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ОБЩЕСТВО ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
XVII Международная астрономическая олимпиада
Group
XVII International Astronomy Olympiad
язык
Корея, Кванджу 16 – 24. X. 2012 Gwangju, Korea language
English
Practical round. Problem 7 to solve
Note. If you find somewhere in the problems an impossible situation, write in English «impossible situation».
. Fireball. A fireball was observed from three different observing sites I, II, III. The position of the
observing sites, the altitude and azimuth of start and end points of the fireball’s trajectory are
given in Table 1. Azimuth is measured eastward from the North direction, and altitude measured
above the horizon, and both the angular measurements are in degrees. Following the steps below,
find true trajectory and location on the surface of Earth of fallen debris of the fireball (meteorite).
Table 1. Observational Data for a Fireball
observing position starting point (A) end point (B)
longitude latitude azimuth altitude azimuth altitude
I 127.3°E +35.7° 17° 35° 77° 10°
II 128.5°E +37.0° 235° - 139° -
III 128.5°E +35.4° 325° - 48° -
7.1. You are provided by a scaled marked graph paper. Mark the 3 observing positions (I, II, III)
and draw a projected trajectory of the fireball as seen on the surface of Earth.
7.2. Calculate the longitude and latitude of start (A, A) and end (B, B) points of the fireball
and total length L of the trajectory projected on the earth surface.
7.3. Find the heights of starting point hA and end point hB. of the fireball’s trajectory above the
surface of Earth.
7.4. Where can you find a meteorite, if it survives passage through the atmosphere and hits the
ground? Calculate the longitude and latitude (C, C) of the location of the meteorite on the
surface of Earth’s.
Finally, redraw the table below to your answer-book and fill the empty cells with you results.
longitude latitude L hA hB You may find the meteorite at
point
(km) (km) (km) longitude latitude
A
B
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АСТРОНОМИЧЕСКОЕ EURO–ASIAN
Round Prac
ОБЩЕСТВО ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
XVII Международная астрономическая олимпиада
Group
XVII International Astronomy Olympiad
язык
Корея, Кванджу 16 – 24. X. 2012 Gwangju, Korea language
English
Practical round. Problem 8 to solve
Note. If you find somewhere in the problems an impossible situation, write in English «impossible situation».
. Moon. The Korean Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI) publishes the Korean
Astronomical Almanac every year. You have been provided with an astronomical table extracted
from the Korean Astronomical Almanac of 2012 showing the Korean local time of Moon
culmination. (See separate sheet, and you may fill the empty cells by necessary content.)
Date Culmination Date Culmination Date Culmination
of Moon of Moon of Moon
Mar 2 April 1 May 1
Also you are provided with a scaled marked graph paper to plot graphs.
8.1. Find the date in April 2012 when the Moon is closest to the Earth.
8.2. Find the date in March 2012 when the Moon is remotest from the Earth.
8.3. The scaled marked graph paper (a) shows the eccentric orbit of the Moon, the Earth being
located at the center. Mark the positions of the Moon by the symbol XX on April 19 and April 23
(with labels A19 and A23).
8.4. Calculate the ratio of the apparent angular sizes of the Moon (Moon) and the Sun (Sun) on
July 1.
8.5. Draw on the scaled marked graph paper the geostationary orbit around the Earth in the given
scale.
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ОБЩЕСТВО ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
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XVII Международная астрономическая олимпиада
язык
XVII International Astronomy Olympiad language
Русский
язык
Корея, Кванджу 16 – 24. X. 2012 Gwangju, Korea
language
English
Практический тур. Practical round.
