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Astronomy PICTURE OF THE DAY - San Diego Daily Transcript
But at high latitudes during March and April, it can also capture an aurora shimmering in the night. In fact, the weeks surrounding the equinox, in both spring and fall, offer a favorable season for aurora hunters. The possibilities are demonstrated ...
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Deep Sky Image of The Flame and Horsehead Nebula's - Transworld News
Barnard 33 is a dark cloud of dust in front of a cloud of hydrogen, which is being illuminated by the bright star Sigma Orionis. It is part of the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex, the nearest stellar birthplace to Earth. The Nebula resembles a ...
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Helene of Saturnian Troy - DISCOVER
The Cassini spacecraft recently passed very near the tiny moon Helene and returned amazing pictures of it . Helene is a dinky iceball, only about 36×32x30 km (22×19x18 miles) in size (this picture has an incredible resolution of about 113 meters ...
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A Celestial Whale in Canes Venatici - Transworld News
Image Center: RA 12h 42m 37s, Dec +32d 29m 19s, Pos Angle 170.3d NGC 4631 is an edge ... Do you want to take your own Deep Space images? Astronomy.FM and Global Rent-a-Scope have teamed up to bring you a free trial account to use on two of their ...
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Deforestation reveals an old scar - DISCOVER
We haven’t been hit by a big asteroid in a long time, and erosion has erased most of the impact craters. There’s a picture of the crater on that link above, and the crater is obviously very old. It’s fascinating to know that such a large ...
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Satellite Radar Photo Shows Eerie Space Station - Space News
A newly released photo from a German radar satellite has revealed the International Space Station (ISS) like never before, depicting the massive orbiting laboratory as an eerie apparition glowing in blue. The photo, taken by Germany's TerraSAR-X ...
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Utahn Makes Movie of Near-Earth Asteroid - Deseret News
The figures are derived from the Internet site Earth Science Picture of the Day , which on Saturday posted a dramatic video of the asteroid ... NEOs have paths that cross Earth's orbit, making them potentially dangerous. Or deadly. Or devastating, if ...
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Even The Emptiest Parts Of The Universe Are Packed With ... - io9.com
Over at Bad Astronomy, Phil Plait explains : ESO 306-17 sits about a billion light years from Earth. In this picture it looks like it's surrounded by other galaxies, but that's an illusion: all the other galaxies you see here are either much closer ...
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Getting WISE About Nemesis - PhysOrg
Size comparison of our Sun, a low mass star, a brown dwarf, Jupiter, and Earth. Stars with less mass than the Sun are smaller and cooler, and hence much fainter in visible light. Brown dwarfs have less than eight percent of the mass of the Sun, which ...
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The Battle Between The Earth And Sun - Space Daily
Scientists at the University of Rochester have discovered that the Earth's magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the young Sun ...
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Open 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?
moreVoting 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
moreVoting 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
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs183.snc3/19080_104064059617841_100000427435999_106401_5723311_n.jpg
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: looking to buy a telescope within a $150 to $300 dollar range?
i'm looking to buy a telescope for a fun hobby on the side. i've been eying this NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope and like someone that is pretty familiar astronomy to give me a feedback on this type of scope. is it a good starter scope and can i take digital pictures with this type of scope?
Okay what type of telescope would you guys recommend for that price range either a go-to or manual scopes which ever is better
moreResolved Question: NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope?
i'm looking to buy a telescope for a fun hobby on the side. i've been eying this NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope and like someone that is pretty familiar astronomy to give me a feedback on this type of scope. is it a good starter scope and can i take digital pictures with this type of scope?i'm looking to buy a telescope for a fun hobby on the side. i've been eying this NexStar 60SLT Computerized Telescope and like someone that is pretty familiar astronomy to give me a feedback on this type of scope. is it a good starter scope and can i take digital pictures with this type of scope?
Okay what type of telescope would you guys recommend for that price range either a go-to or manual scopes which ever is better
moreResolved Question: Poll: Does it annoy you when people have ugly/dirty pictures instead of avatars.?
I can't stand it.
