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Explore the Universe Observing Certificate Second Edition
RASC Observing Committee Explore the Universe Observing Certificate Second Edition Explore the Universe Observing Certificate Welcome to the Explore the Universe Observing Certificate Program. This program is designed to provide the observer with a well-rounded introduction to the night sky visible from North America. Using this observing program is an excellent way to gain knowledge and experience in astronomy. Experienced observers find that a planned observing session results in a more satisfying and interesting experience. This program will help introduce you to amateur astronomy and prepare you for other more challenging certificate programs such as the Messier and Finest NGC. The program covers the full range of astronomical objects. Here is a summary: Observing Objective Requirement Available Constellations and Bright Stars 12 24 The Moon 16 32 Solar System 5 10 Deep Sky Objects 12 24 Double Stars 10 20 Total 55 110 In each category a choice of objects is provided so that you can begin the certificate at any time of the year. In order to receive your certificate you need to observe a total of 55 of the 110 objects available. Here is a summary of some of the abbreviations used in this program Instrument V – Visual (unaided eye) B – Binocular T – Telescope V/B - Visual/Binocular B/T - Binocular/Telescope Season Season when the object can be best seen in the evening sky between dusk. and midnight. Objects may also be seen in other seasons. Description Brief description of the target object, its common name and other details. Cons Constellation where object can be found (if applicable) BOG Ref Refers to corresponding references in the RASC’s The Beginner’s Observing Guide highlighting this object. -
Naming the Extrasolar Planets
Naming the extrasolar planets W. Lyra Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, K¨onigstuhl 17, 69177, Heidelberg, Germany [email protected] Abstract and OGLE-TR-182 b, which does not help educators convey the message that these planets are quite similar to Jupiter. Extrasolar planets are not named and are referred to only In stark contrast, the sentence“planet Apollo is a gas giant by their assigned scientific designation. The reason given like Jupiter” is heavily - yet invisibly - coated with Coper- by the IAU to not name the planets is that it is consid- nicanism. ered impractical as planets are expected to be common. I One reason given by the IAU for not considering naming advance some reasons as to why this logic is flawed, and sug- the extrasolar planets is that it is a task deemed impractical. gest names for the 403 extrasolar planet candidates known One source is quoted as having said “if planets are found to as of Oct 2009. The names follow a scheme of association occur very frequently in the Universe, a system of individual with the constellation that the host star pertains to, and names for planets might well rapidly be found equally im- therefore are mostly drawn from Roman-Greek mythology. practicable as it is for stars, as planet discoveries progress.” Other mythologies may also be used given that a suitable 1. This leads to a second argument. It is indeed impractical association is established. to name all stars. But some stars are named nonetheless. In fact, all other classes of astronomical bodies are named. -
The Observer's Handbook for 1912
T he O bservers H andbook FOR 1912 PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA E d i t e d b y C. A, CHANT FOURTH YEAR OF PUBLICATION TORONTO 198 C o l l e g e St r e e t Pr in t e d fo r t h e So c ie t y 1912 T he Observers Handbook for 1912 PUBLISHED BY THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA TORONTO 198 C o l l e g e St r e e t Pr in t e d fo r t h e S o c ie t y 1912 PREFACE Some changes have been made in the Handbook this year which, it is believed, will commend themselves to observers. In previous issues the times of sunrise and sunset have been given for a small number of selected places in the standard time of each place. On account of the arbitrary correction which must be made to the mean time of any place in order to get its standard time, the tables given for a particualar place are of little use any where else, In order to remedy this the times of sunrise and sunset have been calculated for places on five different latitudes covering the populous part of Canada, (pages 10 to 21), while the way to use these tables at a large number of towns and cities is explained on pages 8 and 9. The other chief change is in the addition of fuller star maps near the end. These are on a large enough scale to locate a star or planet or comet when its right ascension and declination are given. -
Badw · 003197966
Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch - philologische und historische Klasse XXX. Band, 1. Abhandlung Antike Beobachtungen farbiger Sterne von Franz Boll Mit einem Beitrag von Carl Bezold , Vorgelegt am 1. Juli 1916 München 1916 Verlag der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz'schen Verlags (J. Roth) ,. j / Einleitung. Die Geschichte der antiken Astronomie beruhte bis gegen den Ausgang des vorigen Jahrhunderts auf einer Anzahl von griechischen und einigen römischen Schriftstellern, unter denen Claudius Ptolemäus mit seiner "GroElen Syntaxis" als der letzten und um- fassendsten Kodifizierung des antiken Wissens vom Sternhimmel den ersten Platz einnimmt. Auf dem Almagest fuElten einst Delambre und fast drei Menschenalter später Tannery bei ihren Gesamtdarstellungen 1). Es ist klar, daEl mit diesen Quellen auch eine ganz bestimmte Auswahl und Abgrenzung des Stoffes notwendig gegeben war. Nur neues Material konnte aus diesem Bann herausführen. Das hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten aus zwei verschiedenen Quellen unerwartet reich eingestellt. Die babylonischen 'rafein, so sporadisch sie immer noch geblieben sind, und so schwierig oft ihre Verwertung ist, geben gute Hoffnung, einmal zu einer von vorgefaElter Meinung nach beiden Seiten unabhängigen Vorstellung von den sachlichen Unterlagen des ionischen Weltbildes im 6. und 5. Jahr- hundert zu gelangen; und die Erforschung der griechischen astrologischen Handschriften, deren überwiegender Teil zum Glück vor -
Fy10 Budget by Program
AURA/NOAO FISCAL YEAR ANNUAL REPORT FY 2010 Revised Submitted to the National Science Foundation March 16, 2011 This image, aimed toward the southern celestial pole atop the CTIO Blanco 4-m telescope, shows the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, the Milky Way (Carinae Region) and the Coal Sack (dark area, close to the Southern Crux). The 33 “written” on the Schmidt Telescope dome using a green laser pointer during the two-minute exposure commemorates the rescue effort of 33 miners trapped for 69 days almost 700 m underground in the San Jose mine in northern Chile. The image was taken while the rescue was in progress on 13 October 2010, at 3:30 am Chilean Daylight Saving time. Image Credit: Arturo Gomez/CTIO/NOAO/AURA/NSF National Optical Astronomy Observatory Fiscal Year Annual Report for FY 2010 Revised (October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010) Submitted to the National Science Foundation Pursuant to Cooperative Support Agreement No. AST-0950945 March 16, 2011 Table of Contents MISSION SYNOPSIS ............................................................................................................ IV 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ................................................................................................ 1 2 NOAO ACCOMPLISHMENTS ....................................................................................... 2 2.1 Achievements ..................................................................................................... 2 2.2 Status of Vision and Goals ................................................................................ -
Prime Focus (07-09)
Highlights of the July Sky. -- -- -- 1st -- -- -- Dawn: Mars to upper right and Pleiades to upper left PPrime Focuss of Venus. Continues until the 9th. A Publication of the Kalamazoo Astronomical Society -- -- -- 3rdrd -- -- -- PM: Antares 1º to 4º left July 2009 of Waxing Gibbous Moon. -- -- -- 7th -- -- -- Full Moon -- -- -- 9th -- -- -- ThisThis MonthsMonths KAS EventsEvents AM: 5th magnitude star Mu Capricorni 19′′ NNWNNW ofof Jupiter; 7.8 magnitude General Meeting: Friday, July 10 @ 7:00 pm Neptune 17′′ NNWNNW ofof MuMu WMU Rood Hall - Room 1110 - See Page 8 for Details Capricorni. -- -- -- 15th -- -- -- Observing Session: Saturday, July 11 @ 9:00 pm Last Quarter Moon Delightful Double Stars - Kalamazoo Nature Center -- -- -- 18th -- -- -- Dawn: Pleiades, Mars, Board Meeting: Sunday, July 12 @ 5:00 pm Aldebaran, and Venus form reverse L in eastern sky an Sunnyside Church - 2800 Gull Road - All Members Welcome hour before sunrise. Observing Session: Saturday, July 25 @ 9:00 pm -- -- -- 19th -- -- -- Dawn: Waning Crescent Pleasant Planetary Nebulae - Kalamazoo Nature Center Moon to left of Venus. -- -- -- 20th -- -- -- Dawn: Pleiades are a few degrees to lower left of Waning Crescent Moon -- lowlow inin ENE.ENE. InsideInside thethe Newsletter.Newsletter. .. .. -- -- -- 21st -- -- -- June Meeting Minutes............................ p. 2 New Moon Board Meeting Minutes......................... p. 2 -- -- -- 23rd -- -- -- Dusk: Waxing Crescent Shedding Light on Black Holes............ p. 3 Moon below Regulus. What’s Next for Hubble?..................... p. 4 -- -- -- 28th -- -- -- First Quarter Moon NASA Space Place.................................. p. 5 PM: Southern Delta July Night Sky...........................................p. 6 Aquarid meteor shower peaks (ZHR = 20). KAS Officers & Announcements.........p. 7 General Meeting Preview..................... p. 8 -- -- -- 30th -- -- -- PM: Antares to left of the Waxing Gibbous Moon. -
What's in This Issue?
