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NDeRC ASTRO Institute

NDeRC ASTRO Institute. Introduction Discussion Telescope + Optics!. Tuesday July 20th, 2010 Katherine Rueff. Why Astronomy ?. Stimulates imagination & interest in Science, Math, Computers, History, Art, and Culture! Powerful framework :

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NDeRC ASTRO Institute

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  1. NDeRC ASTRO Institute • Introduction Discussion • Telescope + Optics! Tuesday July 20th, 2010 Katherine Rueff

  2. 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

  3. Astronomers... Famous Historical Astronomers: Ptolemy Nicolaus Copernicus Tycho Brahe Galileo Galilei Johannes Kepler Sir Issac Newton William Herschel (1738-1822) BritishAnnie 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-) GermanRobert W. Wilson (1936- ) American Stephen W. Hawking (1942-) British What they gave us: Time, Mirrors, Antennas, Telescopes, Satellites, Weather Forecasts, Communication…

  4. The Human Eye as a Telescope

  5. Types of Telescopes • Optical • Microwave • Radio telescope • Submillimeter • Infrared • Ultraviolet • X-ray • Atmospheric Cherenkov (gamma rays)

  6. What’s the BEST place for a Telescope to be Located?

  7. Green Bank Telescope South Pole Telescope Today’s Telescopes Large Binocular Telescope Very Large Array Keck I & II Kitt Peak Sophia Arecibo

  8. Space Telescopes Chandra Space Telescope Hubble Space Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope Kepler Telescope Hinode:-The Solar Optical -The X-ray Telescope -The Extreme UV Imaging Spectrometer James Webb Telescope

  9. WHAT CAN WE DO WITH ALL THESE TELESCOPES? Crab Nebula

  10. Crab Nebula

  11. NGC 4302 Rueff et al. 2010 NGC 4013 Rueff et al. 2010

  12. Keck with Adaptive Optics AWESOME NEW STUFF! Large Binocular Telescope

  13. The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array Organization: Science Agencies from North America, Europe and Japan Location: 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.

  14. Thirty-Meter Telescope

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

  16. Zodiac • Babylon (~2500 yr ago) • Ceres: Ruler of Virgo • 13th Zodiac:Ophiuchus-the Serpent BearerNov. 30th - Dec. 17th • Sidereal Zodiac

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