Sentences with phrase «telescope time needed»

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A: The scientists who established research programs that are dependent on data from ESO telescopes will undoubtedly suffer, having to rearrange their programs or look for European collaborators to be principal investigators on their own projects, in order to get the observing time they need.

Optical routers can't read data from such tightly compressed light pulses, however, so a second time telescope would be needed to decompress data at the receiving end of a link, says Foster.

This time they said we needed to show that even in orbit, where it is dealing with cosmic rays and other noise, the telescope would be sensitive enough to detect Earth - size planets.

«For the onboard measurements to be meaningful, we needed to develop a model that predicted the arrival times using ground - based observations provided by our collaborators at radio telescopes around the world,» said Paul Ray, a SEXTANT co-investigator with the U. S. Naval Research Laboratory.

«Karen chased the planet down and got the data that we needed to ask for precious Keck time,» Gaudi said, referring to the high - powered twin Keck Observatory telescopes in Hawaii.

By the time spacecraft have laser beacons, the DSN will need a complementary arsenal of laser - detecting telescopes.

After waiting for more than a year to get observing time, Snyder needed just a few nights at the telescope to demonstrate that complex organic molecules, formaldehyde in particular, permeate the galaxy.

To get the needed resolution — 20 times that of other ground - based telescopes and 3 times that of even the Hubble Space Telescope — Ghez helped develop a technique that involved taking a rapid series of snapshots that could be «averaged» to cancel out the distorting effects of our atmosphere.

However, officials caution that it will take some time to evaluate exactly how the telescopes would need to be repurposed and how much money NASA would save by incorporating them into the WFIRST mission.

Thanks to Rich Bradley for working hard in 1987 to make the 40 foot functional for the first groups of teachers, and the telescope mechanics for keeping it that way, Carl Heiles for inspiring us to observe neutral hydrogen, a true staple of our educational programs for teachers and youth, Bill Radcliffe (do you remember the time you single - handedly took the front end off the telescope???), Nathan Sharp, and Dave Woody for coming to the rescue when the 40 Foot needed a technical swift kick, Skip Crilly for updating the telescope and getting rid of pesky RFI, and all of the astronomers who have enlightened teachers and students over the years.

Clearly these days we don't need buildings or meridian lines to measure time — we use atomic clocks and radio telescope observations of quasars.

«For the onboard measurements to be meaningful, we needed to develop a model that predicted the arrival times using ground - based observations provided by our collaborators at radio telescopes around the world,» says Paul Ray, co-investigator on the SEXTANT project.

Hundreds of hours of telescope time would need to be dedicated to the task.

«We will need better data (e.g. with the upcoming James Webb space telescope) to keep studying and understanding how black holes and galaxies evolve coupled in time.»

To aid the process of obtaining additional observations, the MPC produces a list that is generally available of objects that need further observations and are currently visible so that observers with telescope time can make a special effort to observe these objects, thus ensuring that the elements of the orbit are secure.

The pack includes: · Two long colourful display banners of «Pirates» and «Treasure Island» each decorated with pirate themed pictures · A colourful display border to print out as many times as you need for use on a display board of any size · An A4 word card - great to use when writing · Topic words - great to add to display or use in the writing area · Word and picture flashcards · Pirate posters - pictures of different pirates · Colouring pictures - a collection of pirate themed sheets for children to colour · Phoneme coins - all of the phonemes from the Letters and Sounds scheme on gold coins - great for display or to hide in the sand tray for the children to find the «treasure» · Alphabet coins - lower and upper case letters · Bingo - a pirate themed colourful bingo game to make and play · Skull and cross-bone bunting · Pirate phrases on posters · A pirate profile worksheet - draw your pirate and then decide what characteristics your pirate will have - three different versions of this for differentiation · Songs and rhymes about pirates · Play dough mats - can you make 3 more pieces of treasure, can you give the pirates new hats etc · Colourful treasure to cut out and use on displays, in the sand tray etc · Board game - move around the treasure island answering questions along the way to try and reach the treasure first - two levels of maths questions are provided as well as blank question cards · Two pirate themed wordsearches · «My pirate adventure» worksheet · Wanted posters for the children to fill in · Writing pages - Four A4 pages with pirate borders for the children to use when writing · Design a pirate flag worksheet · Search for the treasure game - collect coins along the way to fill your treasure chest · Cut and stick treasure map · Pirate acrostic poem · Speech bubble worksheets - write what you think the different pirates are saying · Counting cards up to 10 - count the number of pirate ships, telescopes etc · Design a pirate ship worksheet · Describe the treasure worksheet · A worksheet for the children to draw and write what they have spotted through the telescope

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