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Astronomy PICTURE OF THE DAY - San Diego Daily Transcript
How was the unusual Red Rectangle nebula created? At the nebula's center is an aging binary star system that surely powers the nebula but does not, as yet, explain its colors. The unusual shape of the Red Rectangle is ...
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North American Nebula - Transworld News
Global Rent a Scope (GRAS) is a proud to be the sponsor of the Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD), hosted by Astronomy.FM Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day June 12 2010 Our special trial account will give ...
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Planetary Nebula Messier 27 Dumbbell Nebula - Transworld News
Global Rent a Scope (GRAS) is a proud to be the sponsor of the Amateur Astronomy Picture of the Day (AAPOD), hosted by Astronomy.FM The Dumbbell Nebula (also known as Messier 27, M 27, or NGC 6853) is a planetary nebula ...
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Becky Ramotowski: See video of Jupiter impact on website - MySanAntonio
The San Antonio Astronomical Association invites you to participate in all of its public astronomy events. It's free; and you can view the calendar at www.sanantonioastronomy.org . Jupiter was hit by an unknown object ...
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Earth's Colorful Atmospheric Layers Photographed from Space - Space News
A spectacular new image taken by astronauts on the International Space Station shows the various layers of Earth's atmosphere during sunset over the Indian Ocean. A brilliant sequence of colors in the image denotes each ...
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Face in Space: NASA offers to fly your picture on the space shuttle - The Christian Science Monitor
Space enthusiasts gather to watch final launch of space shuttle Atlantis Blog: Pssst! Wanna bid for a space shuttle? Will this be final flight for space shuttle Atlantis? Maybe not. You get to choose either one of the ...
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Astronomers see exoplanet orbiting its parent star! | Bad Astronomy - DISCOVER
This is extremely cool news: astronomers have, for the first time, directly seen an exoplanet orbiting its star from one side to the other! Here’s the incredible picture: This makes me happy scientifically, of course ...
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Astrology meets football: Use the stars above to pick the stars on the field - Examiner
Talk about armchair quarterbacking with a twist. Courtney Roberts has an M.A. in cultural astronomy, specializing in the history of astrology in ancient religion with more than 25 years of experience in consulting ...
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Ocean on Mars? - AccuWeather.com
Hello, astro-nuts! Was anyone able to catch Comet McNaught over the weekend? I was up early Saturday morning trying to get a glimpse--managed to observe Jupiter, the Galilean Moons and Uranus while waiting for Perseus to ...
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Stars align for local astronomer - Mountain View Voice
Jeff Cuzzi's office is buried deep in the maze that is NASA's Ames Research Center. Its walls tell a lot about him. There are yellow sticky notes with important contact numbers and reminders, a poster of the Grand Tetons ...
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Resolved Question: Early astrologers didn't use the now known outer planets in forming definitions?
A contact starred a question earlier and then mentioned it on the "astronomy" section. I answered the question in both sections (astrology and astronomy), and some of the other questions here caught my attention. I'm hoping for a serious answer, since most questions seem to involve which sign is prettier or more intelligent.
Early astrologers didn't use the now known outer planets in forming definitions, and many of those interpretations were based without knowledge of the influence of the unknown planets. Does astrology still use those same interpretations, or have the meanings been adjusted and amended? For instance, if interpretations about Mars square Jupiter were formed without understanding that the person may have also had Mars in aspect to Saturn, or Jupiter in aspect to Saturn, can the older interpretations be correct? It seems to me that all the interpretations should been redone. Has there been a process by which someone went over many charts in history to see if interpretations for then known planets were correct? I don't see how an ancient Mars conjunct Jupiter interpretation can be correct if those persons also had Mars or Jupiter in aspect to unknown planets, for instance Uranus or Neptune.
I CAN see how the new outer planet interpretations would tend to be accurate, since the big picture would contain more data for review. Understand please that my question is if the ancient interpretations defined by then known planets are still used, and can they possibly be accurate?
I hope this question will not be taken other than the spirit in which it is asked. In my home country, astrology is accepted by many as truth, so I am familiar with some of the basics.I understand that is how most of my peers think. I want to give people a chance to explain how this could or has been done.
moreResolved Question: My parents think astronomy is evil? Help Please!?
Okay for some reason my parents are freaking out that one of my hobbies is astronomy, particularly stargazing. I used to memorize the constellations of the sky and sky charts and now I know basically every single bright star in the night sky...I love astronomy and looking at the night sky is my favourite activity. Okay but for some reason my parents are freaking out on me saying how astronomy is cursing our family. They made me destroy all the astronomy books at home, and they freak out when my laptop wallpaper was an astronomy picture! Like wtf it's not like astronomy = porn. They think these stuff are like witchcraft and I told them, "no. It's not astrology, it's science. You believe in curses and stuff and that is witchcraft!" But it's no use what should I do? I can't afford to have my biggest hobby taken away from me. I'm so depressed what should I do? Right now I'm hiding all my astronomy stuff from my parents but I am not giving up on this. Please offer advice. Thanks!
moreResolved Question: Help with constellation project...?
