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SCUBA-2 Observation of the JWST/GTO Time Domain Survey Field

  • Hyun, Minhee;Smail, Ian;Im, Myungshin;Windhorst, Roger A.;Jansen, Rolf A.;Wilmer, Christopher N.A.;Cotton, William D.;Fazio, Giovanni;Perley, Richard;Condon, James J.;Swinbank, Mark;Cohen, Seth;Lin, Li-Hwai;An, Fangxia;Shim, Hyunjin
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.45 no.1
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    • pp.35.3-36
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    • 2020
  • The Time Domain Field is one of the future GTO program fields of JWST(JWST/GTO TDS), surveying about 14' diameter field at the North Eliptical Pole(NEP) with NIRCam/NIRISS. As a part of the multi-wavelength study of the field, we have obtained SCUBA-2 850㎛ mapping which reaches a depth of σrms = 0.9mJy/beam and detect 93 sources at S/N > 3.5 ― which are expected to be highly star-forming (SFR>400M◉/yr) galaxies at z ≳ 1.5-4 and pinpoint the location at <0. " 1 accuracy of 68 sub-mm sources by identifying VLA 3GHz radio counterparts. In this talk, we will introduce the SCUBA-2 JWST/GTO TDS project and the newly discovered sub-mm sources in this field.

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Spectroscopic Survey of G and K Type Dwarfs in the Hipparcos Catalog

  • Kim, Bokyoung;An, Deokkeun;Lee, Young Sun;Stauffer, John R.;Terndrup, Donald M.;Johnson, Jennifer
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.40 no.1
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    • pp.70.5-71
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    • 2015
  • We present a preliminary result from a high-resolution and high signal-to-noise spectroscopic survey, providing atmospheric parameters for about 170 nearby field dwarfs in the Hipparcos catalog. Our preliminary analysis shows that when Hipparcos parallaxes are adopted, a few stars in our sample are too faint compared to main-sequence fitting distances based on our accurately measured [Fe/H]. We discuss magnitude deficits of these field stars in connection with the short Hipparcos distance to the Pleiades.

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Medium Resolution Spectroscopy of Red Giant Stars in Omega Centauri

  • Jung, Jae In;An, Deokkeun;Lee, Young Sun;Rey, Soo-Chang;Lee, Jae-Woo;Lee, Young-Wook;Rhee, Jaehyon
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.41 no.2
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    • pp.56.2-56.2
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    • 2016
  • We present chemical abundances for about 800 red giant stars in Omega Centauri, based on medium-resolution spectra obtained using Hydra multi-fiber spectrograph at the CTIO 4-m telescope. Our sample covers 14.2 < V < 15.0, and is almost unbiased against colors (and therefore metallicity). The metallicity distribution function (MDF) constructed from our data has an overall shape and local peaks that approximately match those for brighter giant stars in Johnson et al.. We also find that more metal-rich cluster members are more concentrated in the cluster center, which is consistent with previous studies. On the other hand, we find no clear evidence for such a spatial dependence with respect to alpha elemental abundance ([${\alpha}/Fe$]).

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SPECTRAL BEHAVIORS OF Hβ LINE OF CH CYGNI IN A QUIESCENT PHASE

  • YOO KYE HWA;KIM KANG MIN;LEE BYUNG CHUL;YOON TAE SEOG;LEE JUNG AE
    • Publications of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.19 no.1
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    • pp.21-25
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    • 2004
  • We analyzed the high resolution H,6 line spectra of CH Cygni obtained at the Bohyunsan Astronomical Observatory (BOAO) on April 2004. The temporal changes in the $H\beta$ line profiles are reported. We obtained the equivalent widths of the Gaussian components. Using this we estimated the length of the gaseous nebula which emits the $H\beta$ line and the mass loss rate from the star.

