• 천문학회보
• /
• 제32권1호
• /
• pp.65.2-65.2
• /
• 2007

• 천문학회보
• /
• 제33권2호
• /
• pp.38.1-38.1
• /
• 2008

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
• /
• 제38권4호
• /
• pp.229-236
• /
• 2021

We present for the first time the characteristics of upper atmospheric horizontal winds over the Korean Peninsula. Winds and their variability are derived using four-year measurements by the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) meteor radar. A general characteristic of zonal and meridional winds is that they exhibit distinct diurnal and seasonal variations. Their changes indicate sometimes similar or sometimes different periodicities. Both winds are characterized by either semi-diurnal tides (12 hour period) and/or diurnal tides (24 hour period) from 80-100 km. In terms of annual change, the annual variation is the strongest component in both winds, but semi-annual and ter-annual variations are only detected in zonal winds.

• 천문학회보
• /
• 제42권1호
• /
• pp.33.4-34
• /
• 2017

전파망원경 레이돔은 14미터 우주전파망원경을 외부 환경(눈, 비, 바람, 햇빛)으로 부터 보호하여 효율적인 우주전파 관측연구를 수행하는데 필수적인 연구시설이다. 현재 사용 중인 대덕전파천문대 레이돔은 1985년에 설치되어 30년째 사용 중이다. 노후화로 인해 누수가 있으며, 겨울철에는 내부에 빙결이 발생하며, 유지보수가 어려운 상황이다. 본 발표에서는 2016년 12월말부터 2017년 2월 초까지 이루어진 레이돔의 교체과정과 기존 레이돔과 교체된 레이돔의 성능 등을 발표한다.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
• /
• 제33권2호
• /
• pp.137-146
• /
• 2016

The correlation between meteorological data collected at the optical wide-field patrol network (OWL-Net) Station No. 1 and the seeing of satellite optical observation data was analyzed. Meteorological data and satellite optical observation data from June 2014 to November 2015 were analyzed. The analyzed meteorological data were the outdoor air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and cloud index data, and the analyzed satellite optical observation data were the seeing full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) data. The annual meteorological pattern for Mongolia was analyzed by collecting meteorological data over four seasons, with data collection beginning after the installation and initial set-up of the OWL-Net Station No. 1 in Mongolia. A comparison of the meteorological data and the seeing of the satellite optical observation data showed that the seeing degrades as the wind strength increases and as the cloud cover decreases. This finding is explained by the bias effect, which is caused by the fact that the number of images taken on the less cloudy days was relatively small. The seeing FWHM showed no clear correlation with either temperature or relative humidity.

• 천문학회지
• /
• 제44권3호
• /
• pp.81-87
• /
• 2011

We carry out 100-GHz band test observations with the newly-constructed KVN 21-m radio telescopes in order to evaluate their performance. The three telescopes have similar performance parameters. The pointing accuracies are about 4" rms for the entire sky. The main beam sizes are about 30" (FWHMs), which is nearly the diffraction limit of the telescopes at the observing frequency (97 GHz). The measured aperture and main-beam efficiencies are about 52% and 46%, respectively, for all three telescopes. The estimated moon efficiency is ~84% for the KVN Tamna telescope. The first sidelobes appear 50" (~1.6${\times}$FWHM) from the main beam centers and the levels are on average -14 dB.

• 천문학회보
• /
• 제46권2호
• /
• pp.57.3-57.3
• /
• 2021

99942 Apophis is an Sq-type Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (PHA) with an estimated diameter of 370 m. It will approach the Earth down to 31,000 km from the surface during the encounter on April 13, 2029 UT, which is closer than geostationary satellites. This once-in-a-20,000 year opportunity would further expand our knowledge on the physical and dynamical processes which are expected to occur due to the gravitational tidal forces when an asteroid encounter with a planet. It will also provide an opportunity to promote great knowledge of the science of planetary defense. The science goal of the Apophis mission is to global-map the asteroid before and after the Earth's approach. In this talk, we will present scientific objectives, and briefly introduce instruments and operation scenarios of the mission.

• 천문학회지
• /
• 제49권5호
• /
• pp.225-232
• /
• 2016

We present an optical imaging survey of AKARI Deep Field South (ADF-S) using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet), to find optical counterparts of dusty star-forming galaxies. The ADF-S is a deep far-infrared imaging survey region with AKARI covering around 12 deg², where the deep optical imaging data are not yet available. By utilizing the wide-field capability of the KMTNet telescopes (~4 deg²), we obtain optical images in B, R and I bands for three regions. The target depth of images in B, R and I bands is ~24 mag (AB) at 5σ, which enables us to detect most dusty star-forming galaxies discovered by AKARI in the ADF-S. Those optical datasets will be helpful to constrain optical spectral energy distributions as well as to identify rare types of dusty star-forming galaxies such as dust-obscured galaxy, sub-millimeter galaxy at high redshift.

• 천문학회보
• /
• 제46권1호
• /
• pp.60.1-60.1
• /
• 2021

The Balloon-borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the corona (BITSE) is a technology demonstration mission launched in 2019 to observe the solar corona from ~3 Rs to 15 Rs at four wavelengths (393.5, 405.0, 398.7, and 423.4 nm). Preliminary analysis shows that BITSE imaged the solar minimum corona with the equatorial streamers on the east and west limbs. The narrow streamers observed by BITSE are in good agreement with the geometric properties obtained by the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) coronagraphs in the overlapping physical domain. In spite of the small signal-to-noise ratio we were able to obtain the temperature and flow speed of the western steamer. In the heliocentric distance range 4 - 7 Rs on the western streamer, we obtained a temperature of ~ 1.0 ± 0.3 MK and a flow speed of ~ 260 km s^-1 with a large uncertainty interval.

• 천문학회보
• /
• 제46권2호
• /
• pp.77.1-77.1
• /
• 2021

한국천문연구원은 천문우주분야의 과학임무 탑재체 개발을 주도적으로 수행해오고 있다. 과학기술위성1호 주탑재체 원자외선영상분광기 FIMS 개발, 과학기술위성3호 주탑재체 다목적적외선영상시스템 MIRIS 개발, 차세대소 형위성1호 주탑재체 근적외선영상분광기 NISS 개발을 수행하였고, 현재는 NASA와 국제협력으로 SPHEREx 우주 망원경을 개발하고 있다. 이러한 개발 과정을 거치면서 주경 20cm 이하의 소형 탑재체 과학임무 한계와 더불어 연구 현장에서 더 큰 우주망원경의 수요가 제기되었고, 현재의 국가우주개발 중장기계획에도 2030년대 한국형 우주망원경을 포함하게 되었다. 이러한 일정에 발맞추어 한국천문연구원은 2030년대 한국형 우주망원경 독자 운영을 대비하기 위해서 2020년 1월부터 주요 사업으로 한국형 우주망원경 개발을 위한 기획연구를 시작하였다. 이 기획연구는 2021년 말까지 2년 동안 수행하고 있으며, 이 기획연구를 통해서 학계의 과학임무 요구사항을 종합 수렴하였고, 관련 컨설팅 업체와 협업하여 사전 기획연구 활동들을 수행하였으며, 향후 우주망원경 개발에 대한 전략을 제안하고 보고서를 마무리하는 단계에 와 있다. 이 발표에서는 이러한 기획연구의 세부 활동을 공유하고 보고하고자 한다.