I was in the Astronomy section and some guy had a really ugly picture of a normal guy with a repulsive jelly fish or something coming out of his mouth or something with lots of holes and ugliness.
It might not have been so ugly but the way that was in front of that guy's mouth was horrible. Why do people do that?
moreResolved Question: Opinions on these quotes from a U.S. senator from Mississippi in 1947?
Now first of all these aren't my words so don't report this as if I'm saying it.
By Roger Roots
"If our buildings, our highways, and our railroads should be wrecked, we could rebuild them. If our cities should be destroyed, out of the very ruins we could erect newer and greater ones. Even if our armed might should be crushed, we could rear sons who would redeem our power. But if the blood of our White race should become corrupted and mingled with the blood of Africa, then the present greatness of the United States of America would be destroyed and all hope for civilization would be as impossible for a Negroid America as would be redemption and restoration of the Whiteman's blood which had been mixed with that of the Negro."
(Senator Theodore G. Bilbo, of Mississippi in 1947)
FACT #1: The White race has crossed seas, harnessed rivers, carved mountains, tamed deserts, and colonized the most barren icefields. It has been responsible for the invention of the printing press, cement, the harnessing of electricity, flight, rocketry, astronomy, the telescope, space travel, firearms, the transistor, radio, television, the telephone, the light bulb, photography, motion pictures, the phonograph, the electric battery, the automobile, the steam engine, railroad transportation, the microscope, computers, and millions of other technological miracles. It has discovered countless medical advances, incredible applications, scientific progress, etc. Its members have included such greats as Socrates, Aristotle, Plato, Homer, Tacitus, Julius Caesar, Napoleon, William the Conqueror, Marco Polo, Washington, Jefferson, Hitler, Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Magellan, Columbus, Cabot, Edison, Graham Bell, Pasteur, Leeuwenhoek, Mendel, Darwin, Newton, Galileo, Watt, Ford, Luther, De Vinci, Poe, Tennyson, and thousands upon thousands of other notable achievers.
FACT #2: Throughout 6,000 years of recorded history, the Black African Negro has invented nothing. Not a written language, weaved cloth, a calendar, a plow, a road, a bridge, a railway, a ship, a system of measurement, or even the wheel. He is not known to have ever cultivated a single crop or domesticated a single animal for his own use (although many powerful and docile beasts abounded around him.) His only known means of transporting goods was on the top of his hard burry head. For shelter he never progressed beyond the common mud hut, the construction of which a beaver or muskrat is capable.FACT #3: The I.Q.’s of American Negroes are from 15 to 20 points,on average, below those of American Whites.
FACT #4: These Black\White differences have been demonstrated repeatedly by every test ever conducted by every branch of the U.S. Military, every state, county, and local school board, the U.S. Dept. of Education, etc. The same ratio of difference has held true over a 40 year period.
FACT #5: With an average I.Q. of 85, only 16% of Blacks score over 100, while half the White population does. The Negro overlap of White median I.Q.’s ranges from 10 to 25 percent– equality would require 50 percent.
FACT #6: Blacks are 6 times as likely to have I.Q.’s of 50 to 70which put them in the slow learner (retarded) category, while Whites are ten times more likely to score 130 or over.
FACT #7: The U.S. government’s PACE examination, given to 100,000university graduates who are prospective professional or administrative civil-service employees each year, is passed with a score oFACT #10: In 1915, Dr. G.W. Ferguson took 1000 school children in Virginia, divided them into 5 racial categories, and tested them for mental aptitude. On average. full-blooded Negroes scored 69.2% as high as Whites.Three-quarter Negroes scored 73.0% as high as Whites. One-half Negroes scored81.2% as high as Whites. One-quarter Negroes scored 91.8% as high as Whites. All of these Blacks lived as and considered themselves “Negroes.” Their environments and “advantages” or disadvantages were exactly the same.
FACT #11: Results of the Army Beta test given by the U.S. Army to over 386,000 illiterate soldiers in WWI showed Negro draftees to be “inferior to the Whites on all types of tests used in the Army.” Additionally, tests were conducted upon pure Negroes, Mulattoes, and Quadroons. It was found that “the lighter groups made better scores.”
