epub |eng | | Author:L. A. Kennedy

When you calibrate your images using the light frame, the imaging program will automatically adjust the level of each pixel in your images based on the median level of brightness ...

epub |eng | 2016-02-23 | Author:Giles Sparrow [Sparrow, Giles]

R.A. 05h 35m, DEC. -05º25’ MAGNITUDE 11.5 DISTANCE 1,350 light years Rigel β Orionis Despite its designation, Rigel is the constellation’s brightest star. In striking contrast to Betelgeuse, it is ...

epub, mobi, azw3, pdf |eng | 2013-01-17 | Author:Steve Owens

* * * Holes in the ground If a bit of space rock makes it to the ground, it can form a crater, but these craters are very rare on ...

epub |eng | 2016-07-31 | Author:Forrest Mims

epub |eng | 2015-09-20 | Author:Clarke, Miles [Clarke, Miles]

First in the list is the Alpha Ursae Minoris, which is a part of the famous constellation, called "Little Bear" or Ursa Manor. We don't often call it by its ...

epub |eng | | Author:Tiffany Francis-Baker

CHAPTER EIGHT The Wickerman Early May, the dusk was falling and the air around me was pregnant with the aroma of blackthorn flowers that had twisted themselves deep into the ...

epub |eng | 2018-05-09 | Author:Alison Davies

CANIS MAJOR FAMILY ORION LOCATION Second quadrant of the southern hemisphere BEST SEEN IN February NAME MEANING The Great Dog STARS Sirius (Alpha Canis Majoris), Adhara (Epsilon Canis Majoris), Wezen ...

epub |eng | 2008-05-01 | Author:Stefan Seip

2-Inch Adapter This adapter threads onto the T-ring on one side and the focuser of your telescope on the other. IR/UV Blocking Filter, Coma Corrector (If Required): If you are ...

epub |eng | | Author:Nicky Jenner

The birth of Phobos and Deimos Firstly, and perhaps most famously, is the idea that Phobos and Deimos aren’t really related to Mars at all: they’re actually adopted asteroids that ...

epub |eng | | Author:Carrie Nugent

6 My Favorite Telescope Most asteroid hunters use telescopes sensitive to the wavelengths of light that our eyes can see. But there’s one asteroid-hunting telescope that uses a different type ...

epub |eng | 2016-10-03 | Author:Mike Massimino

With my copilot, Snoopy, July 1969. Backyard adventures in space. Credit 1 Controlling the robot arm in my lab at MIT, with a 1980s hairstyle. Credit 2 With Mom and ...

epub, pdf |eng | 2016-09-11 | Author:Tristan Gooley [Gooley, Tristan]

Wave diffraction through a narrow gap. A narrow gap gives the most dramatic demonstration of wave diffraction, but it’s actually happening whenever any waves pass obstacles. If you hide behind ...

epub |eng | | Author:Gerrit Verschuur

9.5 Novae The word nova means ‘new star.’ From time to time a new star seen with the naked eye does appear in our heavens. Such an event occurred in ...

epub |eng | 2016-11-02 | Author:Dava Sobel

PART THREE In the Depths Above I saw in the stars a chance to observe phenomena beyond terrestrial scope. Nothing seemed impossible in those early days; we were going to ...

epub |eng | 2013-05-09 | Author:Joanne Baker [Baker, Joanne]

timeline AD 1897 J.J. Thomson discovers the electron 1913 Bohr proposes electrons orbit an atomic nucleus 1926 Schrödinger devises his wave equation 26 Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle states ...