Correlation between Knowledge level and Space Perception Ability of Pre-service Elementary School Teacher on 'Earth and Space' of Elementary Science (초등과학의 '지구와 우주' 영역에서 초등예비교사의 지식수준과 공간지각 능력과의 관계)

  • Lee, Yong-Seob
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Earth Science Education
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    • v.6 no.3
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    • pp.252-260
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    • 2013
  • The purpose of this study is find out the correlation of level of knowledge of pre-service elementary teacher with space perception ability on 'Earth and Space' of elementary science. During the second semester of 2013, for 15 weeks, the classes were conducted for 3 hours per week and we find out knowledge Understanding degree and select terms offered by 5th grade science courses 'The solar system and the stars', 'Earth and Moon', 'change of seasons' section and measured space perception ability degree of pre-service elementary school teacher with a questionnaire. We analyzed the correlation of understanding level of knowledge in the field of astronomy of pre-service elementary school teacher with space perception ability. The results of the study are presented as follows. First, pre-service elementary school teacher showed a low level of knowledge understanding as it goes the upper grades about upper concept in 'The solar system and the stars', 'Earth and Moon', 'change of seasons' section' of astronomy area of elementary science 'Earth and space sector'. The pre-service elementary school teachers needs to acquire knowledge of astronomy area in elementary school curriculum. Second, pre-service elementary school teacher showed that there are differences individually in 'finding solid body' of sub-element of space perception ability. This shows that 'finding solid body' factor is associated with space perception ability. Third, in the section of 'The earth and the Universe' for elementary education, 'Reflection' and 'Finding solid body' which are low-level components of space perception ability were verified that have a corelationship with general grades in the astronomy conception test.

UBVI CCD PHOTOMETRY OF YOUNG OPEN CLUSTERS. II. BOCHUM 7

  • SUNG HWANKYUNG;BESSELL M. S.;PARK B.-G.;KANG Y. H.
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.32 no.2
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    • pp.109-117
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    • 1999
  • UBVI CCD photometry has been obtained for a region around the Wolf-Rayet star WR 12. We found two young stellar associations in the observed field: the nearer one comprises the field members of Vela OBI association at d = 1.8kpc, while the farther one is the young open cluster Bochum 7 (Bo 7) at d = 4.8kpc. The stars associated with Bo 7 showed no central concentration which suggests that Bo 7 is not a young open cluster but simply a local concentration in the density of young stars belonging to the OB association (Vel OB3). These two associations have similar ages but remarkably different mass function slopes ($\Gamma$ = -2.1 $\pm$ 0.3 for Vel OBI and -1.0 $\pm$ 0.3 for Bo 7). The stars in Vel OBI shows an evident age spread (${\Delta}T\~ 9Myr$). We also found two strong H$\alpha$ emission stars - WR 12 and $\sharp$1066 - from narrow band H$\alpha$ photometry.

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Ionospheric F2-Layer Semi-Annual Variation in Middle Latitude by Solar Activity

  • Park, Yoon-Kyung;Kwak, Young-Sil;Ahn, Byung-Ho;Park, Young-Deuk;Cho, Il-Hyun
    • Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.319-327
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    • 2010
  • We examine the ionospheric F2-layer electron density variation by solar activity in middle latitude by using foF2 observed at the Kokubunji ionosonde station in Japan for the period from 1997 to 2008. The semi-annual variation of foF2 shows obviously in high solar activity (2000-2002) than low solar activity (2006-2008). It seems that variation of geomagnetic activity by solar activity influences on the semi-annual variation of the ionospheric F2-layer electron density. According to the Lomb-Scargle periodogram analysis of foF2 and Ap index, interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) Bs (IMF Bz <0) component, solar wind speed, solar wind number density and flow pressure which influence the geomagnetic activity, we examine how the geomagnetic activity affects the ionospheric F2-layer electron density variation. We find that the semi-annual variation of daily foF2, Ap index and IMF Bs appear clearly during the high solar activity. It suggests that the semi-annual variation of geomagnetic activity, caused by Russell-McPherron effect, contributes greatly to the ionospheric F2-layer semi-annual electron density variation, except dynamical effects in the thermosphere.