FACT #12: Studies conducted with identical twins raised apart in radically different environments provide conclusive evidence that over-all influencThat's enough..
moreResolved Question: When will the next comet pass the solar system and be VERY visible to the naked eye?
My husband saw, and got great pictures of Hale - Bopp, since then we married and have a 10 yr old son who is into astronomy and he is set on seeing a comet. When will the next "nice-size" comet very visible to the naked eye pass the sun? Thanks in advance.
Lisa
moreResolved Question: 2012: Planet Nibiru/Planet X collision with Earth: Hoax?
Is the 2012 Mayan Prophesy true or false? I'm real into astronomy and I just wanna know. I seen these pictures and someone said that if the object in the pictures was Planet Nibiru, it was way past Pluto. Wouldn't the gravitational pull of some of the other planets change the orbit of Nibiru?
Also, I heard that this... collision was supposed to happen in May, 2003. Obviously it didn't happen, so could this be a lie that a "cult" or something started, just trying to cause world panic?
If this is answered, please try to support your answer with SOMETHING not stated here.
Please and thank you for your time!
moreVoting Question: Where can I find High Quality pictures of Space/Astronomy I can use as a desktop?
I want to find some cool pictures of space that I can use as a desktop, and the better quality the nicer it is to look at it. :P
Anybody know where I can find any?
moreResolved Question: Can you help me find pictures relevant to my assignment?
I'm making a poster on the topic "Where did all the iron come from? (on Earth)" for my Astronomy class.
So far, I've just got a couple of pictures from NASA etc being: our sun viewed through a filter that shows some sort of iron (apparently); an aerial of one of the biggest iron ore mines in the world; a diagram of the different element layers just before a supernova explosion; and the solar abundances of most elements (showing the iron peak).
Do you have any ideas for pictures that would be relevant?
Also, do you have any links to sites that would have good pictures of supernovas, early galaxies, layers of the earth etc that I would be able to use?
Thanks for your help.
moreResolved Question: Astronomy question! Please help! Due tomorrow!?
The Voyager 1 spacecraft, pictured above, was launched in September 1977, and is now the most distant human made object. Voyager 1 is presently 111.3 astronomical units from the Sun, and is moving away from the Sun at a speed of 17,080 meters per second. If it were traveling directly toward Proxima Centauri, and maintained its present speed for the entire journey, how long would it take to reach Proxima Centauri?
Thanks so much if you can help!
moreResolved Question: Anybody know any good Astronomy books?
Looking for a total complete book covering all aspects and categories in astronomy.
Giant book lots of pictures?
Any one know I'm 14 so nothing watered down
moreVoting Question: Tips for conversation?
I'll start by giving you a little background, using name's so it's easier to explain my story. My best friend Andrew has a cousin named Lexi who just moved to my town from the west coast, and I think she's absolutely gorgeous. My friend andrew has given me permission to try and date her, and he's perfectly fine with the idea. He also introduced her, and I got her number the same day, and I've been talking to her since. I've found out the we share MANY of the same interests, such as playing xbox 360 (Mainly halo 3), long beach walks, and poetry. She is also very into photography, art, and poetry, and she has many beautiful pictures and poems posted on her website she made. I find her to be so attractive and interesting, and I would like to date her, I've never meet anyone so interesting. The only problem is that I can never seem to bring up a lasting conversation with her, she's so quiet (My friend Andrew ((her cousin)) explains to me that she's always been quiet and he believes that she is secretly depressed. He wants me to date her, because he believes I'm what she needs and I could be the right one for her) Can anyone please give me some tips to start and maintain a nice conversation, maybe based on our shared interests? (Which were mainly video games, poetry, astronomy, stuff like that) Thanks!! :)
moreResolved Question: Can someone give me some tips to start with?
