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Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope
The Uppsala Schmidt Telescope is a Schmidt telescope located in Australia. It was moved to Siding Spring Observatory from Mount Stromlo Observatory in 1982. The instrument has been used to study the galaxy, asteroids and comets. It was last dedicated to the Siding Spring Survey. The telescope had a field of view of just over 6° through the use of a correcting plate, making its field three times as large as that of the Anglo-Australian Telescope. It used a spherical rather than a parabolic mirror with 0.6 m correcting plate to achieve this. Photographic plates and film were used as detectors. History The Uppsala Schmidt Telescope was built in 1956 in Sweden. The telescope was originally located at the Mount Stromlo Observatory. It was operational there between 1957 and 1982. It took the first images ever recorded of the Sputnik satellite in 1957. The telescope was modernised in 2000 and 2001 to include the experimental use of Charge-coupled devices (CCDs) which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Schmidt Telescope
Schmidt may refer to: * Schmidt (surname), including list of people with the surname * Schmidt (singer) (born 1990), German pop and jazz singer * Schmidt (lunar crater), a small lunar impact crater * Schmidt (Martian crater), a crater on Mars * Schmidt (volcano), in Kamchatka * Schmidt Block, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Scott County, Iowa, USA * Schmidt Brewery, a St. Paul brewery * Schmidt camera, an astronomical telescope designed for photography * Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope, a version of the Schmidt camera * Schmidt Site, an archeological site in Michigan, USA, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973 * Schmidt Spiele, a German games manufacturer * Schmidt Baking Company, makers of Schmidt's Blue Ribbon Bread * von Schmidt auf Altenstadt, a German baronial family in Kirchgattendorf, part of the municipality of Gattendorf * Schmidt Island, an island in the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in the Arctic Ocean * Schmidt Peninsula (Sakhal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert H
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe it entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including English, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish, Scots, Danish, and Icelandic. It can be use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Large Optical Telescopes
This is a list of large optical telescopes. For telescopes larger than 3 meters in aperture see List of largest optical reflecting telescopes. This list combines large or expensive reflecting telescopes from any era, as what constitutes famous reflector has changed over time. In 1900 a 1-meter reflector would be among the largest in the world, but by 2000, would be relatively common for professional observatories. Large reflectors and catadioptric ''See List of largest optical reflecting telescopes for continuation of list to larger scopes'' Selected telescopes below about 2 meters aperture A non-comprehensive non-exclusionary list of telescopes one yard to less than 2 metres in aperture. Selected telescopes below about 1 meter/yard aperture See also * Lists of telescopes References {{Astronomy navbox Optical telescopes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Telescopes Of Australia
The list below is split between telescopes located in Australia, and telescopes sponsored by Australia such as a space telescope or foreign installation. Australia can access the Southern skies, which was a popular trend in the 20th century (many telescope had been built for the northern hemisphere). The third largest optical telescope in the world in 1974 was Anglo-Australian Telescope, one of the really large telescopes of that time and built in Australia. There are several radio telescopes also, and Sydney Observatory has taken observations for over a century. One of the largest telescopes of the 19th century was the Great Melbourne Telescope, one of the last big metal mirror reflecting telescopes before the silver-on-glass designs came to predominate; this was purchased with money from an Australian Gold boom. In country optical telescopes * Anglo-Australian Telescope (3.9m, 1974-) *Automated Patrol Telescope (.5m, 1989-2008) * Faulkes Telescope South (2m, 2004-) * SkyMapp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(308242) 2005 GO21
is a large Aten near-Earth asteroid and potentially hazardous object. It has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of 7 years and an uncertainty parameter of 0. It was discovered on 1 April 2005 by the Siding Spring Survey at an apparent magnitude of 18.1 using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. Based on an absolute magnitude of 16.4, the asteroid has an estimated diameter of 1.6 km (within a factor of two). is the largest potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) discovered in 2005. On 21 June 2012 it passed Earth at a distance of . The 2012 passage was studied with radar using Goldstone and Arecibo Arecibo (; ) is a city and municipality on the northern coast of Puerto Rico, on the shores of the Atlantic Ocean, located north of Utuado and Ciales; east of Hatillo; and west of Barceloneta and Florida. It is about west of San Juan, the .... References External links * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:2005 GO21 308242 308242 308242 308242 201206 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
(242450) 2004 QY2
('' prov. designation:'' ) is an asteroid on an eccentric orbit, classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 20 August 2004 by the Siding Spring Survey at an apparent magnitude of 16.5 using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. It is one of the largest potentially hazardous asteroids known to exist. Orbit and classification orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–1.6 AU once every 14 months (412 days; semi-major axis of 1.08 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.48 and an inclination of 37 ° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Siding Spring. The object is a member of the Apollo asteroids, the largest subgroup of near-Earth asteroids which cross the orbit of Earth. Unlike many other members of this dynamical group, is not a Mars-crosser, as its aphelion is too small to cross the orbit of the Red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 LZ1
