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24 Hours In The Life Of An Astronomer

admin — Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:43:00 +0000

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ESOcast 4: 24 hours in the life of an ESO astronomer.

Have you ever wondered what it must be like to be an astronomer? In this fourth episode of the ESOcast, Dr. J takes us behind the scenes at ESOs Very Large Telescope in Chile to show us what a day in the life of an ESO staff astronomer is like.

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The countdown for an exciting night with an observation run at the world’s most advanced optical telescope, the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), has begun …

In this ESOcast episode, were going to follow a day in the life of Dieter Nürnberger. Dieter is a staff astronomer at ESO. His job is to support those scientists that have managed to get observing time on ESOs Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile. Dieter spends most of his working days helping the successful few to make ground-breaking discoveries.

Dieter Nürnberger is on his way to meet the visiting scientists to team up for the night to come. The three have been observing together for several nights, today is their final evening and they are keen to get started. Over dinner they discuss plans for the night ahead.

Well before sunset they leave the Residencia and drive up the desert road to the building housing the VLT control room. At the control building they prepare the observations and check the set up of the telescope. Observing time on these great Telescopes is precious and delays must be avoided at all costs.

Like a pilot checking his plane before departure, Dieter goes through a detailed check of his instrument, while the telescope operator does the same for the giant telescope. The astronomers have travelled far for a glorious view of the Universe, and here a glorious view of the sunset is included for free! As usual at Paranal, the conditions are perfect and Dieter and the visiting astronomers return with high expectations.

Read more: http://www.eso.org/public/videos/ESOCAST4/ESOCAST4.pdf

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ESOcast is produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory. ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the pre-eminent intergovernmental science and technology organisation in Astronomy designing, constructing and operating the worlds most advanced ground-based telescopes.

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Duration : 0:6:0

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Optical Telescopes Part I

admin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 08:05:07 +0000

The beginning of modern Astronomy is often linked to Galileo building his first telescope in 1609 — roughly 400 years ago! While he was not the first person to use a telescope, Galileo made many fascinating discoveries, ultimately revealing that the Earth orbits the sun.

This video showcases the Zenith Telescope, built by Troughton & Simms in London, England circa 1872. Surveyors used this telescope to mark the boundary between Canada and the United States along the 49th parallel in western Canada.

To learn more about Telescopes, visit the Canada Science and Technology Museum.

http://www.sciencetech.technomuses.ca/

Duration : 0:2:25

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South Pole Telescope Commute

admin — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 01:39:07 +0000

http://icestories.exploratorium.edu Join scientists as they walk 1km from their Antarctic home station to work on the South Pole Telescope.

Duration : 0:6:42

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Have Telescopes, Will Travel

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 16:24:03 +0000

In this 1994 video John Dobson reviews his life of sidewalk Astronomy and makes the case for amateurs going public with their scopes. Includes clips from his telescope making and cosmology classes.

Duration : 0:9:19

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Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Eyepieces

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 02:49:05 +0000

Amateur Astronomy for Beginners: Eyepieces

Duration : 0:10:23

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Sky Party by Association of Amatuer Astronomers

admin — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 05:53:12 +0000

Members of Association of Amateur Astronomers seen enjoying during the Sky party which was held on 12/07/2010 at Citizen English School, Nanjangud.

Duration : 0:2:1

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Hubble Telescope Replacement: The James Webb Space …

admin — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 13:44:10 +0000

Last week we did a story on the Hubble telescope and the upcoming and final servicing mission to fix it up. The James Webb Space Telescope was mentioned, but not many details were given. This video found on the NASA site shows what is new with JWST, why it is better than the Hubble and a bit of what we can expect. The telescope is still being built and it is possible it will be delayed a bit, but JWST is scheduled to fly no earlier than 2013, so we have a bit of time to admire the images from Hubble a bit longer.

Duration : 0:9:56

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Telescope Making

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 11:41:56 +0000

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This is my father’s garage where he is currently working on his telescope hobby.

The glass casting oven is a oven made from scratch where it is able to make up to a 20′ mirror blank.

Diamond Curve Generating Machine/Mirror grinding & polishing- Own personal design/invention, uses a roller coaster, where the diamond grinder rides the curve track. Able to do any curve of radius(negative or positive) because of the spring steel track design. Able to grind/polish up to a 32′ mirror.

40′ Vacuum Tank. The mirror sits vertical, attaching itself to the door with an aluminum ring. Vaporization process is horizontal.

Our Goal;
Seeing amateur Astronomy going to a larger level & to promote larger telescope making in amateur astronomers

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Hubach88@gmail.com

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Duration : 0:7:54

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Microsoft’s Free Astronomy Software

admin — Thu, 27 May 2010 09:42:23 +0000

http://live.pirillo.com – Even if you’re not really “in to” Astronomy, you really have to check this out. The things you will see are just amazing. Go ahead… I dare you. Open your eyes, broaden your horizons. You never know what’s out there waiting.

Duration : 0:5:25

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THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SPACE PICTURES (Hubble Telescope)

admin — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:36:27 +0000

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planet funk – piano piano

Duration : 0:2:28

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