nderc astro institute

NDeRC ASTRO InstituteTuesday July 20th, 2010

Katherine Rueff

Introduction Discussion

Telescope + Optics!

Why Astronomy?

• Stimulates imagination & interest in Science, Math, Computers, History, Art, and Culture!

• Powerful framework:– Physics - Mathematics - Meteorology– Chemistry - Computer Science - Geology – Biology - Engineering - The Arts

• Welcoming• Inquiry based • Accessible

•Tangible discovery

Famous Historical Astronomers:Ptolemy Nicolaus Copernicus Tycho BraheGalileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Sir Issac Newton

William Herschel (1738-1822) British

Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) American

Karl Schwarzchild (1873-1916) German

Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935) Swedish-born German

Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) American

Karl Jansky (1905-1950) American

Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) Indian-born American

Arno A. Penzias (1933-) German Robert W. Wilson (1936- ) American

Stephen W. Hawking (1942-) British

Astronomers...

What they gave us:

Time, Mirrors, Antennas, Telescopes, Satellites, Weather Forecasts, Communication…

The Human Eye as a Telescope

Types of Telescopes• Optical• Microwave• Radio telescope• Submillimeter• Infrared• Ultraviolet• X-ray• Atmospheric Cherenkov

(gamma rays)

What’s the BEST place for a Telescope

to be Located?

Keck I & II

Large Binocular Telescope

Very Large Array

Kitt Peak

Arecibo

Green Bank

Telescope

Today’s Telescopes

Sophia

South Pole Telescope

Space Telescopes

Hubble Space

Telescope

James Webb Telescope

Spitzer Space Telescope

Hinode:-The Solar Optical-The X-ray Telescope-The Extreme UV Imaging Spectrometer

Chandra Space Telescope

Kepler Telescop

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WHAT CAN WE DO WITH ALL THESE TELESCOPES?

Crab Nebula

Crab Nebula

NGC 4013

NGC 4302

Rueff et al. 2010

Rueff et al. 2010

Keck with Adaptive

Optics

AWESOME NEW

STUFF!

Large Binocular Telescope

Organization: Science Agencies from North America, Europe and JapanLocation: 16,000 ft up in the Chilean Andes

This array of 66 radio antennas spread across 10 miles will likely be the world's most advanced radio telescope.

The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array

Thirty-Meter Telescope

THE EUROPEAN EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE ("E-ELT") PROJECT (42 m)

Zodiac•Babylon (~2500 yr ago)

•Ceres: Ruler of Virgo

• 13th Zodiac: Ophiuchus- the Serpent Bearer

Nov. 30th - Dec. 17th

•Sidereal Zodiac