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LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP January 28, 2010 NASA/NSTA Web Seminar Series How Telescopes Have Changed Our View of the Universe Hubble’s Universe: New Discoveries from a New and Improved HST Web Seminar IV: Hubble’s Universe: New Discoveries from a New and Improved HST Presenter: Dr. Frank Summers
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Hubble: Back in Business and Better Than Ever Dr. Frank Summers Space Telescope Science Institute December 3, 2009
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A Space Telescope
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Place clip art under the one you believe to be the photo
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Artist’s Conception WRONG Photograph CORRECT
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Size of Earth Size of Earth’s Atmosphere 6400 km 600 km above surface Size of Hubble’s Orbit 100 km above surface
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Poll Question What object is closest to Hubble in size? A)Small Car B)Full Size Car C)Limo D)School Bus
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Hubble Servicing Missions
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Launch – December 1990 WFPC, GHRS, HSP, FOC, FOS FGS can also do science
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Servicing Mission 1 – December 1993 COSTAR, WFPC2 solar arrays, gyros
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Servicing Mission 2 – February 1997 NICMOS, STIS fine guidance sensor, solid state recorder, reaction wheel assembly
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Servicing Mission 3A – December 1999 gyroscope failure in November computer, data recorder, fine guidance sensor, electronics improvement, thermal protection
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Servicing Mission 3B – March 2002 ACS solar arrays, NICMOS cooling system, reaction wheel assembly, power control unit
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Servicing Mission 4 – May 2009 WFC3, COS ACS repair, STIS repair, SIC&DH, gyros, batteries, fine guidance sensor, thermal blankets, de-orbit module
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Servicing Mission 4
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2002 – Servicing Mission 3B 2003 – Columbia accident 2004 – No shuttle mission? 2005 – Two gyro mode 2006 – “One final house call” A Long Awaited Mission
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Can you find the shuttle? Use clip art and place it on the shuttle!
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Wide Field Camera 3 –WFC3…
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Cosmic Origins Spectrograph
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ACS & STIS Repair
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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SIC & DH Science Instrument Command & Data Handling Unit
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Batteries, Gyros, NOBLs, SCM
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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The Summer of SMOV
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Servicing Mission Observatory Verification Diagnostic check-out New instrument start-up Repaired instrument recovery Precise calibration
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ACS artifacts in “blank” images (0 sec): 2002 2009 (Thanks to Max Mutchler)
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ACS artifacts in “blank” images (1000 sec): 2002 2009 (Thanks to Max Mutchler)
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Amplifier Crosstalk amp A chip gap amp D
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NGC 6217 mosaic
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NGC 6217 cleaned
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NGC 6217 biased
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NGC 6217 4 color
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SMOV Highlights Nearly everything is working great Thermal situation very good Could not recover ACS HRC NICMOS cooling is back! Jupiter interruption
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Interplanetary Smackdown: Round 2
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Jupiter – July 1994 Visible LightUltraviolet Light
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Butterfly Effect
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Extremes of Omega Cen
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The Ghost of Carina
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Let’s Pause for Two Questions from the Audience
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Five Gals Named Stephan
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WFC3 – Imaging the Universe
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The Best Hubble Ever
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Thank you to the sponsor of tonight's Web Seminar:
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http://learningcenter.nsta.org
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http://www.elluminate.com
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National Science Teachers Association Dr. Francis Q. Eberle, Executive Director Zipporah Miller, Associate Executive Director Conferences and Programs Al Byers, Assistant Executive Director e-Learning LIVE INTERACTIVE LEARNING @ YOUR DESKTOP NSTA Web Seminars Paul Tingler, Director Jeff Layman, Technical Coordinator
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