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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