Cosmic distance ladder

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661NGC objects / Standard candles / Space plasmas / Plasma physics / Crab Nebula / Solar System / Cosmic distance ladder / Sun / Star / Astronomy / Space / Light sources

Details from an exploding star These dramatic images of the Crab Nebula were taken in 2005 by the Hubble Space Telescope. The image on the left has a scale of 0.2 light years/millimeter. The enlargement below has a scale

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-01-13 15:40:26
662Physical cosmology / Active galactic nucleus / Radio galaxy / HE0450-2958 / Galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Blazar / Halton Arp / Astronomy / Quasar / Radio astronomy

Space Telescope Science Institute Newsletter May 1995, Vol. 12, No. 1, pages 1{3

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Source URL: www.sns.ias.edu

Language: English - Date: 2002-05-23 16:15:53
663Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Minute of arc / Light-year / Cosmic distance ladder / Star / Astronomy / Astrometry / Space

Chandra Explores Angular Size 26 Astronomers measure the sizes of objects in the sky in terms of their angular size. For instance, the moon

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-04-03 09:00:34
664Quasar / Radio astronomy / Astrophysics / 3C 273 / Galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Redshift / Blazar / Active galactic nucleus / Astronomy / Physical cosmology / Physics

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE IMAGES OF A SAMPLE OF TWENTY NEARBY LUMINOUS QUASARS a John N. Bahcall, Sofia Kirhakos, and David H. Saxe, Institute for Advanced Study, School of Natural Sciences, Princeton, NJ[removed]Donald P. Sc

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Source URL: www.sns.ias.edu

Language: English - Date: 2002-05-22 12:03:33
665European Southern Observatory / Lars Lindberg Christensen / Hubble European Space Agency Information Centre / SN 1987A / Cosmic distance ladder / FITS Liberator / ESO/ST-ECF Science Archive Facility / Astronomy / Hubble Space Telescope / Space

Heic0117: FOR RELEASE 10:00 (CET) FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER, 2001

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2004-04-01 11:50:09
666Spiral galaxies / Galaxy / Milky Way / Cosmic distance ladder / Solar System / Star / Universe / Galaxy formation and evolution / Astronomy / Space / Local Group

GOING Further You can use this 4-STEP SCALE MODEL to imagine some of the distances involved

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Source URL: chandra.si.edu

Language: English - Date: 2008-07-11 15:38:14
667NGC objects / Planetary nebulae / Angle / Angular diameter / Elementary geometry / Light-year / Hubble Space Telescope / Cosmic distance ladder / Solar System / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

16 Eagle Nebula - Closeup The Hubble Space Telescope took the image of the Eagle Nebula (M16). This star-forming region is in the constellation Serpens, and located 6,500 light years from Earth. It is only about 6 milli

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2009-01-01 10:37:00
668Earth / Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler / Discharge / Velocity / Doppler effect / Sediment transport / Cosmic distance ladder / Differential GPS / Systematic error / Hydrology / Physics / Geology

Prepared in cooperation with Environment Canada Application of the Loop Method for Correcting Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler Discharge Measurements Biased by Sediment Transport

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Source URL: pubs.usgs.gov

Language: English - Date: 2006-06-20 18:02:48
669Parsec / Cosmic distance ladder / Light-year / Pulsar / Astronomy / Space / Parallax

The Hand of Chandra! A small, dense object only twelve miles in diameter is responsible for this beautiful X-ray nebula that spans 150 light years and resembles a

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Source URL: www.chandra.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2011-10-05 09:48:57
670Calibration / Cosmic distance ladder / Baseline / Geodesy / Surveying / Systematic error / Measurement / Engineering / Science

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Source URL: publications.iowa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2014-10-02 12:32:42
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