I'll start by giving you a little background, using name's so it's easier to explain my story. My best friend Andrew has a cousin named Lexi who just moved to my town from the west coast, and I think she's absolutely gorgeous. My friend andrew has given me permission to try and date her, and he's perfectly fine with the idea. He also introduced her, and I got her number the same day, and I've been talking to her since. I've found out the we share MANY of the same interests, such as playing xbox 360 (Mainly halo 3), long beach walks, and poetry. She is also very into photography, art, and poetry, and she has many beautiful pictures and poems posted on her website she made. I find her to be so attractive and interesting, and I would like to date her, I've never meet anyone so interesting. The only problem is that I can never seem to bring up a lasting conversation with her, she's so quiet (My friend Andrew ((her cousin)) explains to me that she's always been quiet and he believes that she is secretly depressed. He wants me to date her, because he believes I'm what she needs and I could be the right one for her) Can anyone please give me some tips to start and maintain a nice conversation, maybe based on our shared interests? (Which were mainly video games, poetry, astronomy, stuff like that) Thanks!! :)
moreResolved Question: What (canon) camera should I get for astro use and fun.?
I did type this really quickly because I am busy studying. I don't need an answer to everything mentioned below, nor do I expect one. My question is long/detailed and I tend to ramble when I type fast.
To start... i'll explain what I know and what I want to do with a new camera.
1st:
My limited knowledge of SLR cameras comes for my fathers old Pentax that I used when I was kid. Basic picture taking and slight adjustments for night shots or that blurred affect of waterwalls and stuff like that.
2nd:
I do have a 10" C10 on an equatorial mount. My main reason for wanting a DSLR is for that telescope, but I want to use it for other stuff as well. That telescope and mount was my first step/purchase towards being able to take astronomy photos. The spc900nc is good for Jupiter/Saturn/moon but nothing else. I know about the difficulty in tracking objects and stuff like that. I know you need an auto-guider for best or even ok results and that my results are not going to be that of the multi-billion dollar Hubble. I do accept all of those obstacles and facts.
3rd:
I know that patience is the key to astro-photography, and that many people are not aware of the entire process or the costs involved for good/decent results. I have a degree in computers and currently an Aero-eng student. I have "not" taken an astronomy course (they don't count for credit towards my degree), but astronomy and space in general is a huge hobby of mine. Practically an obsession. I am quick to learn and pick up tricks that others have difficulty grasping (or so I think). I just want to make that a point before I get comments about astro-p being too difficult or not worth trying. I will do it regardless of the negative comments or opinions. My first tele was the telescope everyone told me not to get because of difficulty, and I got alignment and tracking down in the first 30+ hours(the first week upon delivery). I would even concrete and enclose if I didn't plan on moving soon.
4th:
What do I want to do with an expensive hi-res manual camera?
20% of my use is for vacations. I go to some pretty unique places where I now wish I had better photos of. Desert/scenic landscapes, national parks, airshows, car races, cruises.
The other 80% of my use and want is for long exposure prime focus shots with my telescope. (or) Piggybacking on my telescope with normal canon lenses. (or) standard tripod and use for imaging star/meteor trails. I have looked into getting a astro-ccd-camera, but the $400 models looks like crap (1.3mp), and the $1200 models (3-6mp) are only going to serve as a telescope camera, and that's all. The DSLRs have double triple or quadruple the resolution of an astro ccd at the same price, but they lack the noise filtering cooled ccd. I know most dslr can be modified, but I wont or have no plan on doing that or paying to have it done. Because of the cost and warranty of the camera.
I have always wanted to take pictures of the milkyway bands, and time lapse of the sky (day/night). Which I know I need the $130 canon shutter/control timer thing. (I have considered a class 2-3 night-vision scope/camera).
I plan on getting the following items for the camera soon after the camera purchase.
1: Timer/battery grip (for timed shutter control & remote triggering).
2: The general ??mm-???mm lens that is optional/additional.
3: Fisheye lens for the night sky (tripod- pointing to zenith for meteors and general 1-5 minute exposures sequenced to show the movement of the night sky)
4: Telephoto for general piggy-back use on my telescope or for tripod shots of shuttle/rocket launches ( I go to all of the KSC launches).
I have looked at the canon 40d and I love the shutter speed (its just cool). There are many times my point-and-shoot camera(s) miss all the action, like going to nhra races or air-shows. Is the 6 shutter "things" a second that much better than the standard 3 shutter things found on all of the other canons or other brand cameras. For long-exposure and time-lapse photography, Will a $300 xsi (or similar) work as good as a $900 40d for what I want to do? I don't mind spending 1500-2000 total if that is the only way I can get the results I want.
