• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제30권4호
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• pp.279-290
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• 2013

Due to the continuous space development by mankind, the number of space objects including space debris in orbits around the Earth has increased, and accordingly, difficulties of space development and activities are expected in the near future. In this study, among the stages for space debris removal, the implementation of a vision-based approach technique for approaching space debris from a far-range rendezvous state to a proximity state, and the ground test performance results were described. For the vision-based object tracking, the CAM-shift algorithm with high speed and strong performance, and the Kalman filter were combined and utilized. For measuring the distance to a tracking object, a stereo camera was used. For the construction of a low-cost space environment simulation test bed, a sun simulator was used, and in the case of the platform for approaching, a two-dimensional mobile robot was used. The tracking status was examined while changing the position of the sun simulator, and the results indicated that the CAM-shift showed a tracking rate of about 87% and the relative distance could be measured down to 0.9 m. In addition, considerations for future space environment simulation tests were proposed.

• 천문학회지
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• 제52권6호
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• pp.235-244
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• 2019

We present the results of near-infrared imaging observations of the galaxy overdensity around the z = 1.44 radio-loud active galactic nucleus (AGN) 6CE1100+3505, which was carried out with the purpose of sampling the redshifted Hα emission from the actively star-forming galaxies that could constitute the overdensity. The existence of the structure around this AGN was spectroscopically confirmed by previous grism observations which are however limited to the central region. Using the CH4Off narrow/medium-band and H broad band filters in the Wide Infrared Camera (WIRCam) on the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), we constructed a sample of objects that show a flux excess in the CH4Off band due to line emission. The emission line flux is ~ 4.9 × 10^-16 erg s^-1 cm^-2, corresponding to a star formation rate (SFR) of ~ 50 M_⊙ yr^-1 for galaxies at redshifts z ~ 1.4. None of the galaxies with medium-band flux excess is located within 1 Mpc from the central AGN, and there is no evidence that the selected galaxies are associated with the proposed cluster. Along with the star formation quenching near the center that was found from the previous grism observations, the lack of extreme starbursts in the structure suggests that at z ~ 1.4, overdense regions are no longer favorable locations for vigorous star formation.

• Journal of Astronomy and Space Sciences
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• 제22권4호
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• pp.393-408
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• 2005

YSTAR-NEOPAT 탐사프로그램에서는 관측된 영상으로부터 지구접근천체와 소행성 등의 이동천체 후보를 검출하기 위해 두 가지 자동검출 알고리즘을 개발하였다. 영상들의 측광자료를 이용하여 이동천체 후보를 검출하는 측광자료 비교방법과 영상들을 정렬시킨 후 영상간 차감 과정을 통해 이동천체 후보를 검출하는 영상차감방법이 그것이다. 두 가지 알고리즘의 이동천체 후보 자동검출효율을 시험, 비교하기 위하여, YSTAR-NEOPAT자동관측 루틴에 의해 관측된 영상들의 일부를 사용하였다. 시험 영상들의 지역좌표와 등급은 기준목록인 USNO-B1.0의 좌표와 등급에 비교되었으며, 이 과정에서 광시야망원경의 심각한 영상왜곡현상들이 1.5 초각 이상의 정밀도로 모두 보정되는 것을 검증하였다. 두 알고리즘을 시험 영상에 적용한 결과, 측광자료 비교방법을 적용한 경우 1차 후보군들이 과다 검출되었고, 이들로 인해 오검출되는 이동천체 최종후보가 다수 발생하였다. 반면, 영상차감방법을 적용한 경우에는 이동천체 후보의 오검출 비율이 측광자료비교방법을 적용했을 때보다 월등히 감소하였음을 확인하였다. 마지막으로 육안확인 과정을 거친 결과, 측광자료비교방법에 의해 검출된 이동천체 후보의 총개수는 검출문턱값에 따라 각각 60개$(2.0\sigma)$, 6개$(4.0\sigma)$이며, 육안확인에 의해 실제 이동천체로 분류된 것은 각각 27개와 6개이다. 반면, 영상차감방법에서 이동천체 후보는 모두 34개$(2.0\sigma)$와 12개$(4.0\sigma)$가 검출되었으며, 이 가운데 육안확인에 의해 실제 이동천체로 분류된 것은 각각 32개와 12개이다. 따라서 YSTAR-NEOPAT영상으로부터 이동천체 후보를 효율적으로 검출하기 위해서는 절대개수측면에서나 검출효율측면에서 측광자료비교방법보다 영상차감방법이 더 적합하다는 것을 확인할 수 있다.15\~20$배가량 높았다.과 립장이 부의 값이어서 소립의 형태를 보였으며 제2주성분은 립장, 립폭, 백립중 등이 정의 값을 나타내어 대립의 계통군들이 포함되며 경도와는 부의 상관을 보여 식미가 양호한 계통군으로 분류되었다. 6. 제1주성분과 제2주성분을 이용하여 군집분석을 한 결과 8개 자식계통군으로 구분할 수 있었으며 scatter diagram에서 제1주성분이 작아지고 제2주성분이 커지는 좌측 상단부에 분포한 VII, VIII군에 속한 계통들이 주로 식미가 높으며 조숙종보다는 중, 만숙종들이 대부분 이였다. 등과 정의 상관을 보였고 과피두께, 경도, 껌성, 씹힘성 등과는 부의 상관을 나타내었다. 이와 같은 결과를 바탕으로 품질기준을 설정해 보면 저식미 교잡종인 찰옥1호(100)를 표준으로 비교하였을 때 고식미 교잡계인 연농1호, 찰옥4호, 수원45호의 유리당 함량은 $6.2\~6.6\%(111\~l18)$, 립장 $8.8\~9.7(99\~109)$, 립폭 $9.8\~10.5mm(111\~l19)$, 백립중 $38.6\~41.9g(113\~123)$, 아밀로그램의 응집점도 $28.2\~30.6RVU(123\~133)$, 과피두께 $34\~41{\mu}m(42\~51)$, texture 분석의 경도 $460\~513(43\~48)$, 씹힘성 $125\~139(51\~57)$, 껌성 $130\~148(49\~56)$의 범위에 있었다.운 표면을 보이고, Unitek사의 경우 압흔과 함께 pitting 이 관찰되며, Ormco Stainless Steel의 경우 불규칙한 pitting이 다수 존재했다.수술 시행 시기별의 차이를 보이지 않고 고른 분포를 보였다. 10. 내원한 환자를 순구개열 종류와 Angle씨 분류법에

