Essays about: "Pan-STARRS"

Found 3 essays containing the word Pan-STARRS.

  1. 1. 'Oumuamua : An analysis of the the debate regarding the first interstellar visitor

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teoretisk astrofysik

    Author : Erik Westergren; [2022]
    Keywords : Oumuamua; asteroid; comet; Avi; Loeb; extraterrestrial; Pan-STARRS; interstellar; alien; vessel; Oumuamua; asteroid; komet; Avi; Loeb; utomjordiskt; PAN-STARRS; interstellär; farkost;

    Abstract : In the year of 2017 in October a strange object with a hyperbolic trajectory was observed in our solar system. There were several hypotheses that scientists used to try to explain what kind of an object it was, but no one could, according to the scientific community as a whole, perpetuate any of these explanations as accepted consensus. READ MORE

  3. 2. Identifying Gravitationally Lensed QSO Candidates with eROSITA

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Observationell astrofysik

    Author : Róisín O'Rourke Brogan; [2020]
    Keywords : active galactic nuclei; agn; erosita; gaia; gravitational lensing; quasi-stellar objects; strong lensing; multiple images;

    Abstract : As of June 2020, the first all-sky X-ray survey with the eROSITA instrument aboard the spacecraft Spektr-RG has been completed. A high percentage of the 1.1 million objects included in the survey are expected to be active galactic nuclei (AGN). READ MORE

  4. 3. A study of the stellar populations in the Kepler field

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astronomi - Genomgår omorganisation

    Author : Mark O Reilly; [2017]
    Keywords : Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Studying the formation and evolution of galaxies is a fundamental problem in astronomy that warrants repeated investigation by astronomers. How do spiral galaxies like our own come to have its distinct spiral arms? How do stars and their properties change over time and will they continue to evolve in the same manner? To try and attempt to answer such questions we need to look to our own Galaxy the Milky Way. READ MORE