This will normally be for a single observer. If travel support for more than one observer is required for clearly demonstrated scientific reasons it will be necessary to get confirmation from the Project Scientist (details below). Please also see the section o ...
TELESCOPE SIMULATION
... emission line peaks. Match your wavelengths with those below. Which chemical elements are producing these emission lines? 8. The spectra of objects in the Hubble redshift lab show a large redshift with the smallest being ~ 80 angstroms. Compare your measured emission line wavelengths for Object X wi ...
... emission line peaks. Match your wavelengths with those below. Which chemical elements are producing these emission lines? 8. The spectra of objects in the Hubble redshift lab show a large redshift with the smallest being ~ 80 angstroms. Compare your measured emission line wavelengths for Object X wi ...
Bad Astronomy - Eastbay Astronomical Society
... and for small telescopes worthy targets are nearly endless. Premiere among these objects is Albireo, Beta Cygni, at the bill of the swan, or the base of the Northern Cross. It’s probably the prettiest of all the double stars, for it is a magnificent blue and gold. Alpha Cygni, the brightest star in ...
... and for small telescopes worthy targets are nearly endless. Premiere among these objects is Albireo, Beta Cygni, at the bill of the swan, or the base of the Northern Cross. It’s probably the prettiest of all the double stars, for it is a magnificent blue and gold. Alpha Cygni, the brightest star in ...
Light and Telescope
... dust; radio: gas) To detect different wavelengths of light, eg. X-ray, UV, optical, infrared, radio, different technologies are ...
... dust; radio: gas) To detect different wavelengths of light, eg. X-ray, UV, optical, infrared, radio, different technologies are ...
OBJXlab-JCU_Alt
... detect up there. It’s like the puzzles in the “Where’s Waldo?” books, which ask the reader tries to find one person in a crowd of thousands—you can stare straight at the object you’re looking for, yet fail to find what’s right before your eyes. To appreciate the difficulty of discovering something o ...
... detect up there. It’s like the puzzles in the “Where’s Waldo?” books, which ask the reader tries to find one person in a crowd of thousands—you can stare straight at the object you’re looking for, yet fail to find what’s right before your eyes. To appreciate the difficulty of discovering something o ...
the Full Chapter 6 -
... small, “empty” patch of sky, and see what comes out. Using Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 over a ten-day period in December 1995, 342 exposures of a small area in the constellation Ursa Major were made. The resulting image (above) revealed some three thousand distant galaxies, some of wh ...
... small, “empty” patch of sky, and see what comes out. Using Hubble’s Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 over a ten-day period in December 1995, 342 exposures of a small area in the constellation Ursa Major were made. The resulting image (above) revealed some three thousand distant galaxies, some of wh ...
Reflecting Telescopes
... the mirror support system, referenced to laser beams. In active optics, the shape of the main mirror is continually modified by computer-controlled pads behind it, so that the shape can be maintained very precisely when the mirror is moved around to point to different directions in the sky. Acceptan ...
... the mirror support system, referenced to laser beams. In active optics, the shape of the main mirror is continually modified by computer-controlled pads behind it, so that the shape can be maintained very precisely when the mirror is moved around to point to different directions in the sky. Acceptan ...
γ The potential for intensity interferometry with -ray telescope arrays
... with extremely small angular scales. The first experiment to use this technique was the Narrabri intensity interferometer, which was successfully used in the 1970s to measure 32 stellar diameters at optical wavelengths; some as small as 0.4 milli-arcseconds. The advantage of this technique, in compa ...
... with extremely small angular scales. The first experiment to use this technique was the Narrabri intensity interferometer, which was successfully used in the 1970s to measure 32 stellar diameters at optical wavelengths; some as small as 0.4 milli-arcseconds. The advantage of this technique, in compa ...
The myopia in the Hubble space telescope
... Foucault and Hartmann tests, the configuration with a hyberboloidal surface would produce spherical aberration, making high precision testing difficult. So the main problem in testing a hyperboloid surface is the spherical aberration. It has been common for about thirty years ago, to construct an op ...
... Foucault and Hartmann tests, the configuration with a hyberboloidal surface would produce spherical aberration, making high precision testing difficult. So the main problem in testing a hyperboloid surface is the spherical aberration. It has been common for about thirty years ago, to construct an op ...
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... The astronomers soon determined that shifting the spectrum of SCP 06F6 similarly aligned it with the others. In the end, it turned out that all six supernovae are siblings, and that they all have ...
... The astronomers soon determined that shifting the spectrum of SCP 06F6 similarly aligned it with the others. In the end, it turned out that all six supernovae are siblings, and that they all have ...
675 x 4.5” Reflector Telescope
... Your Bushnell telescope can bring the wonders of the universe to your eye. While this manual is intended to assist you in the set-up and basic use of this instrument, it does not cover everything you might like to know about astronomy. The first thing you need to do is get a very simple star chart a ...
... Your Bushnell telescope can bring the wonders of the universe to your eye. While this manual is intended to assist you in the set-up and basic use of this instrument, it does not cover everything you might like to know about astronomy. The first thing you need to do is get a very simple star chart a ...
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.