Ok I need lots help in my constellation project, we are allowed to talk about anything as long as if is related to science/astronomy and if it is true. Since we are allowed to present anything, I have no idea what to say about constellation. First off I am not a big fan of constellation and don't understand much about it.
So thank you with all the help you give me.
1. I am planning to use 2 poster one with all the information, etc. and second to show some constellations. My problem is which constellations to use since there 88 of them. Which ones should I show and if you have picture of a suggestion that would be great!
2. Are Horoscopes related to constellations and how?
3. What should I talk about?
-Uses
-Stories
4. What facts should I include to the constellation project?
moreResolved Question: Which Telescope should I buy?
Ok my girlfriend is in deep love with astronomy and she will be graduating highschool in a week so I wanted to get her a nice telescope for $200 - $300. Does anyone know of a good one for that much? One thats high quality and has a great viewing range, maybe even take pictures but thats not so much a big deal. I really need an anwer bad because I want it to be great gift that she will always remember even if we don't work out hahahaha. Thank you for your time in reading this distress call hahaha.
moreResolved Question: If you saw someone with this tattoo.....?
Would you automatically think ''Islamic''...??
http://www.religionfacts.com/islam/images/symbols/crescent-200.gif
I kind of want a tattoo of that, but only because I like the moon/star picture, and I am really into astronomy, etc. It's an Islamic symbol but it has different meaning to me than that.....
But I wouldn't want everyone thinking I'm something I'm not, which I am not a Muslim... and I don't want to pretend I'm one either. Would you think that if you saw someone with this tattoo?
moreResolved Question: Is technology advanced enough yet to send a satellite beyond the sun? Read on...?
I know it's a dumb question, but I've always been extremely interested in Astronomy (planets, space, stars, etc) and I've always wondered if there will ever be a day when we can send a satellite that can take pictures of whats on the other side of the sun. Has anyone ever wondered if maybe there are other planets on the other side of the sun that we don't know about because we can't get there? What if there was one like earth? I know the sun is EXTREMELY massive, but would there be any way around it's rays to the other side? I see pictures like this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:STEREO-B_solar_eclipse.jpg
And I wonder, what if a satellite could maybe "orbit" or whatever as far away from the rays as possible and try to get to the other side? I'm letting my mind wonder, but what are your opinions?I mean, anything's possible, right? LOL
moreVoting Question: i scanned 50,000 cool pictures of art and i need to find a web site that people will pay to see each year?
they are high resolution 100 mb scans of astronomy science nature and abstract plus art i need to find a web site that can play fullscreen slide shows of my files and have people pay to see ,,,,,,,, can you please help me in this quest i have spent 10,000 dollars collecting and 5000 hours scanning i know theres a market for my files i placed a test files on this web site and have received 14,000 views and thats just 2 percent of my total collection i still have over 20,000 pictures that i haven scanned yet and they are the best of all,,,,,,,,, i am willing to pay for this idea to come true thanks for your support and have a very pleasant day
moreResolved Question: Had to share this... Isn't this picture of our planet so profound? It really puts things into perspective....?
This is a photograph of planet Earth taken in 1990 by Voyager 1 from a record distance, showing it against the vastness of space. By request of Carl Sagan, NASA commanded the Voyager 1 spacecraft, having completed its primary mission and now leaving the solar system, to turn its camera around and to take a photograph of Earth.
Seen from 6 billion kilometres (3.7 billion miles), Earth appears as a tiny dot (the blueish-white speck approximately halfway down the brown band to the right).....
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Pale_Blue_Dot.png
In a commencement address delivered May 11, 1996, Sagan related his thoughts on the deeper meaning of the photograph.....
Sagan points out that
"all of human history has happened on that tiny pixel, which is our only home. Consider again that dot. That's here, that's home, that's us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out their lives. The aggregate of our joy and suffering, thousands of confident religions, ideologies, and economic doctrines, every hunter and forager, every hero and coward, every creator and destroyer of civilization, every king and peasant, every young couple in love, every mother and father, hopeful child, inventor and explorer, every teacher of morals, every corrupt politician, every "superstar," every "supreme leader," every saint and sinner in the history of our species lived there – on a mote of dust suspended in a sunbeam.
The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. Think of the rivers of blood spilled by all those generals and emperors so that, in glory and triumph, they could become the momentary masters of a fraction of a dot. Think of the endless cruelties visited by the inhabitants of one corner of this pixel on the scarcely distinguishable inhabitants of some other corner, how frequent their misunderstandings, how eager they are to kill one another, how fervent their hatreds.
Our posturings, our imagined self-importance, the delusion that we have some privileged position in the Universe, are challenged by this point of pale light. Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves.
The Earth is the only world known so far to harbor life. There is nowhere else, at least in the near future, to which our species could migrate. Visit, yes. Settle, not yet. Like it or not, for the moment the Earth is where we make our stand.
