Review: The life of Stars Variable Stars Eclipsing binaries (stars do not change physically, only their relative position changes) Nova (two stars “collaborating” to…

Studying for EXAM III On Sun and Stars Many chapters in book, which has way too many details lecture notes Focus on the general, repeating features Emphasis on concepts…

GLOBE at Night An International Year of Astronomy Dark Skies Awareness Program Connie Walker (cell: 520-331-2448) (National Optical Astronomy Observatory) and the IYA2009…

The Milky Way Appears as a milky band of light across the sky A small telescope reveals that it is composed of many stars (Galileo again!) Our knowledge of the Milky Way…

The Galactic Bulge Morphology Metallicity distribution Kinematics The ARGOS survey: goal is to see if the boxy Galactic bulge is consistent with the expectations for a bulge…

PowerPoint Presentation 1 m â APOGEE Feed Jon Holtzman Diane Feuillet (NMSU) Construction and implementation of fiber feed from NMSU 1m to SDSS APOGEE funded by SDSS-III…

No Slide Title Microlensing Studies in Crowded Fields Craig Mackay, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge. 7 May 2014: Cambridge Exoplanets Group 1 We have very…

Stars can be grouped into constellations. VOCABULARY Stars and Their Characteristics Stars and Galaxies Hydrogen and helium are the two most abundant elements in stars. constellation…

Noise model and accurate fitting of high magnification PSPL events Pascal Fouqué Alerts from OGLE-III and MOA-II in 2008 912 alerts (647 OGLE, 475 MOA) OGLE: Feb. 23 - Nov.…

Variable Stars & The Milky Way Variable Stars Eclipsing binaries (stars do not change physically, only their relative position changes) Nova (two stars “collaborating”…