In this project, participants will look
for star clusters in images of the Andromeda
Galaxy taken by the Hubble telescope. Once
identified, the age of a cluster can be
determined fairly easily. Obtaining a large
sample of such clusters will then help greatly
in understanding the evolution of the development
of the galaxy.
ongoing, four-year Hubble Space Telescope
(HST) project [that] will map one-third
of Andomeda's spiral disk at six wavelengths
ranging from the near-infrared to the
ultraviolet (Dalcanton+ 2012). The HST
images have exquisite resolution, allowing
PHAT to reveal more than 100 million stars
by the time the survey is complete. This
beautiful data set is the heart of the
Andromeda Project.
Virtual presenter Amanda Bush returns to report on
the recent SpaceX Dragon cargo delivery mission to the
ISS and on the short hover flight of the SpaceX Grasshopper
reusable first stage prototype. She concludes with a
brief update on the Curiosity rover's latest activities:
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technique for generating animated presentations. The
show was generated autonomously by software according
to a text script. The project is described in the Virtual
Producer whitepaper (pdf). For further information
contact info@binary-space.com.
Here are the preceding two shows in the Virtual SpaceTV
3D series:
The company Golden
Spike plans to offer human missions
to the Moon. They believe that by 2020 they
can begin to send two person missions to
the Moon using launch vehicles like the
existing Atlas 5 and the SpaceX Falcon Heavy,
which is expected to fly for the first time
in late 2013. The company is led by Alan
Stern, who once led NASA's science division
and is currently chief scientist of the
New Horizon mission to Pluto, and Gerry
Griffin, a top manager and flight director
at NASA during the Apollo program. A number
of other
highly credible people are involved
either directly with the firm or as advisors.
..
Unfortunately, the firm does not have any
billionaire backers, though it could use
some. It needs to raise about 2.5 billion
dollars to develop a lunar lander and other
systems and another 4 to 5 billion dollars
to carry out four test flights. They believe
they can then sell two person missions for
$1.5 billion each. Their target market is
primarily medium size developed countries,
such as South Korea and Taiwan, that would
like to see their own scientiss walking
on and studying the Moon.
Run the Satellite
Tracking Tool from BINARY
SPACE right here at HobbySpace
in your browser. The program allows you to track a large
set of satellites in both low earth and geostationary
orbits. (Note: the program requires Microsoft
Silverlight, Version 5 or higher, as well as the latest
version of your browser. Currently the program works on
the Microsoft® Windows® platform only.) The Satellite
Observing section provides additional information
and web resources about the hobby of satellite tracking
and watching.
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