It has been said that astronomy is a humbling and character-building experience. There is perhaps no better demonstration of the folly of human conceits than this distant image of our tiny world. To me, it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever known."
What do you think?
moreResolved Question: Should I continue with my amateur astrophotography, I mean, what's the use?
I dunno. I take pictures of constellations and planets with my digital camera, edit it a bit, and post it on Flickr. That's it. Like, I don't see the point of doing this. I do this just for fun, because it is interesting. I love nature (which obviously includes stars), and I enjoy trying new things like photography.
Aside from that, I live in a light polluted place (although it's not as bad as the major cities of industrialized countries), and my "field" is just our rooftop. And I just improvise to make the camera steady.So when you think of it, it's pretty boring. I can't pictures photos like those interesting photos of stars you see on Flickr. (Well as of now, that is. I believe that would be different 10 years from now)
*sorry if you would consider this as being in the wrong section. It's hard to choose whether to post this in Astronomy or Photography section*
moreResolved Question: What do you think is the most beautiful astronomy picture out there?
things like these just blow my mind. just trying to fathom the distances, sizes, and possibility of life fascinate me:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100403.html
moreResolved Question: Astronomy Questions: When we take a picture...?
When astronomers take a picture of lets say Hubble Ultra Deep Fields 13 billion years. So the light that the hubble receive is from 13 billion years ago, wouldn't the picture be from 13 billion years ago as well? So that right now, 13 billion years later something totally different might be there?!!!!!! Or even something 1 billion light years away, I mean things could totally change...I just wanted to ask because I read something about Quasars which could have been early galaxies, but we don't know because they're billion of light years away.
DONT MAKE FUN OF ME IF IM WRONG, IM ONLY 13 AND JUST WANTED TO ASK, OKAY. I JUST GOT INTO THIS STUFF AND IM ADDICTED!!!111111111
moreResolved Question: examples of solar astronomy?
can someone show me some pictures of what i might expect from a solar filter on a 130mm reflector or 60mm refractor telescope? the filters i'm wondering about are these
http://www.adorama.com/CNSFC5.html
http://www.adorama.com/KDSC102.html
http://www.optcorp.com/product.aspx?pid=10820
moreResolved Question: Which of the following is the result of the same process that makes a reflection nebula in space?
A friend of yours who has not taken an astronomy class looks at your textbook and really likes the picture of the Pleiades, a cluster of stars surrounded by a bluish reflection nebula. She wants to know what causes that beautiful blue glow. To explain it to her, you want to compare the process that causes the blue glow to something that is in your friend's everyday experience. Which of the following terrestrial phenomena is the result of the same type of process that makes a reflection nebula in space?
A. the blueish glow of the flame on a gas stove
B. the blue light you see reflected from a blue sweater
C. the blue color of the Earth's sky
D. the blue-white color of the hottest stars
E. the blue feeling you get when you don't do well on an astronomy exam
moreResolved Question: What leaves you in awe?
Theists think that non-believers are removed from the spirit and can't have a spiritual experience.
However I was a Christian for a long time before turning atheist and I know that the overwhelming feeling of the "spirit" that so washes over you like an emotional tidal wave is exactly the same feeling as being in deeply in awe, and there are any number of life events that can still create that sensation. No religion is required.
What moments, people or ideas in your life give you a sense of the profound?
Can you explain to the believers that the spiritual feeling is something that belongs to us all and is entirely natural.
For me personally I think the most regular way to have that feeling is to engage in a little astronomy.
There's a certain depth of time and space in cosmology that leaves you feeling tiny and humbled before reality. I remember when the Huygens probe landed on Titan I was as giddy as a school kid at seeing the first pictures. It felt like I was emotionally connected to distant realms which were still physical and real.
Here's an image that always fascinates me: Carl Sagan's Pale Blue Dot. A far distant Earth snapped by Voyager 2 as it zoomed from the solar system. To think that everything we are is confined to a pixel point is frightening and incredible at the same time.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Pale_Blue_Dot.pngBin Kristos> Nope, my church taught me that you were removed from the spirit.
moreResolved Question: astronomy-angular distance?
I need some help with angular distance.
We looked at the sun the other day through some telescopes and there's something that I'm not sure how to do:
With a ruler, measure one of the sunspots in your white light picture. Given that the sun's apparent diameter on the sky is about 32 arcminutes, set up a proportionality to obtain the angular diameter of the sunspot. Solve and show your work.
So I measured my sunspot to b about 5 mm.
Now I don't know how to set up this proportionality, can anyone help?
Thanks!
moreResolved Question: Astronomy Questions.?
Okay so the hubble Telescope....it can take pictures of galaxies and starys and quasars etc...lightyears away!
BUT...