A JPL Image of surface of Mars, and JPL Ingenuity Helicioptor illustration. July 11th at 4:00 PM, a family barbeque at HRPO!!! This is in lieu of our regular monthly meeting.) (Monthly meetings are on 2nd Mondays at Highland Road Park Observatory) This is a pot-luck. Club will provide briskett and beverages, others will contribute as the spirit moves. What's In This Issue? President’s Message Member Meeting Minutes Business Meeting Minutes Outreach Report Asteroid and Comet News Light Pollution Committee Report Globe at Night SubReddit and Discord BRAS Member Astrophotos ARTICLE: Astrophotography with your Smart Phone Observing Notes: Canes Venatici – The Hunting Dogs Like this newsletter? See PAST ISSUES online back to 2009 Visit us on Facebook – Baton Rouge Astronomical Society BRAS YouTube Channel Baton Rouge Astronomical Society Newsletter, Night Visions Page 2 of 23 July 2021 President’s Message Hey everybody, happy fourth of July. I hope ya’ll’ve remembered your favorite coping mechanism for dealing with the long hot summers we have down here in the bayou state, or, at the very least, are making peace with the short nights that keep us from enjoying both a good night’s sleep and a productive observing/imaging session (as if we ever could get a long enough break from the rain for that to happen anyway). At any rate, we figured now would be as good a time as any to get the gang back together for a good old fashioned potluck style barbecue: to that end, we’ve moved the July meeting to the Sunday, 11 July at 4PM at HRPO. -
Antike Beobachtungen Farbiger Sterne
Abhandlungen der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Philosophisch - philologische und historische Klasse XXX. Band, 1. Abhandlung Antike Beobachtungen farbiger Sterne von Franz Boll Mit einem Beitrag von Carl Bezold , Vorgelegt am 1. Juli 1916 München 1916 Verlag der Königlich Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Kommission des G. Franz'schen Verlags (J. Roth) ,. j / Einleitung. Die Geschichte der antiken Astronomie beruhte bis gegen den Ausgang des vorigen Jahrhunderts auf einer Anzahl von griechischen und einigen römischen Schriftstellern, unter denen Claudius Ptolemäus mit seiner "GroElen Syntaxis" als der letzten und um- fassendsten Kodifizierung des antiken Wissens vom Sternhimmel den ersten Platz einnimmt. Auf dem Almagest fuElten einst Delambre und fast drei Menschenalter später Tannery bei ihren Gesamtdarstellungen 1). Es ist klar, daEl mit diesen Quellen auch eine ganz bestimmte Auswahl und Abgrenzung des Stoffes notwendig gegeben war. Nur neues Material konnte aus diesem Bann herausführen. Das hat sich in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten aus zwei verschiedenen Quellen unerwartet reich eingestellt. Die babylonischen 'rafein, so sporadisch sie immer noch geblieben sind, und so schwierig oft ihre Verwertung ist, geben gute Hoffnung, einmal zu einer von vorgefaElter Meinung nach beiden Seiten unabhängigen Vorstellung von den sachlichen Unterlagen des ionischen Weltbildes im 6. und 5. Jahr- hundert zu gelangen; und die Erforschung der griechischen astrologischen Handschriften, deren überwiegender Teil zum Glück vor -
Sky-High 2009
Sky-High 2009 Total Solar Eclipse, 29th March 2006 The 17th annual guide to astronomical phenomena visible from Ireland during the year ahead (naked-eye, binocular and beyond) By John O’Neill and Liam Smyth Published by the Irish Astronomical Society € 5 P.O. Box 2547, Dublin 14, Ireland. e-mail: [email protected] www.irishastrosoc.org Page 1 Foreword Contents 3 Your Night Sky Primer We send greetings to all fellow astronomers and welcome them to this, the seventeenth edition of 5 Sky Diary 2009 Sky-High. 8 Phases of Moon; Sunrise and Sunset in 2009 We thank the following contributors for their 9 The Planets in 2009 articles: Patricia Carroll, John Flannery and James O’Connor. The remaining material was written by 12 Eclipses in 2009 the editors John O’Neill and Liam Smyth. The Gal- 14 Comets in 2009 lery has images and drawings by Society members. The times of sunrise etc. are from SUNRISE by J. 16 Meteors Showers in 2009 O’Neill. 17 Asteroids in 2009 We are always glad to hear what you liked, or 18 Variable Stars in 2009 what you would like to have included in Sky-High. If we have slipped up on any matter of fact, let us 19 A Brief Trip Southwards know. We can put a correction in future issues. And if you have any problem with understanding 20 Deciphering Star Names the contents or would like more information on 22 Epsilon Aurigae – a long period variable any topic, feel free to contact us at the Society e- mail address [email protected]. -
Downloads/ Astero2007.Pdf) and by Aerts Et Al (2010)