is an asteroid classified as near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Amor group, approximately in diameter. It passed within 5.4 million kilometers (14 lunar distances) of Earth on 14 June 2012. It was discovered during the night of 10–11 June 2012 by astronomer Robert H. McNaught and his colleagues using the 0.5-meter Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at the Siding Spring Observatory in Australia, just four days before its closest approach to Earth. Overview Arecibo radar observations on 19 June 2012 have shown that is about in diameter and that has zero chance of impacting the Earth for at least the next 750 years. A small change of trajectory caused by Earth's gravity was predicted from the 2012 passby. The Slooh Space Camera streamed live footage of the passby over the Internet. McNaught and Astronomy magazine columnist Bob Berman hosted the broadcast. "We love it when stuff like this happens, because it's fun to do and the public appreciates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2013 A1
C/2013 A1 (Siding Spring) is an Oort cloud comet discovered on 3 January 2013 by Robert H. McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. At the time of discovery it was 7.2 AU from the Sun and located in the constellation Lepus. Comet C/2013 A1 probably took millions of years to come from the Oort cloud. After leaving the planetary region of the Solar System, the post-perihelion orbital period (epoch 2050) is estimated to be roughly 1 million years. C/2013 A1 passed the planet Mars very closely on 19 October 2014, at a distance of . After its discovery, there was thought to be a chance of a collision with Mars, but this possibility was excluded when its orbit was determined with about a 200 day observation arc. All NASA Mars orbiters—including 2001 Mars Odyssey, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter and MAVEN—as well as ESA's orbiter, Mars Express, and ISRO's orbiter, the Mars Orbiter Mission, reported a healthy status after the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2009 R1
C/2009 R1 (McNaught), one of more than fifty comets known as Comet McNaught, is a non-periodic comet discovered by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught on September 9, 2009, using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia. The discovery was confirmed the same day at the Optical Ground Station telescope at Tenerife. After the discovery, earlier images of the comet were found from July 20, August 1, and August 18, 2009. It is believed C/2009 R1 will leave the Solar System permanently.See "future 1/a" value oKazuo Kinoshita home page Viewing In early June 2010, C/2009 R1 was visible with binoculars in the constellations Andromeda and Perseus, and by June 8 it was visible to the unaided eye in a dark sky with little light pollution. Astronomers predicted the comet to grow brighter and become widely visible in the northern hemisphere to the unaided eye by mid- or late-June, at which time it appeared between the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2007 Q3
C/2007 Q3 (Siding Spring), is an Oort cloud comet that was discovered by Donna Burton in 2007 at Siding Spring Observatory in New South Wales, Australia.Evans, Kate (February 19, 2010).'Australian' comet captured by NASA. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. Siding Spring came within 1.2 astronomical units of Earth and 2.25 AU of the Sun on October 7, 2009.Visitor from Deep Space . . February 17, 2010. Retrieved on February 19, 2010. The comet was visible with binoculars until January 2010. Images of the comet taken in March 2010 by N.Howes using the Faulkes telescope, showed that the |
7604 Kridsadaporn
7604 Kridsadaporn, provisional designation , is an unusual, carbonaceous asteroid and Mars-crosser on a highly eccentric orbit from the outer regions of the asteroid belt, approximately in diameter. It was discovered on 31 August 1995, by Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at Siding Spring Observatory near Coonabarabran, Australia. Due to its particular orbit, the C-type asteroid belongs to MPC's list of "other" unusual objects, and has been classified as an "asteroid in cometary orbit", or ACO. The asteroid was named in memory of Thai astronomer . Discovery and naming ''Kridsadaporn'' was discovered using the 0.5-m Uppsala Schmidt Telescope, as part of the Siding Spring Survey, which itself is part of a broader network of Near-Earth object search programs. The then-unnamed asteroid was initially assigned the provisional designation . In April 2005 it was renamed by its discoverer (Robert McNaught) in honour of Kridsadaporn Ritsmitchai, a then recently deceased friend and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
C/2006 P1
Comet McNaught, also known as the Great Comet of 2007 and given the designation C/2006 P1, is a non-periodic comet discovered on 7 August 2006 by British-Australian astronomer Robert H. McNaught using the Uppsala Southern Schmidt Telescope. It was the brightest comet in over 40 years, and was easily visible to the naked eye for observers in the Southern Hemisphere in January and February 2007. With an estimated peak magnitude of −5.5, the comet was the second-brightest since 1935. Around perihelion on 12 January, it was visible worldwide in broad daylight. Its tail measured an estimated 35 degrees in length at its peak. The brightness of C/2006 P1 near perihelion was enhanced by forward scattering. Discovery McNaught discovered the comet in a CCD image on 7 August 2006 during the course of routine observations for the Siding Spring Survey, which searched for Near-Earth Objects that might represent a collision threat to Earth. The comet was discovered in Ophiuchus, shi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