Is it possible that they are not even really there?i mean even the sun and moon are never in the present always minutes ahead of us....so these galaxies and space stuff being caught on camera by the hubble telescope....could it not even be there?Follow me on twitter so we can talk astronomy @ajewly
moreResolved Question: How did you know to change your major?
When you started college and found out your major wasn't for you, how did you find out it wasn't for you?
Were the classes too hard? Were you not interested in the classes? Were they boring?
I'm just wondering because sometimes with my major, I find a few of my classes boring and hard at times but I can't really picture myself being anything else. I'm studying to become a paralegal and I know that I can't do complicated Math. Sometimes I like astronomy and looking at the planets but that's more of a hobby than a career. If I were to become an astronomer, I'd have to take a lot of heavy science classes that I probably couldn't handle.
I just finished my legal research classes. When I look back, I liked reading case law The only thing that seemed monotonous was trying to find cases that applied to my issues because there's so much out there.
moreResolved Question: i need a good song for a astronomy project?
i have to put together a music slide show of different space pictures for my college astronomy class but i dont know what song to put with it. any suggestions? thank you
moreResolved Question: How long have you been interested in astronomy?
I think I was about four years old when I had my first exposure of outer space: I was watching Blue's Clues, and there was an episode in which Blue explored the solar system. I remember being extremely interested. When I was around 7 years old, I grabbed a couple DK science books about the solar system. I just looked at the pictures (and when I was able to, I read the captions as well). Now at age 16, I am using a telescope for the first time.
What's your story?
moreResolved Question: What is the title of this weird science/math/physics/MC Escher book?
I was in a Goodwill the other day and picked up this book. I went back to get it the next day and it was gone, and now I'm having trouble finding the title/author.
It had a lot to do with math patterns, numbers, and astronomy. Lots of science and philosophy. I know it had some MC Escher stuff in it. By reading the back it seemed like a new book that was very popular. It had so many different topics; each chapter was about something different; all non-fiction. It had lots of diagrams, equations, and pictures. It was almost a big discussion on the meaning of life through math, science, philosophy, and art.
I know this isn't much to go on, but please help!
moreResolved Question: Good telescopes to see nebula's. £1,000 budget? 10 points!!?
Okay, i've been really interested in Astronomy for ages, but i realized im missing out so much without a telescope. I know there are pictures and i have a monthly magazine, but seeing it in real is completely different. The only thing i've seen apart from the Moon is Saturn. Ever since i really wanted a telescope.
Any help please? I live in the Uk. I want to nebula's and the planets. I have a budget of £1,000.
Thanks in advance.
moreVoting Question: Are there any videos demonstrating how space is really bent by matter, in 3d?
None of that "balls not top of trampoline" nonsense we've been fed. I'm sure that using 3d-modelling or graphics software makes it possible to visualise the real thing now.
So far, I have only come across this picture:
http://superstruny.aspweb.cz/images/fyzika/astronomy/gravity3d.gifIf you know of any, please post links.
moreResolved Question: uk: can you name any websites that have astronomy posters for sale esp earth terminator photo's and also...?
nebulae & clusters of galaxies [hubble deep field]
also has anyone come across any space vistas in that 3d magic-eye style form of pictures [...you know, the ones that you look at about a foot or so in front of your face, before they miraculously morph into focus]+ orbital photos of earth cloud formations from space.
moreResolved Question: New to Javascript, need help with problem?
ok so I have an online javascript class and the first chapter seems like it's starting a little hard. The assignment I'm working on is to make an astronomy map line up correctly by using the current date and time, there are 23 pictures and it uses the correct one based off the date and time...
So this is what I'm supposed to do:
1. declare a variable named timeStr equal to the value returned from the showDateTime() function.
2. declare a variable named mapNum equal to the value returned from the getMap() function.
3. In the below HTML code, replace the line " <img id='sky' src="sky0.jpg" alt="" /> " with a script element that writes the HTML code: <img id='sky' src='skymapNum.jpg' alt=' ' /> (mapNum is the value of the mapNum variable)
4. In the below HTML code, replace the date/time value "january 1, 2007, 12:00 am" with a script element that writes the value of the timeStr variable to the web page.
This is the HTML code I mentioned for 3 and 4:
<div id="maps">
<img id="sky" src="sky0.jpg" alt="" />
<img id="mask" src="mask.gif" alt="" />
<div id="datetime">
January 1, 2007, 12:00 am
</div>
</div>
And this is the javascript file:
function showDateTime() {
var thisDate = new Date();
var thisWDay=thisDate.getDay();
var thisDay=thisDate.getDate();
var thisMonth=thisDate.getMonth();
var thisYear=thisDate.getFullYear();
var mName = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May",
"June", "July", "August", "September", "October","November", "December");
var hours=thisDate.getHours();
var minutes=thisDate.getMinutes();
ampm = hours >=12 ? " pm" : " am";
hours = hours > 12 ? hours-12 : hours;
minutes = minutes < 10 ? "0"+minutes : minutes;
return mName[thisMonth]+" "+thisDay+", "+thisYear + ", " + hours + ":" + minutes + ampm;
}
function getMap() {
thisTime = new Date();
hour = thisTime.getHours();
month = thisTime.getMonth();
mapNumber = (month*2+hour)%24;
return mapNumber;
}
Please any help is great, teacher won't write back! Thanks
moreResolved Question: Astronomy Project name and Poster Board design?