This work is protected by copyright and other intellectual property rights and duplication or sale of all or part is not permitted, except that material may be duplicated by you for research, private study, criticism/review or educational purposes. Electronic or print copies are for your own personal, non- commercial use and shall not be passed to any other individual. No quotation may be published without proper acknowledgement. For any other use, or to quote extensively from the work, permission must be obtained from the copyright holder/s. i Fundamental Properties of Solar-Type Eclipsing Binary Stars, and Kinematic Biases of Exoplanet Host Stars Richard J. Hutcheon Submitted in accordance with the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. Research Institute: School of Environmental and Physical Sciences and Applied Mathematics. University of Keele June 2015 ii iii Abstract This thesis is in three parts: 1) a kinematical study of exoplanet host stars, 2) a study of the detached eclipsing binary V1094 Tau and 3) and observations of other eclipsing binaries. Part I investigates kinematical biases between two methods of detecting exoplanets; the ground based transit and radial velocity methods. Distances of the host stars from each method lie in almost non-overlapping groups. Samples of host stars from each group are selected. They are compared by means of matching comparison samples of stars not known to have exoplanets. The detection methods are found to introduce a negligible bias into the metallicities of the host stars but the ground based transit method introduces a median age bias of about -2 Gyr. -
The Fixed Stars Report Frederic Chopin
The Fixed Stars Report by Tara Cochrane for Frederic Chopin March 1, 1810 6:00 PM Warsaw, Poland Calculated for: Local Mean Time, Time Zone 0 hours West Latitude: 52 N 15 Longitude: 21 E 00 Your Company Name 1234 N. Your Address City, State 123456 Phone: 1-555-555-5555 [email protected] Introduction Report and Text Copyright 2009 Cosmic Patterns Software, Inc. The contents of this report are protected by Copyright law. By purchasing this report you agree to comply with this Copyright. This report interprets conjunctions of nearly every fixed star that has been given an astrological name to the planets, Asc, MC, 7th house cusp, and 4th cusp. Each interpretation given in this report is based on extensive research on the historical astrological meanings and myths associated with the fixed stars. A list of notable people who have the same conjunction aspect as you do is also given. This comprehensive analysis of the influence of the fixed stars combined with a list of notable people who also have this aspect provides you with extensive information, and hopefully astrologers who use this report can use this information to develop an even more refined and clearer understanding of the meaning of every fixed stars. Interpretations of the Fixed Stars Moon conjunct Dheneb, Orb: 0 deg 55 min Bold, willful, courageous, combative, astute, focused and unyielding characteristics may be indicated. Ascension to a position of leadership and renown is possible. There may be a great deal of personal charisma and emotional intensity, as well as an inclination towards obsession. -
Lunar Eclipse! Occuring on 5 Saturday, This Is the First Eclipse Since 4 Jan, 2007 – Daniel Kirby – Moon Phases the Red Sox Won the World Series
March 2007 March’s Meeting Calendar Inside this Issue Sep 7, 2006 - – Clif Aschraft – The next S*T*A*R club meeting will “Restoring the Tuthill President’s Column be 8 PM Thursday March 1, 2007 at Telescope” February Meeting Notes King of Kings Lutheran Church, 250 2 Harmony Rd. in Middletown. 5 Oct, 2006 – Dr. Kenneth Kremer – “Exploring Mars and Our program will be "Motions of the the Search for Life” Earth and Moon by S*T*A*R’s very Collimation Night at own David Britz. 2 Nov, 2006 – Dr. Sebestien 3 S*T*A*R Lepine – “ The Search for Even Solar Sails Need a Editor’s Note: Lunar Nearby Stars” 4 Mast Eclipse! 7 Dec, 2006 – Kevin Kilkenny – “New Horizons’ Journey to Light Pollution Update First I should say the obvious: don’t Pluto” Science Corner miss the lunar eclipse! Occuring on 5 Saturday, this is the first eclipse since 4 Jan, 2007 – Daniel Kirby – Moon Phases the Red Sox won the World Series. “Pirates of the Solar System March Celestial Events 7 Caribbean” Are you a S*T*A*R I am going to have to pass the baton of Member? the Spectrogram once again at the end 1 Feb, 2007 – Gavin Warnes – of this year, as I will be going off to “Collimating your Telescope” college. It’s quite simple and not very In the Eyepiece time consuming; you can put together 1 Mar, 2007 – David Britz – the Spectrogram in as little as half an “Motions of the Earth and 9 hour to an hour each month if your Moon” schedule is tight.