At the shuttle launches everyone has a 3-8 grand worth of still camera equipment and I always notice that 80% of them use Canon. I have talked to several people at various rocket/shuttle launches, but they dont know how to take astro pics. They are all photographers with jobs in sports, news, wedding, and general photography.
My main reason and want for canon comes from everyone saying that canon is better and has done more for astro stuff than any other company. I dont know that or know the truth behind those statements. I am not close minded and would lover to hear all suggestions and opinions of any camera you want to talk about. If it costs $300 from walmart, or $1200 online to do what I want, I am ok with that. I don't like crap elNyX:
LoL... Yea, I tend to over analyze everything now, no arguments there. I can only blame/credit school for that asset.
I forget the other persons name:
Oh I know about the difficulties, it isn't easy to get a good image or cheap for that matter. I have all the time in the world to perfect a useful method. I plan on getting a scope that is more suited for photography and my mount, like the Orion 120mm apo with the coatings.
I am the type of person that is disgusted with societies view of space and the universe. Space is the key to every answer imaginable and people know nothing about it (even the smartest people on this planet). There are road blocks, but nothing will stop me from getting a crispy pic of the awesome looking deep space objects.
moreResolved Question: Would someone PLEASE explain to me why astronomers always smile as they talk?I find shows like 'The Universe',?
and "How the Earth was Made' very interesting but it's hard to take them seriously when there constantly smiling or laughing.What the #%$# is so ^^&% amusing?Do you think they know they are doing it.Or,is it maybe some kind of physiological connection between them and talking about the universe /creation? I don't get it? I mean,i get excited to when a new space mission is successful or we get new pictures but come on?Or do you think its because what they are trying to explain to us [excluding the laws of physics] that this is the best guess they could come up with, and they have a degree(s) in Astronomy !?or are they just happy people?
moreResolved Question: Where can i find really good information about the constellation of Cassiopeia?
I am doing a project for my Astronomy class where can I find the mythological story of Cassiopeia? Location? Pictures? messier objects?
If you can help with this I would be most thankfull. :)PLEASE HELP!!
moreResolved Question: The moon and astronomy (parallax)?
One person stands at the north pole and one person stands at the south pole. When the moon is directly over the equator, they both take a picture of the moon and the background stars. Afterword, they compare their pictures. Between the pictures, the moon appears to be shifted with respect to the background stars by how many lunar diameters? (diameter of Earth = 12,756 km; circumference = 2 × pi × radius; pi = 3.14; distance to moon = 384,400 km; 1 lunar diameter = 0.50 degrees
moreResolved Question: Lunar Diameters in Astronomy?
One person stands at the north pole and one person stands at the south pole. When the moon is directly over the equator, they both take a picture of the moon and the background stars. Afterword, they compare their pictures. Between the pictures, the moon appears to be shifted with respect to the background stars by how many lunar diameters? (diameter of Earth = 12,756 km; circumference = 2 × pi × radius; pi = 3.14; distance to moon = 384,400 km; 1 lunar diameter = 0.50 degrees)
moreVoting Question: For females- how would you rate me?
http://s865.photobucket.com/albums/ab216/seumasmcdoyle/?action=view¤t=SU1HMDAwNDMuanBn.jpg
That is a picture of me.
I'm 21 years old, and proportioned about like Jack B lack (short and big but not huge). I'm laid back and a nice person. I have a lot of interests that include bicycling, swing dancing,long walks, smoking pipes, movies and amateur astronomy. I drink but not often, and I don't do illegal drugs although I don't care if other people do.I'm also intelligent, witty, funny and a a chivalrous gentleman. I love music all except rap and new country but my fav genres are jazz, classic rock and classical.
Based on looks and personality what would you rate me?
moreVoting Question: Why do astronomy pictures like this cut off?
Here is the link.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eagle_nebula_pillars.jpg
the top right of the image is blacked out with 3 squares. Why do they do that? I notice that in text books too.
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