If you keep in touch with her, I would be curious to know how she intends to make measurements to "see" the parallax - blink comparator, direct image measurements, or some other method. Thanks for sharing, Patrick. -----Original Message----- From: utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:utah-astronomy-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Patrick Wiggins Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 4:43 PM To: Utah Astronomy Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] International cooperation Hi Wayne and Kim, On 22 Aug 2008, at 13:30, Wayne Sumner wrote:
Wow! What a great idea for teaching parallax to my astronomy students at Northridge!
Just try to find a target that's closer. Hmmm, maybe the Moon viewed from two widely spaced locations during an encounter with the Pleiades. Think of the possibilities of stereo viewing...
Did you do any calculations to see what the expected parallax angle would be? Any compensation for atmospheric refraction differences?
No to both. Admittedly I did think the target was too far away to see any obvious parallax but it seemed like a fun project and I didn't want to burst her bubble. And besides, in science we learn from out failures as well as our successes. On 22 Aug 2008, at 13:40, Kim A. Hyatt wrote:
Yes, indeed Patrick - a great project. By what method or methods did you and/or Ms. Park attempt to measure parallax?
She didn't say so just considered me the data-droid. I sent her the data and she's going to measure it for her school project. Cheers, patrick _______________________________________________ Utah-Astronomy mailing list Utah-Astronomy@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/utah-astronomy Visit the Photo Gallery: http://gallery.utahastronomy.com Visit the Wiki: http://www.utahastronomy.com No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:48 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 270.6.6/1627 - Release Date: 8/22/2008 6:48 AM