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Telescopes

Telescopes. Donna Kubik PHYS162 Spring, 2006. Purpose of telescopes. To do what our eyes cannot Collect photons (from radio to gamma ray) Achieve higher resolution Record the received photons Images Spectra. Recording. Rarely are your eyes used to directly look through

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C.17 The Milky Way

C.17 The Milky Way. When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find that it is tied to everything else in the universe. John Muir (1838-1914). For comparison of the following slides, the distance from the Sun to Neptune is 8.44 light hours or .000963 light years.

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Gamma-ray Blazars Present Status and Future Prospects

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7 . Astronomia Gamma I- Introduzione e satelliti (Cap. 8 Libro)

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Chapter 26

Chapter 26. Properties of Light. Light originates with accelerated motion of electrons. It is an electromagnetic wave phenomenon. Origin and Nature of Light. 1. ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES. James Clerk Maxwell. Electromagnetic Wave Velocity. The speed of light (E&M waves) is called c.

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CRCT Question

CRCT Question. Group Projects . Ways of viewing the universe. Planets do not twinkle because they are closer!. Because stars produce different kinds of energy, we want to study all of them - not just visible light!!. Our eyes receive only a very small part of that energy!.

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Telescopes & Light

Telescopes & Light. The Powers of a Telescope. Light Gathering Power : Astronomers prefer *large* telescopes. A large telescope can intercept and focus more starlight than does a small telescope. A larger telescope will produce brighter images and will be able to detect fainter objects.

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CRCT Question

CRCT Question. What causes differences in the air pressure around the earth? Warm air rises at the equator and cold air sinks at the poles. Warm air sinks at the equator and cold air rises at the poles. Warm air rises at the equator and cold air rises at the poles.

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Black Holes

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Gamma-rays, Jets and Spinning Black Holes

Roger Blandford, KIPAC Stanford with Jonathan McKinney (KIPAC, Maryland) Sasha Tschekovskoy (Princeton) Nadia Zakamska (JHU) and Fermi-LAT team. Gamma-rays, Jets and Spinning Black Holes. M87. Six billion solar masses. 0.01 light yr~10 m ( Doeleman et al.). Cygnus A. 3C 273.

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HETE- 2 OBSERVATIONS OF THE EXTREMELY SOFT X-RAY FLASH XRF 020903

HETE- 2 OBSERVATIONS OF THE EXTREMELY SOFT X-RAY FLASH XRF 020903. Liang Jau-shian Institute of Physics, NTHU. Introduction The Vela satellites. The discovery of GRB was published in the year 1973. IPN (Interplanetary Network). 1980s

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Exploring the Universe

Exploring the Universe. Harcourt Science Unit D Chapter 4. Mrs.Strand 6th grade Lockwood Middle School. Life Cycle of Stars. Terms Fusion Main sequence Nebula Nova Supernova. Life Cycle of Stars. Brightness of stars Distance affects the brightness of stars

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Tucson 1975 Tucson 1995

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The Compton Observatory

The Compton Observatory.

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-The Compton Gamma Ray- Observatory

-The Compton Gamma Ray- Observatory. Presentation by Javier Dominguez & A.J. Austin. -Into The Breach-.

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