Friday, November 20, 2009
Observations 2.1
On November 16th I viewed the meteor shower with the rest of the class. This observation lasted four hours. The first hour I saw five meteors. Most came from the north east but I switched my field of view to the west and then I saw two meteors from the north west. The second hour I was looking up and the the east and i saw seven meteors. The third hour I saw only four meteors. The last hour I saw six meteors. In the last hour I saw the brightest meteor out of the whole night in the East. This experience was very exciting and I saw a lot of saw constellations and a lot of stars and i enjoyed it a lot.
APOD 2.3
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Water Discovered in Moon Shadow
This picture shows the moon. Earlier last month water was discovered on the moon. The LCROSS mission investigated a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's South Pole. The LCROSS took of with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 18, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. In this picture you can see a plume of dust. Earlier this week we heard news about this dust's chemical compound. The dust plume had water traces in it. This new information changes what everyone had thought about the moon and now gives astronomers many more posibilities, like live on the moon. This discovery is very impressive and I look forward to hearing more about the moon's aspects.
Water Discovered in Moon Shadow
This picture shows the moon. Earlier last month water was discovered on the moon. The LCROSS mission investigated a permanently shadowed crater near the Moon's South Pole. The LCROSS took of with the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter aboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral, Fla., on June 18, 2009 at 2:32 p.m. In this picture you can see a plume of dust. Earlier this week we heard news about this dust's chemical compound. The dust plume had water traces in it. This new information changes what everyone had thought about the moon and now gives astronomers many more posibilities, like live on the moon. This discovery is very impressive and I look forward to hearing more about the moon's aspects.
Friday, November 13, 2009
APOD 2.2
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Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
In this picture you see a lot of stars of different shapes, colors, and sizes. The "newborn" stars and cosmic dust clouds, that looks like fog, are glowing in an infrared wavelength range. This is what is causing the "false- color" stars in the picture. This picture was taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. This Telescope has been very helpful in not only taking beautiful pictures but also in astronomical growths like helping Astronomers make observations about chaotic planetary systems. In this picture is a star forming region which is relatively close to us about 400 light years, close to the southern edge of the Ophouchus constellation, better known as the Cirpent handeler. The rage that this picture covers is around five light years. The stars glow so brightly because as they heat up they heat up the surrounding dust to produce the infrared glow. This area has detected about 300 emerging and newly formed stars. These stars are arounf 300,000 years old, very young compared to the 5 billion year old sun.
Young Stars in the Rho Ophiuchi Cloud
In this picture you see a lot of stars of different shapes, colors, and sizes. The "newborn" stars and cosmic dust clouds, that looks like fog, are glowing in an infrared wavelength range. This is what is causing the "false- color" stars in the picture. This picture was taken from the Spitzer Space Telescope. This Telescope has been very helpful in not only taking beautiful pictures but also in astronomical growths like helping Astronomers make observations about chaotic planetary systems. In this picture is a star forming region which is relatively close to us about 400 light years, close to the southern edge of the Ophouchus constellation, better known as the Cirpent handeler. The rage that this picture covers is around five light years. The stars glow so brightly because as they heat up they heat up the surrounding dust to produce the infrared glow. This area has detected about 300 emerging and newly formed stars. These stars are arounf 300,000 years old, very young compared to the 5 billion year old sun.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
APOD 2.1
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/
Saturn After Equinox
In this picture you can see Saturn's rings and one of its moons after Equinox. You are able to see the rings because they are illuminated by the sun's light. This picture was taken by Cassini spacecraft last month. The moon that is visible is Tethys and is viewed in the crest phase but Earth's view of the moon is not visible. Tethys is one of Saturn's largest and closest moons. Saturn's rings are thought by a lot of people to be solid but with close expectation of this picture they are made up of very small electrically charged ice particles.
Saturn After Equinox
In this picture you can see Saturn's rings and one of its moons after Equinox. You are able to see the rings because they are illuminated by the sun's light. This picture was taken by Cassini spacecraft last month. The moon that is visible is Tethys and is viewed in the crest phase but Earth's view of the moon is not visible. Tethys is one of Saturn's largest and closest moons. Saturn's rings are thought by a lot of people to be solid but with close expectation of this picture they are made up of very small electrically charged ice particles.
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