Introduction You are an astronomer who has just made this image. As you study this image, what questions do you ask? Elicit answers from your audience. Then click on the slide numerous times. Each time a new question will appear.
Introduction What are these “fuzzy” objects? What are they made of? How were they formed? What are they made of? How old are they? Are they moving? How far away are they? Are they part of a system?
Neon Sodium Hydrogen
Radio Spectral Line Hydrogen NGC 628
40 Foot Telescope Front end Forty Feet Control room
Frequency x wavelength = c c = 300 million meters/sec 1Megahertz = 1 million waves/sec. Radio station=100 megahertz What is the wavelength of the signal?
Range of frequencies = bandpass, bandwidth
40 Foot Receiver bandpass: 1370-1440 MHz What is the wavelength of 1420 MHz?
RA and Dec = Long. And Lat.
Galactic Long. And Lat. 11