Ok so heres the story, Im doing a science fair project on Jupiter and finding its mass via images I took from a telescope. So Im going to be putting pictures, graphics, and Abstract, materials, conclusion, data and stuff on my board. So heres where I need help, I need to think of a name for my project, and Then I need to design my poster to look good. Some things I would like you to know is that 2009 is the year of astronomy like 400th anniversary and when Galileo found out that we move around the sun. Any Ideas of either?Ooops I forgot I got a 30x48 Black, Foam poster boardWell Im going to SARSEF so I have to do it
moreResolved Question: general astronomy questions?
I'm having trouble figuring these questions out from an assignment I have for my astronomy class. I've searched on google, but I'm not quite sure if I know what I'm suppose to be looking for...
1) at what wavelength would you find the peak of a continuous spectrum (planck curve) if the temp is 6,000k? what about an object with a temp of 600 K?
I thought this may just be asking like what color would it be, but for like visible light/wavelength pictures that I've found only are up to 800k... so I must be looking at the wrong thing, right? if someone could just tell me what to look for/explain it a little more for me, then I'm sure I could figure that one out.
2) assume a hydrogen atom has its electron in the ground state (n=1), and then absorbs a photon with a wavelength of 102.6 nm. The electron will jump to the second excited level (n=3). If the electron first cascades from the second excited state to the first excited state, what is the wavelength of the photon emitted? what is the wavelength in the second step of this cascade (from the first excited state to the ground state)?
Okay... this one has totally got me confused! I don't understand it, and from what he went over in class, I know that when an atom obsorbs a photon, it can move from different levels and whatnot, but this one is hard for me, although it may be something very simple to figure out! I haven't looked on google yet, cause I really don't know what to look for with this one. So please help me!! I would really appreciate the help :) thanks!
moreResolved Question: Did anyone see something weird in the sky the morning of August 21, 2006?
August 21, 2006, I was staying in a hotel at Virginia Beach, in a room facing the ocean. From 6:55 am until some time after 7 am, there appeared to be two suns; one which was very bright and obviously the real sun, and a second, dimmer "sun" about the same size but not nearly as bright, down just a little and to the left of the sun. I'm not sure what it was; I almost thought it was the moon except that I didn't think it would make sense for the moon to look like that in relation to the sun in that position, so I figured it was probably some kind of atmospheric effect, but it didn't really look like the pictures of "sun dogs" that I've seen. I used the astronomy program "Stellarium" to recreate the conditions of the sky that morning at that same time, latitude, longitude, and altitude. I found that the moon was actually in its waning crescent phase and would have appeared as just a sliver, and it wasn't even in the right position in relation to the sun, so it couldn't have been the moon. Interestingly, I noticed on Stellarium that several planets actually rose in that same general area that day, but their positions didn't match what I saw, and were not nearly as big or bright. I didn't even see them that morning, all I saw was the sun and the other object. I took pictures of it that morning, and when I show them to people they usually say it's the moon or something on the lens, but I know it wasn't something on the lens because I only took the pictures because I saw this in the sky, and we've already ruled out that it was the moon (wrong phase and wrong position).
As of now all I can think of is that it was some kind of weird atmospheric effect.
Any ideas?
moreResolved Question: Where to find good pictures of moons and other planets from a land-based view?
I'm trying to find good pictures for my desktop background (I love space, physics, and astronomy) and I was wondering where to find pictures of large moons or planets, from the point-of-view of standing on the planet. Not standing on earth, but just a planet. Here's an example picture:
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/uncyclopedia/images/d/d2/OuterSpace.jpg
I love how you can see the large moon in the sky from where you're standing, and yeah it's not earth. If you kinda know what I'm talking about... could you tell me a site where I could find these pictures? Or find a picture for me? Thank you so much :)
moreResolved Question: I need date stamped astronomy pictures?
Not just random ones tho.
Is there a place i can go and download hi res pictures of a stellar object for time-lapsed video proj?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NaU_mMk_yzk&NR=1The object itself doesnt matter much. Id rather not deal with something like a galaxy because as you said, they dont change much over time. Preferably something closer than 30ly thats been photographed enough (quality doesnt matter all that much hi res is preferred because it doesnt pixelate as easily) to have at least 2 dozen individual pictures taken in the last say 20 years?
The project will be superimposing successive images on top of each other and making a time-lapse video so the more pictures over a longer timespan in semi-decent quality would make me smile like this :)
moreResolved Question: Never been on a date. 22 years old. Can you help me (pic included)?
