1. NDeRC ASTRO Institute Tuesday July 20th, 2010 Katherine Rueff  Introduction Discussion  Telescope + Optics!

2. Why Astronomy? Stimulates imagination & interest in Science, Math, Computers, History, Art, and Culture! Powerful framework: – Physics - Mathematics - Meteorology – Chemistry - Computer Science - Geology – Biology - Engineering - The Arts Welcoming Inquiry based Accessible Tangible discovery

3. Famous Historical Astronomers: Ptolemy Nicolaus CopernicusTycho Brahe Galileo GalileiJohannes KeplerSir Issac Newton William Herschel (1738-1822) British Annie Jump Cannon (1863-1941) American Karl Schwarzchild (1873-1916) German Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935) Swedish-born German Edwin Hubble (1889-1953) American Karl Jansky (1905-1950) American Subramanyan Chandrasekhar (1910-1995) Indian-born American Arno A. Penzias (1933-) German Robert W. Wilson (1936- ) American Stephen W. Hawking (1942-) British Astronomers... What they gave us: Time, Mirrors, Antennas, Telescopes, Satellites, Weather Forecasts, Communication…

4. The Human Eye as a Telescope

5. Types of Telescopes Optical Microwave Radio telescope Submillimeter Infrared Ultraviolet X-ray Atmospheric Cherenkov (gamma rays)

6. What’s the BEST place for a Telescope to be Located?

7. Keck I & II Large Binocular Telescope Very Large Array Kitt Peak Arecibo Green Bank Telescope Today’s Telescopes Sophia South Pole Telescope

8. Space Telescopes Hubble Space Telescope James Webb Telescope Spitzer Space Telescope Hinode: -The Solar Optical -The X-ray Telescope -The Extreme UV Imaging Spectrometer Chandra Space Telescope Kepler Telescope

9. WHAT CAN WE DO WITH ALL THESE TELESCOPES? Crab Nebula

11. NGC 4013 NGC 4302 Rueff et al. 2010

13. Keck with Adaptive Optics AWESOME NEW STUFF! Large Binocular Telescope

14. Organization: Science Agencies from North America, Europe and Japan Location: 16,000 ft up in the Chilean Andes This array of 66 radio antennas spread across 10 miles will likely be the world's most advanced radio telescope. The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array

15. Thirty-Meter Telescope

16. THE EUROPEAN EXTREMELY LARGE TELESCOPE ("E-ELT") PROJECT (42 m)

17. Zodiac Babylon (~2500 yr ago) Ceres: Ruler of Virgo 13 th Zodiac: Ophiuchus- the Serpent Bearer Nov. 30th - Dec. 17 th Sidereal Zodiac