Таблица к задаче 8 Table for Problem 8
Кульминация Кульминация Кульминация
Дата Дата Дата
Луны Луны Луны
Culmination Culmination Culmination
Date Date Date
of Moon of Moon of Moon
Mar 2 19 40 April 1 20 02 May 1 20 20
3 20 31 2 20 52 2 21 10
4 21 22 3 21 42 3 22 02
5 22 14 4 22 33 4 22 57
6 23 05 5 23 25 5 23 56
7 23 56 6 - 6 -
8 - 7 0 19 7 0 57
9 0 48 8 1 16 8 2 01
10 1 41 9 2 16 9 3 03
11 2 36 10 3 17 10 4 04
12 3 32 11 4 19 11 5 00
13 4 31 12 5 19 12 5 52
14 5 30 13 6 15 13 6 40
15 6 29 14 7 08 14 7 26
16 7 26 15 7 57 15 8 09
17 8 20 16 8 43 16 8 52
18 9 11 17 9 28 17 9 35
19 9 59 18 10 10 18 10 18
20 10 45 19 10 53 19 11 02
21 11 29 20 11 36 20 11 48
22 12 12 21 12 19 21 12 36
23 12 55 22 13 04 22 13 24
24 13 38 23 13 51 23 14 14
25 14 22 24 14 39 24 15 03
26 15 08 25 15 27 25 15 52
27 15 54 26 16 17 26 16 40
28 16 43 27 17 06 27 17 27
29 17 32 28 17 55 28 18 14
30 18 22 29 18 43 29 19 02
31 19 12 30 19 31 30 19 51
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ОБЩЕСТВО ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
XVII Международная астрономическая олимпиада
Group
XVII International Astronomy Olympiad
язык
Корея, Кванджу 16 – 24. X. 2012 Gwangju, Korea language
English
Practical round. Problem 8 to solve
Note. If you find somewhere in the problems an impossible situation, write in English «impossible situation».
. Clusters. Using the moving cluster method, the Hyades cluster is known to be 45 pc away. This
open cluster is important as a standard candle, because we can use it to determine the distances of
other clusters. However, the interstellar medium absorbs light making a star appear fainter and
redder, which is called the interstellar extinction AV and reddening E(B-V), both measured in stellar
magnitudes. The true distance modulus can be computed using the relation
m – M = 5 logd – 5 + AV.
The empirical relation between AV and E(B-V) is
AV = 3·E(B-V).
In Tables I and II, you are provided with photometric data of the stars of the two open clusters,
Hyades and NGC 2682.
8.1. Make the colour-magnitude diagrams of the Hyades cluster and NGC 2682 using the
provided scaled marked graph paper (A). In the diagrams, draw the main sequence line of each
cluster.
8.2. Plot the colour-colour diagrams of the Hyades cluster and NGC 2682 using the provided
scaled marked graph paper (B).
8.3. Assuming that the interstellar reddening of Hyades cluster is negligible, derive the interstellar
reddening, E(B-V) of NGC 2682.
8.4. Determine the distance to NGC 2682.
8.5. Find the absolute magnitude and colour index (B-V) of the main sequence turn-off star in
each cluster, approximately.
8.6. Which cluster is older? (Write in English «Hyades» or «NGC 2682».)
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АСТРОНОМИЧЕСКОЕ EURO–ASIAN Round Prac
ОБЩЕСТВО ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
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XVII Международная астрономическая олимпиада
язык
XVII International Astronomy Olympiad language
Русский
язык
Корея, Кванджу 16 – 24. X. 2012 Gwangju, Korea
language
English
Практический тур. Practical round.
Таблицы к задаче 8 Tables for Problem 8
Таблица 1. Данные о Гиадах
Table 1. Hyades data
mV (B-V) (U-B) mV (B-V) (U-B)
7.78 +0.62 +0.16 6.62 +0.42 -0.01
7.14 +0.51 +0.05 5.65 +0.28 +0.08
8.46 +0.72 +0.31 3.61 +0.99 +0.84
7.47 +0.57 +0.08 4.80 +0.16 +0.12
4.22 +0.14 +0.12 3.85 +0.96 +0.74
6.02 +0.34 +0.04 4.27 +0.12 +0.11
5.13 +0.21 +0.12 9.05 +0.84 +0.53
9.99 +1.06 +0.95 8.06 +0.64 +0.17
Таблица 2. Данные о NGC 2682
Table 2. NGC 2682 data
mV (B-V) U-B mV (B-V) (U-B)
12.80 +0.79 +0.27 13.66 +0.55 +0.03
12.67 +0.68 +0.19 12.55 +0.41 +0.03
12.93 +0.93 +0.59 14.00 +0.61 +0.11
15.64 +0.89 +0.53 16.38 +1.00 +0.70
15.19 +0.80 +0.30 14.96 +0.76 +0.28
17.33 +1.19 +0.97 14.23 +0.64 +0.12
12.16 +1.02 +0.81 13.14 +0.45 +0.01
12.22 +0.42 +0.03 13.25 +0.52 +0.01
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