I'm a 22 year old guy in University. I've never had a girlfriend, been on a date, and I don't have any regular friends. I am painfully shy. I'm a dork. In fact, I'm so dorky that I chose Astronomy as my major. Needless to say there are no girls in my classes.
Here's a couple of pictures of myself:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064052951175_100000427435999_106400_6199967_n.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064059617841_100000427435999_106401_5723311_n.jpg
moreResolved Question: 22 years old. Never been on a date. Can I get some advice (pic included)?
I'm a 22 year old guy in University. I've never had a girlfriend, been on a date, and I don't have any regular friends. I am painfully shy. I'm a dork. In fact, I'm so dorky that I chose Astronomy as my major. Needless to say there are no girls in my classes.
Here's a couple of pictures of myself:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064052951175_100000427435999_106400_6199967_n.jpg
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064059617841_100000427435999_106401_5723311_n.jpg
For some reason, people tend to think I'm pulling their chain, but I can assure you. I am not. I'd like to put forth a serious effort to get some semblance of a life in my life. As it currently stands, I spend all my nights at home by myself watching movies. I need help.
moreVoting Question: Am I the prequel to the 40-year-old virgin?
I'm a 22 year old guy in University. I've never had a girlfriend, been on a date, and I don't have any regular friends. I am painfully shy. I'm a dork. In fact, I'm so dorky that I chose Astronomy as my major. Needless to say there are no girls in my classes.
Here's a couple of pictures of myself:
http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064052951175_100000427435999_106400_6199967_n.jpg
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moreResolved Question: Have you seen the Astronomy Picture of the Day, today?
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html
Today APOD has a great mini movie digitally showing the known universe, as per information gathered by astronomical observations. Do people really try to look at APOD every day?
moreResolved Question: OK all you travel bugs, I need some good information, please?
In Feb, my husband and I will be celebrating our 30 th anniversary. I am a history nut and I love sciences of all kinds. My husband said we can go to Washington and go to the museums. I want more than anything to explore the Smithsonian, I want to see the Vietnam wall because my nephew's picture is carved in it for what he did. What do you suggest I see, What is the best part of the Smithsonian. I do love Archeology, Anthropology, you name it, I love it. If I could live 10 life times, I would be one kind or another of these scientists. Oh, I love Astronomy. Do they have an astronomy museum?. Please help because we have to make reservations, like NOW. Thank you so much.Steven, Thank you so much for the info on bed and breakfast. I will look into it, If we decide to go with it, sorry but we won't be thinking of you lol
moreResolved Question: Were The Egyptian pharaoh's a Total Different Species Than Human Beings?
Egypt Is In Africa Were Human Civilization Began.
Africa Has Pyramids All Around It.
But The Most Astounding Pyramids Are The
Ones In Egypt.
Inside The Great Pyramid.
It Is Writing That The Pyramids Were Built By
Human Beings. With The Assistance Of The Guardians Of The Sky,
The Question Is. What Did They Mean By The Guardians Of The Sky,??
That's A Sign Of Air Travel.
Who Could Of Ben Traveling In The Air In 2700 bc?
Not Someone From Earth.
The Great Pyramid Of Giza Has Over 2 Million Blocks.
Each Ways About 3 Tons.
Who Ever Or Whatever The Guardian Of The Sky's Were.
They Must Of Had Some Hardcore Technology..
Now.
SAme Goes For The Mayans.
I Cant Say ALL The A Egyptians Were A Different Species. Im Shore There
Were REgular Human Beings As Well.
The Pharaohs Were Totally Different Tho.
This Is A Photo Of An Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh Statue.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/skull_cairo.jpg
She Does Not Look Human At All.
This Is A Photo Of A Wall Painting In Egypt
http://s3.images.com/huge.69.345795.JPG
Look At His Head Absolutely Huge.
Threes A Reason He Has That Thing On His Head,
Whatever Species They Were. There Brains Were Much Bigger Then A Humans.
Now.
In 1995 There Were Skulls Found In Mexico, And Peru.
Here Are Some Photo's
http://www.world-mysteries.com/skull_1d.jpg
The Exact Size,Shape, As The Egyptian Pharaoh's Skull.
You Might Assume This Is A Pre Modern Human Skull.
But If That Was True. This Skull Should Not Even Still Exist.
Pre MOdern Ages Dates Around 35,000 Bc.
This Skull Would Of Eroded Into Ashes.
Also. If You Look At The Back. It Just Curves Down Straight.
I Am Convinced This Skull Is Around 3000 Bc.
Same Time The Egyptian Civilization Started.
Here Is Another Skull.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/skull_cone2.jpg
Ones Again. The Top Is Huge.
These Are All The Skulls Currently In A Museum.
http://www.world-mysteries.com/skulls_ica.jpg
Even Scientists Are Concluding These Skulls Are From A Total Different Species.
Some Believe There Just Pre Modern But The Morphology Of The Skulls Are Just Way To Out There,
Now.
