'Variable stars' presentation slideshows

Galaxies and the Universe

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Chapter 14

Chapter 14. Our Galaxy. All sky view of the Milky Way. Questions. How many stars are in the Milky Way? About 200 billion How many galaxies are there? About 40 billion (approximately). Questions. How old is the Milky Way Galaxy?

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The Memphis Astronomical Society Presents A SHORT COURSE in ASTRONOMY

The Memphis Astronomical Society Presents A SHORT COURSE in ASTRONOMY. CHAPTER 12 C O S M O L O G Y Dr. William J. Busler Astrophysical Chemistry 439. COSMOLOGY I. Measuring Cosmological Distances. A. Knowledge of how to measure distances by parallax is assumed. (See Chapter 9.).

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Astro-2: History of the Universe

Astro-2: History of the Universe. Lecture 2; April 6 2006. Previously.. On Astro-2. The goal of cosmology is to understand how the universe formed and evolved. How can we build a theory of the universe valid at all times in every place?

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Variability of post-AGB objects R. Szczerba & M. Hajduk

Variability of post-AGB objects R. Szczerba & M. Hajduk. N. Copernicus Astronomical Center Toru?, Poland. NCAC TORUN. TORU? - N. COPERNICUS (1473-1543). NCAC TORUN. Introduction: post-AGB objects ASAS & variability of post-AGBs Variability of 21 m m emitting post-AGBs

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Astro-2: History of the Universe

Astro-2: History of the Universe. Lecture 3; April 11 2013. Previously.. On Astro-2. The universe is much larger than the Milky Way (Gpc vs kpc) There are billion of galaxies, the Milky Way is average Joe galaxy Most galaxies can be classified based on their appearance as Elliptical

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Solar

Solar. Bayer matrix. Imaging chip. Theoretical resolution for 80 mm dia aperture at 656nm = 1.73 arcsec For maximum sampling 1.73/2 = 0.87 arcsec. Webcam pixel size = 5um Giving a resolution of 2.06 arcsec per pixel. This is not the whole story.

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Development of A Near-Infrared Camera for use at RBO

Development of A Near-Infrared Camera for use at RBO. A Preliminary defense by Andy Monson. Motivations for Instrumentation Thesis. Develop NIR camera expertise Cryo-mechanical techniques Electronics and array performance Camera control software NIR observational strategies

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International Astronomical Search Collaboration Scalability & Expansion of Student-Based Discovery Programs Dr. J. P

International Astronomical Search Collaboration Scalability & Expansion of Student-Based Discovery Programs Dr. J. Patrick Miller, Director Educational Reach-Out Programs in Astronomy Hardin-Simmons University Abilene, Texas June 2009. EuROPA.

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THE PHOTOMETRY GROUP

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Our Universe : Creation, Galaxies, Stars and Celestial Objects

Our Universe : Creation, Galaxies, Stars and Celestial Objects. Big Bang Theory. Our universe began with one huge exploding atom that relapsed all the energy and matter that exists in the universe today. The Big Bang occurred 13.8-15 Billion years ago.

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Financial performance and ownership structure of European Airports

Financial performance and ownership structure of European Airports. Mikhail Zolotko. Outline. Motivation Description of analysis techniques Data description Empirical results Conclusions. Why study financial performance of the airports?.

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Universe Sampler

Universe Sampler. Variable Stars.

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Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6496

Variable Stars in the Globular Cluster NGC 6496. Katherine Guldenschuh & Andrew Layden (Bowling Green State University) Douglas Welch (McMaster University), and Tracy Webb (Leiden Observatory). Presented by Katherine Guldenschuh April 3, 2004. Overview. Motivation for Research

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Stellar objects

Stellar objects. By the end of this topic you should be able to : -describe the method of parallax , the method of spectroscopic parallax and the Cepheid method for determining distances in astronomy ; -define the parsec;

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Scientific achievements of IOTA-ME and recent activities

Scientific achievements of IOTA-ME and recent activities. Marjan Zakerin 2013 Annual IOTA Meeting October 4-6, 2013. Content. IOTA-ME departments IOTA-ME Publications National cooperation International events Epilogue: comments from IOTA-ME president. 1. IOTA-ME departments. 2.

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Red Shift

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Identifying Long Period Variable (LPV) Stars Using Images from the Star Dial Observatory

Identifying Long Period Variable (LPV) Stars Using Images from the Star Dial Observatory. Vanessa Friedman 1 , Jim Bedient 2 , Pebble Richwine 3 , Tim Slater 4 1 STARBASE DOD (Tucson, AZ) 2 U. Hawaii 3 Riverwatch Middle School (Suwanee, GA) 4 U. Wyoming. Introduction

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