• 천문학회보
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• 제40권1호
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• pp.56.3-57
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• 2015

As of early 2015, more than 12,000 Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) have been catalogued by the Minor Planet Center, however their observational properties such as broadband colors and rotational periods are known only for a small fraction of the population. Thanks to time series observations with the KMTNet, orbits, optical sizes (and albedo), spin states and three dimensional shapes of asteroids and comets including NEOs will be systematically investigated and archived for the first time. Based on SDSS and BVRI colors, their approximate surface mineralogy will also be characterized. This so-called DEEP-South (Deep Ecliptic Patrol of the Southern Sky) project will provide a prompt solution to the demand from the scientific community to bridge the gaps in global sky coverage with a coordinated use of the network of ground-based telescopes in the southern hemisphere. We will soon finish implementing dedicated software subsystem consisted of automated observation scheduler and data pipeline for the sake of increased discovery rate, rapid follow-up, timely phase coverage, and efficient data analysis. We will give a brief introduction to test runs conducted at CTIO with the first KMTNet telescope in February and March 2015 and experimental data processing. Preliminary scientific results will also be presented.

• 천문학논총
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.77-81
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• 2017

A wide spectral coverage from near-infrared (NIR) to far-infrared (FIR) of AKARI both for imaging and spectroscopy enables us to efficiently study the emission from gas and dust in the interstellar medium (ISM). In particular, the Infrared Camera (IRC) onboard AKARI offers a unique opportunity to carry out sensitive spectroscopy in the NIR ($2-5{\mu}m$) for the first time from a spaceborn telescope. This spectral range contains a number of important dust bands and gas lines, such as the aromatic and aliphatic emission bands at 3.3 and $3.4-3.5{\mu}m$, $H_2O$ and $CO_2$ ices at 3.0 and $4.3{\mu}m$, CO, $H_2$, and H I gas emission lines. In this paper we concentrate on the aromatic and aliphatic emission and ice absorption features. The balance between dust supply and destruction suggests significant dust processing taking place as well as dust formation in the ISM. Detailed analysis of the aromatic and aliphatic bands of AKARI observations for a number of H ii regions and H ii region-like objects suggests processing of carbonaceous dust in the ISM. The ice formation process can also be studied with IRC NIR spectroscopy efficiently. In this review, dust processing in the ISM divulged by recent analysis of AKARI data is discussed.

• 천문학회보
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.122.2-122.2
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• 2011

For more than a decade, NEA (Near-Earth Asteroid) survey teams equipped with 1 meter-class telescopes discovered thousands of NEAs in the northern sky. As of August 2011, some 8,200 NEAs have been cataloged, yet only five percent of them has been investigated for their physical and chemical properties. In order to improve current situation, we propose a deep ecliptic survey utilizing KMTNet, for detection and characterization of NEAs in the southern sky. Thanks to the wide-field capability (four square degrees) of the telescopes, we will be able to considerably expand the search volume carrying out precision photometry down to 21.5th magnitude. We plan to focus our survey on opposition and two "sweet spots" in the ecliptic belt. Since SDSS colors characterize mineralogical properties of NEAs, g', r', i', z' filters will be employed. Based on the round-the-clock observation, we will study their rotational properties; for multiple systems, mass, density and other physical parameters can be obtained. We plan to maintain a dedicated database of the physical and mineralogical properties of NEAs. With this archive, it is expected that our understanding on the population will see a drastic change. We also plan to participate in the GAIA Follow-Up Network for ground based observation of the Solar System Objects (GAIA-FUN-SSO). The follow- up astrometry will be performed upon alerts issued by the GAIA-FUN-SSO Central Node in France.