Why Would A Species With Gigantic Brains Or Even Humans Spend 40 Years Of None Stop Labor Constructing a Gigantic Pyramid Over 460 Feet Tall To Stuff A Dead Body.
The Egyptians Were The First Beings Even In Modern Day History To Create
A Calender. They New Astronomy. They New Math So Well It Even Mind Bobbles
Modern Day Scientists.
They Even Created There Own Language. That Is If They Didn't All Ready Know It.
Its Obvious They Weren't Retards.
In Modern Day. We Often Need Stairs To Get Out Of Plains. Large Plains.
At Air Ports.
The Great Pyramids Of Giza Could Of Ben Used For Such As Well.
If This Un Known Species Came From A Different Solar System.
They Obviously Had Air Craft.The Great Pyramid Could Easily Be Climbed Down From.
There Are Many Separate Pyramids In Egypt. Each With A Different Size.
Here Is A Photo Of Them
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/images/gal_04_dyn.jpg
The 3 Tallest Pyramids Are Aligned
Depending On The Mass Or Height Of The Air Craft. Concluded Witch Pyramid They Were
To Use To Walk Down From There Air Craft.
The Great Pyramids Were Also Built To Hold The Knowledge Of The Universe.
Astronomy. Physics. Everything.
Were Did They Get Knowledge Of The Universe.
And One More Thing About The Pyramids.
http://www.bergoiata.org/fe/Satellite-photos/Nile%20Delta.jpg
That Picture Was Taken From A Satellite
Its The Nile Delta. If You Look At The Bottom You Can See How
It Forms A Triangle Going Down.
At The Very Tip Of It Is Were The Tallest Pyramid Stands.
Witch Aligns With It.
The Creepy Thing About It. Is That The Nile Delta Is Only Visible
If Your In An Aircraft. And Flying Extremely Hi.
moreResolved Question: Would you consider these to be electronic publications?
Astronomy Picture of the Day (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html)
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day (http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/mwwod.pl)
moreResolved Question: What kind of cameras are used in taking pictures of the stars/astronomy?
I don't care for the small digital cameras, but the ones that can take amazing pictures of the galaxy. What's the kind or brand name of it? How much does it usually cost?
moreResolved Question: What star sign is this girl do you think (pic)?
I am interested in this girl and I would like to know her star sign but can't find it out. She is an art student and she also writes really great poetry as well. She is really into astronomy, reading about things like quantum physics, tarot cards, playing the piano, chess, swimming and she knows tons of card tricks so I think she is into magic as well. She is vegetarian and belongs to the marxist group at uni. She is dresses pretty scruffy but still looks really nice, here ae some pictures of her:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45816857@N07/?saved=1
What sort of star sign do you think she is? I am Libra and an Astrophysics major.I took her pics down now, I copied them from her bebo and it's a bit unfair to leave them up online for anyone to see for a long time.Allen she certianly is interesting to say the least. She is not the most popular girl but she has a devoted following amongst the more discerning guys. Most seem a little intimadated by her but I'm going to go for it, I have an great telescope and will ask her to a star party with me in the new year.
moreResolved Question: What is blackbody radiation?
I've googled this topic, and I still don't really understand what it is. I have to know what it is for my Astronomy final.
Could anyone possibly explain it in lighter terms, or made provide a graph or picture of it?
Thank you so much :)
moreResolved Question: What is the farthest distance a human being has ever traveled/drifted into space?
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And, by a human being I mean a living, breathing person, or at the very least a lifeless body, that started as a living breathing person in space (e.g. Moon walking/orbiting Astronauts; Astronauts or Cosmonauts lost in, and now drifting in, space during space walks, if any; etc.)
BTW, the following groups are automatically and categorically disqualified:
Human hair, skin cells/flakes, biological traces left behind in deep space probes;
Human remains, ashes, DNA material, etc., commercially or otherwise sent to, or to be deposited in space;
Present and/or future commercial space burials;
[Tiny] Dick M. F. Cheney in any shape or form (dead or alive), EVER;
So-called Human Spirits and/or other religious residues [flying Saints, etc.];
UFO abductees (nice try, but no cigar, lol);
Electromagnetic (TV, Radio, Laser, Microwave, etc.) transmissions into outer space, Optical & Radio Astronomy, Hubble images, and future space commercials included;
Other primates/apes/monkeys, pigs, frogs, mice, or what-have-you's lost in space;
Any half-human Fundie-imaginary space Monster (e.g. Jesus descending upon us from the 7th sky, on a white horse, etc.);
Any space cadet (W included);
Any and all human bodily fluids (piss, sperm, eggs, tampons used during menstrual-cycles, etc.) actively or accidentally tossed into space;
Any ET-Human half-breeds adopted by or transported to an alien planet;
Any Flying Pink Floyd Pigs, etc.;
Curious spatial sightings of Elvis;
Ali Baba on a flying Magic carpet;
Superman rearranging the planets in our solar system, because his main-squeeze dumped him;
Any form of outer space flying spaghetti (although that one may partly qualify, under certain sanctimonious circumstances);
Imaginary and/or psychedelic flights of fancy around The Universe;
Yamster-assisted flights into outer space;
Well, you get the picture!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rj-4t9drUlM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzrKlEtxTx4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vxlmZOibsA
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moreResolved Question: trying to do astronomy project in galaxy zoo org page but can't understand?
