Worldwide Telescope

Worldwide Telescope. TIME magazine “50 Best sites on the Internet 2009”. http://www.worldwidetelescope.org/. “Why is one polar ice cap on Mars bigger than the other?” – Clarke Middle School 6 th Grader. “alpha” Faceted Topic Search in ADS (courtesy of Michael Kurtz & Alberto Accomazzi ).

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Telescope Making

Telescope Making. Mike Lockwood March 25, 2002. What is a Telescope?. 1) Optics 2) Structure to keep optics stationary with respect to each other (to high tolerance!!) 3) Mechanism for aiming the whole thing Sounds like a big heavy object However, it must be portable and move easily. .

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Worldwide Telescope

Worldwide Telescope. Education and outreach examples. Worldwide Telescope Audience. Researchers: First Priority is Astronomy & Earth Science Researchers Integrated VO Clients & Standards Integrated OGC viewers Flexible visualization of just about any catalog and image data.

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Telescope Evaluation

Telescope Evaluation. Hannah Freedman. Bode’s Galaxy (M81). Object Information. Spiral Galaxy 26.9 by 14.1 arcminutes Located in Ursa Major Magnitude 6.94. Telescope. Celestron CGE 1100 280 mm aperture 2800 mm focal length.

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Telescope Filters

Telescope Filters. Teasing out the Details. Draw Tube Filter Eyepiece. Filters are for increased contrast and resolution of the moon and planets in visual or photographic applications.

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Subaru Telescope

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Telescope parameters

Telescope parameters. Light-gathering power (ability to see faint objects) Resolving power (ability to see fine details) Magnification (least important). Other factors:. Optical quality Atmospheric conditions Light pollution. Seeing.

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Telescope Performance

Telescope Performance. Pointing the telescope. Gain curves for all receivers Recent high frequency results. Beam widths for all receivers. Things to work on. More info at: http://www.naic.edu/~phil -> pointing -> system performance. Pointing the Telescope.

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What Telescope is Best?

What Telescope is Best?. Will Sager BVAC. Six Things I Think I Think About Scopes. There is no perfect scope – different types have different strengths A cheap scope is worse than no scope at all You don’t have to spend a fortune to get a good scope A good scope can’t beat a bad sky

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MAGIC Telescope

Prospects for D A R K M A T T E R searches with the. MAGIC Telescope. Josep Flix for MAGIC Collaboration Institut de Física d’Altes Energies (IFAE) – Barcelona. The Fact is. >95% if the Composition of the Universe is still unknown. 0.095 < W CDM h 2 < 0.131.

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Telescope Equations

Telescope Equations. Useful Formulas for Exploring the Night Sky. Randy Culp. Introduction. Objective lens : collects light and focuses it to a point.

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New Solar Telescope Telescope Enclosure

New Solar Telescope Telescope Enclosure. Carsten Denker, Bill Marquette, and Jeff Nenow Center for Solar–Terrestrial Research Big Bear Solar Observatory. ObservaDome. 30 ft diameter double skin insulated aluminum dome with 36” cylindrical section $234,400 Fixed base angle ring $7,200

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Telescope

Telescope. What is telescope ? Telescope is an instrument designed for the observation of remote objects by the collection of electromagnetic radiation. History

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Optical Telescope

Optical Telescope. Yi Chou. Telescope. The main purposes of astronomical telescope: To collect the weak light (photons) from sky. To map the sky to image To enhance the angular separations among the astrophysical objects.

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Optical Telescope

Optical Telescope. Faint Light. Astronomical objects are distant and faint. Effectively at infinity Light collection is more important than magnification. Refraction Reflection. The Andromeda Galaxy (M31) subtends 3 ° . 6 times the moon

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Telescope Lab

Telescope Lab. Purpose: 1. To determine the focal length of convex lenses. 2. To explore the relationship between the objective and eyepiece lenses of a telescope. Materials: lenses w/ supports, meter stick w/ supports, screen Ray Diagram/Hypothesis:

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New Telescope … ?

Santana Huck. New Telescope … ?. What object?. Rosette Nebula, Andromeda Galaxy Make great images Very interesting I like them Other large portions of the sky can be observed. Which Telescope is needed?. Lx80 115mm ED APO Telescope Aperture: 115mm Focal L: 805 mm P R : 1.01 arsec

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Pirate Telescope

How cool is that? Give your kid a pirate telescope and let them have fun at the imaginative games. At Sunny Playgrounds, we offer exceptional deals to you.

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Millennium Telescope

Millennium Telescope. Meeting 2 Requirements and Design Goals. Requirements. Portability. The telescope unlikely to be used in dome or on balcony- so must be portable. This also implies it must be de-mountable and easily assembled. Mirror.

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Millenium Telescope.

Millenium Telescope. Initial Meeting. Format. Part 1 - Planning Part 2 - Sample Designs Part 3 - Discussion/what happens next. Objectives. Resolve location and usage issues Agree design Present detailed design/cost to Committee Go/No Go?. Aperture Fever…!. Part 1 - Planning.

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Telescope

Telescope. Telescopes: 1) Light gathering power 2) magnify 3) resolve. See faint objects - Light gathering power. See detail on objects - Resolving power. Magnify otherwise small objects - Magnification. The Job of a Telescope. History.

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