• 천문학회지
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• 제51권5호
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• pp.129-142
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• 2018

The DEEP-South (the Deep Ecliptic Patrol of the Southern Sky) photometric census of small Solar System bodies produces massive time-series data of variable, transient or moving objects as a by-product. To fully investigate unexplored variable phenomena, we present an application of multi-aperture photometry and FastBit indexing techniques for faster access to a portion of the DEEP-South year-one data. Our new pipeline is designed to perform automated point source detection, robust high-precision photometry and calibration of non-crowded fields which have overlap with previously surveyed areas. In this paper, we show some examples of catalog-based variability searches to find new variable stars and to recover targeted asteroids. We discover 21 new periodic variables with period ranging between 0.1 and 31 days, including four eclipsing binary systems (detached, over-contact, and ellipsoidal variables), one white dwarf/M dwarf pair candidate, and rotating variable stars. We also recover astrometry (< ${\pm}1-2$ arcsec level accuracy) and photometry of two targeted near-earth asteroids, 2006 DZ169 and 1996 SK, along with the small- (~0.12 mag) and relatively large-amplitude (~0.5 mag) variations of their dominant rotational signals in R-band.

• 천문학회보
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• 제44권1호
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• pp.80.1-80.1
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• 2019

Photometric investigations of asteroids allow us to determine their rotation states and shape models (Apostolovska et al. 2014). Our main target, asteroid (2078) Nanking's perihelion distance (q) is 1.480 AU, which belongs to the Mars-crossing asteroid (1.3 < q < 1.66 AU). Mars-crossing asteroids are objects that cross the orbit of Mars and regarded as one of the primary sources of near-Earth asteroids due to the unstable nature of their orbits. We present the analysis of the spin parameters and 3D shape model of (2078) Nanking. We conducted Cousins_R-band time-series photometry of this asteroid from November 26, 2014 to January 17, 2015 at the Sobaeksan Optical Astronomy Observatory (SOAO) and for 25 nights from March to April 2016 using the Korea Microlensing Telescope Network (KMTNet) to reconstruct its physical model with our dense photometric datasets. Using the lightcurve inversion method (Kaasalainen & Torppa 2001; Kaasalainen et al. 2001), we determine the pole orientation and shape model of this object based on our lightcurves along with the archival data obtained from the literatures. We derived rotational period of 6.461 h, the preliminary ecliptic longitude (${\lambda}_p$) and latitude (${\beta}_p$) of its pole as ${\lambda}_p{\sim}8^{\circ}$ and ${\beta}_p{\sim}-52^{\circ}$ which indicates a retrograde rotation of the body. From the apparent W UMa-shaped lightcurve and its location in the rotation frequency-amplitude plot of Sheppard and Jewitt (2004), we suspect the contact binary nature of the body (Choi 2016).

• 우주기술과 응용
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• 제2권1호
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• pp.1-12
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 초소형위성용 항력 증대 장치 개발에 대해 기술하였다. 최근 우주 개발이 New Space 시대에 접어들며, 소형 로켓 및 초소형위성 거대 군집 운용 등 인공물체의 저궤도 진입 장벽이 상당히 낮아지는 추세이다. 이로 인해 우주 환경에 존재하는 우주쓰레기의 수가 기하급수적으로 늘어나고 있으며, 현재 운용중인 인공위성뿐만 아니라 앞으로 발사될 인공위성들에 큰 위협으로 다가오고 있다. 이를 방지하기 위해 국제적으로 우주쓰레기 경감 대책을 제시하고 있으며, 대표적으로 IADC(Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee)에서는 '25년 가이드라인'을 권고하고 있다. 한국항공우주연구원에서는 국내 최초로 랑데부/도킹 기술검증용 초소형위성인 KARDSAT(KARI Rendezvous & Docking demonstration SATellite) 프로젝트를 진행하였으며, KARDSAT 위성의 임무 후 폐기 기동(post-mission disposal)을 위한 항력 증대 장치 개발을 통해 우주쓰레기에 대한 국제적 가이드라인을 준수하고자 하였다.

• 한국지형학회지
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• 제27권3호
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• pp.105-121
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• 2020

There has been a lot of controversy over the claim that ancient characters were engraved on a stone plane collected near the Samsin Mountain in Hadong-gun, and that it was used as an altar based on the contents on the stone. The importance of the role of geoscience in prehistoric petroglyph research was presented through analysis and comparison with representative domestic petroglyphs. First, by examining the geological formation process of the collected stone objects, it proved that prehistoric actions were not applied. Second, as a result of comparative analysis from the viewpoints of human geography and topography with representative petroglyphs in Korea, it is unreasonable to argue that the stone was made for an altar. Third, it is considered that among the ancient characters under debate, the straight line indicates a cleavage of carbonate minerals, and the curved shape results from the growth of lichens. Finally, we propose that reproducing the lines found on the stone was impossible by using ancient techniques, and that there was no trace of any artificial actions applied to the spots considered to be curved characters. As shown in such research cases, the results of petroglyph research will have high reliability, if research by experts in each field continues after the geoscientific basis is secured. In this respect, the contribution of Earth science to cultural assets and archeology is expected to increase in the future.