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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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Thing some people are having trouble with

Astronomy 100 Tuesday, Thursday 2:30 - 3:45 pm Tom Burbine tburbine@mtholyoke.edu www.xanga.com/astronomy100. Thing some people are having trouble with. The Sun is believed to be ~5 billion years old (like 4.6 billion years) This age is from radioactive dating of elements in meteorites

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Astrophotography.

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Telescope Examples

Telescope Examples. How to Size Up and Set Up a Scope. Randy Culp. Telescope Equations. Where do these equations come from? http://www.rocketmime.com/astronomy/Telescope/telescope_eqn.html. Theory Review. Theory : Airy Disk. Airy Disk. Diffraction Rings. When stars are closer

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The Family of Stars

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Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B

Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B. Sirius A. Sirius A. Center of mass. Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B. Orbital plane (looking at an angle). Orbital plane (looking perpendicular to the orbital plane along the red arrow). Sirius A. Sirius A. Center of mass.

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Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B

Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B. Sirius A. Sirius B. Center of mass. Orbital Motion Sirius A and Sirius B. Orbital plane (looking at an angle). Orbital plane (looking perpendicular to the orbital plane along the red arrow). Sirius A. Sirius B. Center of mass.

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Telescopes - Tools of the Trade Keck telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii

Telescopes - Tools of the Trade Keck telescope in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. Light Pollution. Large lens = more light = brighter image. Collecting Power ? (proportional to) Area of the lens (or mirror).

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Astronomy 121 Lecture 5

Astronomy 121 Lecture 5. Today: Telescope basics Optical astronomy [ Ch 6.2 ]. Telescopes. Why use telescopes? To see better detail. To see fainter objects. To see other wavelengths. Two basic telescope designs: Refracting Reflecting. Refracting. Basic telescope type #1

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Atacama Large Millimetre / Submillimetre Array

Atacama Large Millimetre / Submillimetre Array. Antenna. The main array is composed of fifty, 12 metre diameter antenna each weighing over 100 tonnes. The Atacama Compact Array is composed of four, 12 metre antenna, and twelve, 7 metre antenna.

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Estimating the age of

Estimating the age of. Cassiopeia A: Chandra's 1st light - August 19, 1999.

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Observational Measurements Using Angles Ap parent vs. Actual Size and Distance

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Mars

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Mars

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Orbital Precession of Mercury

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Option H: Relativity H8 Evidence to support general relativity

Option H: Relativity H8 Evidence to support general relativity. H.8.1 Outline an experiment for the bending of electromagnetic waves by a massive object. H.8.2 Describe gravitational lensing.

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The Mars Opposition of August 2003

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Check it out, guess no one will get much sleep in August. Mars

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SPU-22: The Unity of Science from the Big Bang to the Brontosaurus and Beyond

SPU-22: The Unity of Science from the Big Bang to the Brontosaurus and Beyond. Lecture 5 12 February 2014 Science Center Lecture Hall A. Outline of Lecture 5. Discovery of planet Uranus

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