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Basics of Astronomy. Casey McNamara. THE UNIVERSE. EVERYTHING. Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGN. Galaxies. Large-scale system of stars, interstellar gas, dust, and plasma Elliptical Spirals Irregulars 90% composed of dark matter. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Basics of AstronomyBasics of AstronomyCasey McNamara
THE UNIVERSETHE UNIVERSE
EVERYTHINGEVERYTHINGGalaxies, solar systems, Galaxies, solar systems, planets, stars, black holes, planets, stars, black holes, clusters, dark matter, AGNclusters, dark matter, AGN
GalaxiesGalaxies Large-scale system of stars, Large-scale system of stars,
interstellar gas, dust, and plasma interstellar gas, dust, and plasma EllipticalElliptical SpiralsSpirals IrregularsIrregulars 90% composed of dark matter90% composed of dark matter
Galaxies 2Galaxies 2
Variable StarsVariable Stars
A variable star in the Large A variable star in the Large Megellanic CloudMegellanic Cloud
CepheidCepheid
MiraMira
Long PeriodLong Period
Change luminosityChange luminosity
Over 5,000 Over 5,000 cataloguedcatalogued
Stellar EvolutionStellar EvolutionLifetime 2 million to trillions Lifetime 2 million to trillions of yearsof years
Begins with collapse of giant Begins with collapse of giant molecular cloudmolecular cloud
New stars main sequence in New stars main sequence in HR DiagramHR Diagram
HR Diagram shows spectral HR Diagram shows spectral typetype
H-R DiagramH-R Diagram
SpectroscopySpectroscopy
O, B, A, F, G, K, and MO, B, A, F, G, K, and M
Break up ray of light into Break up ray of light into components in visible light components in visible light spectrumspectrum
Chemical composition of Chemical composition of objectobject
Visible Light Visible Light SpectrumSpectrum
Stellar Spectra and Stellar Spectra and GraphGraph
Absorption and Emission Absorption and Emission SpectraSpectra
Jacoby AtlasJacoby Atlas
MONET North & SouthMONET North & South
MOMOnitoring NENEtwork of TTelescopes
Sutherland, South Africa
McDonald Observatory, Texas
Students receive 85% of time
Robotic
Designed to cover entire night sky
SAAO Sutherland hilltop view, including MONET
MONET Telescope and McDonald Observatory
Views of MONETViews of MONET
CCD and DSLRCCD and DSLRCharged-coupled deviceCharged-coupled device
Found in CCD and DSLRFound in CCD and DSLR
Digital Single Lens ReflexDigital Single Lens Reflex
Astroimaging ToolsAstroimaging ToolsAperture Photometry ToolAperture Photometry Tool
Image JImage J
Maxim DLMaxim DL
PhotoshopPhotoshop
Dark and Flat FieldsDark and Flat Fields
Dark Field Flat Field
Signal to NoiseSignal to NoiseRatio of signal power to noise corruption
Astronomy TodayAstronomy Today
David LefreniereDavid Lefreniere
Spectroscopy and hidden Spectroscopy and hidden exoplanetsexoplanets
Nicholas CowanNicholas Cowan
Looks at wavelengths to find Looks at wavelengths to find water on other planetswater on other planets
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