My professor asked to do this project about galaxies.
He said to go to galaxy.org - Answer question about galaxy shapes , question set varies with galaxy.
He asked to do 100 galaxies & submit a copy of the picture of the galaxy, ( the question and answers for each, include serial # _
Sooo I have to see 100 galaxies and answer 100 question, and print 100 pictures? That's the point?
moreVoting Question: milky way .. help !!?
On the picture 10/11 you can see the Milk Way!...My ignorance on cosmology and astronomy defeated me to find answers to the lovely picture!..And curiosity make fall into internet, and no doubt it became a hobby for me.The sites I visited:www.practicalastronomy.com/ www.astronomycafe.net/ http://ciclopes.org/ http://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/ www.nasa.gov/cassini/ www.spitzer.caltech.edu/ www.adlerplanetarium.org/ (Where a exposition of pictures of Milk Way are being take place..)
So, What I sugest if, picking the pictures 10/11 you could right about Milk Way and the triangulum Galaxy.Like you where teaching in a class room. Thank you.
moreResolved Question: Why hasn't Hubble ever taken a picture of an old guy with a beard sitting on a cloud?
Added: I'm impressed that Yamster got the right category. I expected astronomy or something.Isn't that what is supposed to be up there????
moreResolved Question: Astronomy : How far has mankind been able to reach in space?
The hubble telescope was sent and it sent magnificient pictures and solved many mysteries. so how far it has been ? also what time does it take for the data sent by the telescope to reach earth and what are the chances of noise affecting it?The hubble telescope was sent and it sent magnificient pictures and solved many mysteries. so how far it has been ? also what time does it take for the data sent by the telescope to reach earth and what are the chances of noise affecting it?
I reframe it a little bit.
How far have man made objects been able to reach in space?
moreResolved Question: I'm wondering if pictures of galaxies and nebulas on the internet are unedited or are they edited?
Like, on NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day.
moreResolved Question: observation notebook for astronomy?
What can I add to my astronomy notebook that could be seen as extra credit? Something that would be out of the ordinary. Our observation notebook should be things seen in the sky, day or night. Sketches, pictures, etc. How do I take pictures of the sky at night? Thanks
moreResolved Question: Need helping With Color Photoshop Merge?
I have searched through a lot of tutorial websites and found no help.
I am working on an astronomy project. I used a CCD camera attached to a telescope to take pictures of Jupiter. I took 3 images using a color filter wheel, one in red, one in blue, and one in green. I saved these files as a 32bit PNG. I used a astronomy program to merge the images into a color image previously but my teacher said i could do the same in photo shop to a better effect. I cant for the life of me figure out how to do so.
I have been using automate to try to merge the images together but it does a horrible job. I also cant figure out how to assign each image to its color so when it merges it produces a color image.
I have CS4 by the way.
Thanks!
moreResolved Question: Can you help me starting the astrophotography?
i own a telescope for a long time, and now i want to take some pictures. i have been reading books about astro-photography, so now i wanna get started. can you suggest me a camera that is for the beginner in astro-photography. of course i know what to take picture, but i just don't know what kind of camera i should buy, just suggest me one.
PS: i know that you guys will say i need to join a astronomy club, but i can't, i wanna start by my self, so thanks for the advice.
just tell me the basic stuff about astro-photography. like tell me what is the time exposure thing, what to watch out for, and how to take pictures, etc.
also, is any kind of camera will work for this?, or there is certain camera. thanks.
moreResolved Question: can you help me starting the astrophotography?
i own a telescope for a long time, and now i want to take some pictures. i have been reading books about astro-photography, so now i wanna get started. can you suggest me a camera that is for the beginner in astro-photography. of course i know what to take picture, but i just don't know what kind of camera i should buy, just suggest me one.
PS: i know that you guys will say i need to join a astronomy club, but i can't, i wanna start by my self, so thanks for the advice.
just tell me the basic stuff about astro-photography. like tell me what is the time exposure thing, what to watch out for, and how to take pictures, etc.
also, is any kind of camera will work for this?, or there is certain camera. thanks.
moreResolved Question: Astro photography Question about equipment?
Hello,
My father has recently joined me in my love for astronomy, and he keeps talking about going into astro photography. What type of equipment would I need in order to get average pictures? I am not looking to break the bank and get magazine quality, but it would be nice to get pictures looking better then my phone camera :)
All links and product set ups would be greatly appreciated!Also, what size/type telescope would you reccomend?
Currently I have a 3.5" Meade Schmidt-Cassegrain would that be acceptable?
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