Cosmic distance ladder

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701Universe / Globular clusters / Blue straggler / Cosmic distance ladder / 47 Tucanae / Star / Horizontal branch / Mass segregation / Dynamical friction / Astronomy / Star clusters / Space

Dynamical age differences among coeval star clusters as revealed by blue stragglers F. R. Ferraro1, B. Lanzoni1, E. Dalessandro1, G. Beccari2, M. Pasquato1, P. Miocchi1, R. T. Rood3‡, S. Sigurdsson4, A. Sills5, E. Vesp

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2012-12-17 09:08:19
702Physical cosmology / Dark matter / Mean squared error / Galaxy formation and evolution / Galaxy / Support vector machine / Virgo Consortium / Cosmic distance ladder / K-nearest neighbor algorithm / Physics / Statistics / Astronomy

The Astrophysical Journal, 772:147 (10pp), 2013 August 1  C[removed]doi:[removed]637X[removed]

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Source URL: www.cs.cmu.edu

Language: English - Date: 2014-09-10 11:46:39
703Galaxies / Astrophysics / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Angular diameter / Supermassive black hole / Cosmic distance ladder / Milky Way / Gamma-ray burst / Astronomy / Space / Astrometry

I ntroduction Busy educators sometimes have trouble finding ways to help their students feel the excitement of science in action. As a part of

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Source URL: www-glast.sonoma.edu

Language: English - Date: 2009-09-11 13:17:07
704Cosmic distance ladder / Physics / Science / Astrometry / Measurement / Calibration

Astrometry Tom Aldcroft 1

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Source URL: cxc.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2003-10-30 11:29:15
705Extrasolar planets / Hot Jupiters / Transiting extrasolar planets / Astrometry / Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment / Radial velocity / OGLE-TR-56b / Cosmic distance ladder / OGLE-TR-10b / Astronomy / Planetary science / Exoplanetology

OGLE-TR-56 Guillermo Torres∗ , Maciej Konacki† , Dimitar D. Sasselov∗ and Saurabh Jha∗∗ ∗ Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics Caltech, Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences

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Source URL: www.cfa.harvard.edu

Language: English - Date: 2007-05-01 15:29:21
706Cosmic distance ladder / Physical cosmology / Tree / Astronomical unit / Physics / Space / Astronomy / Forestry / Astrometry

Acre by Acre SUBJECTS: Mathematics, Science, Practical Living/ Vocational Studies GRADES: 4-8 DURATION: One class period

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Source URL: www.nps.gov

Language: English - Date: 2008-02-27 23:08:25
707Hubble Space Telescope / I Zwicky 18 / Physical cosmology / Local Group / Spiral galaxies / Cosmic distance ladder / Galaxy / Star / Space Telescope Science Institute / Astronomy / Space / Extragalactic astronomy

HEIC0716: EMBARGOED UNTIL 16:00 (CEST)/10:00 AM EDT 16 October, 2007 http://www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0716.html

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2007-10-16 09:39:10
708Spacecraft / Celestial mechanics / Rotation / Polar coordinate system / Kinematics / Orbit / Dawn / Circular motion / Cosmic distance ladder / Physics / Classical mechanics / Spaceflight

The Dawn Mission: Ion Rockets and Spiral Orbits Ion rocket motors provide a small but steady thrust, which causes a spacecraft to accelerate. The shape of the orbit for the spacecraft as it undergoes constant acceleratio

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2010-05-02 05:03:12
709Space / Angle / Ballistics / Minute of arc / Angular diameter / Moon / Mare Serenitatis / Sun / Cosmic distance ladder / Astrometry / Astronomy / Physics

Getting an Angle on the Sun and Moon The Sun (Diameter = 1,400,000 km) and Moon (Diameter = 3,476 km) have very different physical diameters in kilometers, but in the sky they can appear to be nearly the same size. Astr

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Source URL: spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov

Language: English - Date: 2012-08-01 05:44:22
710Physical cosmology / Large-scale structure of the cosmos / Galaxy formation and evolution / Stellar evolution / MRC 1138-262 / Galaxy / Radio galaxy / Cosmic distance ladder / Spiral galaxy / Astronomy / Extragalactic astronomy / Space

The Astrophysical Journal, 650: L29–L32, 2006 October 10 䉷 2006. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved. Printed in U.S.A. THE SPIDERWEB GALAXY: A FORMING MASSIVE CLUSTER GALAXY AT z ∼ 2 George K. M

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Source URL: www.spacetelescope.org

Language: English - Date: 2006-10-10 09:40:10
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