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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009. The Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D. Recently, an animation of a fly through of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field in 3D. Has been posted on YouTube. The animation was computed using the measured redshifts of all 10,000 galaxies in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field image and has accompanying narration and background musical score. That animation and many others have been produced by Dr. Michael R. Gallis [Penn State Schuylkill] and the. Animations for Physics and Astronomy Project.
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: The Eclipse Team’s Life on Enewetak
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Thursday, August 6, 2009. The Eclipse Team’s Life on Enewetak. Member of the Friends of the Institute for Astronomy. The Institute for Astronomy (IfA) eclipse team, officially known as the Solar Wind Sherpas, spent a week on Enewetak. In the Marshall Islands. To study the eclipse. (Please see entries below for descriptions of the eclipse, the science, and our trip.) Here are some snapshots of our activities on Enewetak:. While we were on Runit, we checked constantly with Judd as he measured radiation....
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: January 2009
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009. Google Calendar and Today's APOD. Joe Masiero was nice enough to create a google calendar for IYA events in Hawai'i. If you use google calendars. Look for the "Hawaii IYA 2009 Calendar.". Now, check out today's APOD. Crater in the foreground, with Mauna Kea. Way off in the distance. Thursday, January 22, 2009. Impromptu Public Stargazing @ Magic Island. Thanks to Sarah J (also the picture taker), Geoff, Joe, Kirsten, Jenny and Geoff's pal Sean. Monday, January 19, 2009. Nationa...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: February 2009
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Monday, February 23, 2009. Copernicus: the latest sighting. From the magazine ARCHAEOLOGY. 8220;POLAND: Until now, no one knew for certain what happened to the remains of Nicolas Copernicus, the 16th-century astronomer who proclaimed that the earth revolves around the sun. Scientists have solved the mystery- they matched DNA from a skeleton, found in a cathedral in 2005, with DNA from hair taken from Copernicus's copy of Johannes Stoeffler's Calendarium Romanum Magnum. Posted by Kathleen Robertson. Learn...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: Flat Stanley’s Eclipse Trip
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Tuesday, August 25, 2009. Flat Stanley’s Eclipse Trip. Member of the Friends of the Institute for Astronomy. This report about the July 22 eclipse is especially for elementary students and teachers. You already know who Flat Stanley is. For the rest of you, he’s a storybook character who got smashed flat by a bulletin board. On the way to study the eclipse on Enewetak. The University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy. Please see entries below for descriptions of the trip and the eclipse.). Most of the pe...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: The Science Conducted by the Institute for Astronomy Eclipse Team
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Monday, August 3, 2009. The Science Conducted by the Institute for Astronomy Eclipse Team. Member of the Friends of the Institute for Astronomy. Is so powerfully bright that the best time to study details of the Sun’s atmosphere—especially the part of the atmosphere closest to the Sun—is during a total eclipse. The eclipse on July 22. Was the longest one this century. On Enewetak. Data collected during this eclipse primarily concerned looking at ionizations. Of iron and helium, taking spectra. And obtain...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: Hawaii Eclipse Adventure
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Member of the Friends of the Institute for Astronomy. The next solar eclipse takes place on July 11, 2010, across a swath of the South Pacific. This piece commemorates another July 11 eclipse, visible from the Big Island and the east end of Maui in 1991. Seeing a partial eclipse simply isn’t the same; you can go about your normal activities without ever realizing one is happening. Total eclipses are dramatic and awe inspiring, so I’d been told by those who had s...We woke up at...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: October 2009
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Tuesday, October 13, 2009. If you didn't catch the HPR interview with Nick Kaiser, you can listen to it as a podcast. Scientists Search for Killer Asteroids. Last week a University of Hawaii astronomer predicted an asteroid – that he found several years ago - will likely miss. AIRED: Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Posted by Kathleen Robertson. Member of the Friends of the Institute for Astronomy. Debbie and I admired our view of the stars and set the travel clock alarm so that we would be sure to wake up in ...
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IYA2009@Hawaii nei: March 2009
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Tuesday, March 31, 2009. Mauna Kea Observatories lead off "100 Hours of Astronomy". As part of the International Year of Astronomy 2009, "100 Hours of Astronomy" is offering a 24-hour live webcast from the control rooms of 80 professional observatories around the world. Here are the scheduled times for the Mauna Kea Observatories. Date HTS . . . . . . . Observatory. Apr 2 . . 11:00pm . . . . . . .Gemini Observatory. Apr 3 . . 00:00am [midnite] . .W.M. Keck Observatory. Tel: 1 808 969 6524. UH Institute f...
