Tristan Waters
Tuesday 9:35-12:35
30 August 2015

Astronomy on the Internet

In this lab report I have three objectives. The first will be to find and record information on a specific telescope/observatory. Next will be to describe an astronomical image and explain its interest. Lastly is to find and describe the events of a space mission. Though there are thousands of observatories/telescopes all around the world and after several minutes of researching I have chosen but one, the NAOJ Hawaii Observatory. It is located in Mauna Kea, Hawaii. This particular observatory is home to the Subaru Telescope and is operated by the National Institutes of Natural Sciences. The Subaru Telescope is one of the world’s largest and most advanced telescopes. It is 22.2 meters tall, 27.2 meters wide and weighs 555 metric tons. The Subaru Telescope’s main focus is in optical and infrared imaging. The telescope has been used to find many galaxies and has captured images all across the universe. One such image captured was the moment when a probe from the NASA spacecraft Deep Impact crashed into Comet Tempel 1 in July 2005. The Subaru Telescope has made several great discoveries and because of its open use program, which allows astronomer from throughout the world have access to it. Using telescopes scientist are able to capture images from across the universe. One such images is of an asteroid that was slowly breaking down into several pieces as it neared the sun. In the image an asteroid is shown slowly breaking into pieces and drifting apart. Caught in March of 2014 this is the captured image of an asteroid being broken apart by the sunlight. Another image captured is of water vapor venting off Jovian Moon. Scientist believe that this could be evidence of a subsurface ocean on the moon. Many space missions have been carried out in the years. One important mission was