Friday, February 3, 2012



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Arp 272

by Father Sky

Linking spiral arms, two large colliding galaxies are featured in this remarkable cosmic portrait constructed using image data from the Hubble Legacy Archive. Recorded in astronomer Halton Arp's Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as Arp 272, the pair is otherwise known as NGC 6050 near center, and IC 1179 at upper right. A third galaxy, likely [...]

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What Was One of the Great Discoveries in Astronomy During the 20th Century?

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One of the great discoveries in astronomy during the twentieth century was that A) there used to be life on Mars. B) at the largest scale, galaxies are randomly distributed in space. C) our star, the Sun, is located outside of the Milky Way. D) our galaxy is alone amongst the other galaxies; it is [...]

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Celestron NexStar 80 SLT Computerized Telescope

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Computerized hand control with 4,000 object database SkyAlign allows you to align on any 3 brights celestial objects Motorized Altazimuth mount f11 focal ratio 900mm focal length Product DescriptionIncludes Celestron Nexstar 80SLT refractor telescope Star Pointer finderscope 1.25 inch 25mm eyepiece 1.25 inch 10mm eyepiece The Sky Level 1 CD Adjustable aluminum tripod Control software [...]

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VAR

by Father Sky

In the 1920s, examining photographic plates from the Mt. Wilson Observatory's 100 inch telescope, Edwin Hubble determined the distance to the Andromeda Nebula, decisively demonstrating the existence of other galaxies far beyond the Milky Way. His notations are evident on the historic plate image inset at the lower right, shown in context with ground based [...]

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A Starry Night of Iceland

by Father Sky

On some nights, the sky is the best show in town. On this night, the sky was not only the best show in town, but a composite image of the sky won an international competition for landscape astrophotography. The above winning image was taken two months ago over Jökulsárlón, the largest glacial lake in Iceland. [...]

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Peculiar Galaxies of Arp 273

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The spiky stars in the foreground of this sharp cosmic portrait are well within our own Milky Way Galaxy. The two eye-catching galaxies lie far beyond the Milky Way, at a distance of over 300 million light-years. Their distorted appearance is due to gravitational tides as the pair engage in close encounters. Cataloged as Arp [...]

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Moonset Over Pleasant Bay

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It was a sky for the imagination. In the early evening last week, the sky illuminating the unaided eye was perhaps even more illuminating to the mind's eye. The unaided eye saw clouds framing the Moon setting over a calm and reflective bay, spruce trees lining the nearby shores, the Pleiades open star cluster (M45) [...]

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Why Is Astronomy Not Emphasized to the Masses?

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My professor told me that astronomy is the mother of all sciences. All throughout civilizations past and present, stars and constellations were critical in navigation and even designing monuments. I just think by now the average person should be able to look up and spot something identifiable in the night sky. Seems like we're taught [...]

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Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe With

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Key Benefit: For one-semester Introduction to Astronomy courses.   With Astronomy: A Beginner’s Guide, Sixth Edition, trusted authors Eric Chaisson and Steve McMillan communicate their excitement about astronomy and awaken readers to the universe around them. Thoroughly updated, the revised edition focuses on the process of scientific discovery and scientific method, making “how we know what [...]

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Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope

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Affordable telescope for beginning astronomer; portable yet powerful All-glass optical components with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brighness and clarity Newtonian optical design with a 114mm aperture and 900mm focal length Equatorial mount for tracking the sky Includes 3x Barlow Lens (1.25"), 20mm eyepiece, 4mm eyepiece, aluminum tripod with accessory tray Product DescriptionThe PowerSeekers [...]

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WISE Infrared Andromeda

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This sharp, wide-field view features infrared light from the spiral Andromeda Galaxy (M31). Dust heated by Andromeda's young stars is shown in yellow and red, while its older population of stars appears as a bluish haze. The false-color skyscape is a mosaic of images from NASA's new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) satellite. With over [...]

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Celestron 21041 60mm PowerSeeker Telescope

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Affordable telescope for beginning astronomer; portable yet powerful All-glass optical components with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brightness and clarity Refractor optical design with a 60mm aperture and 700mm focal length Altazimuth mount suitable for terrestial viewing as well as astronomical use Includes 3x Barlow Lens (1.25"), 20mm eyepiece, 4mm eyepiece, aluminum tripod with [...]

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Andromeda

by Father Sky

Abbreviation: And Genitive: Andromedae Translation: Princess of Ethiopia or the Chained Lady Position in the Sky Right Ascension: 1 hour Declination: 40 degrees Visible between latitudes 90 and -40 degrees Best seen in November (at 9:00 PM) Named Stars ALPHERATZ (Alpha And) MIRACH (Beta And) ALMAAK (Gamma 1 And) Adhil (Xi And) Messier Objects M31 [...]

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Celestron NexStar 8 SE Telescope

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8-inch Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, StarBright XLT high transmission coatings come standard StarPointer finderscope to help with alignment and accurately locating objects Quick-release fork arm mount, optical tube and accessory tray for no-tool setup SkyAlign allows you to align on any three bright celestial objects, making for a fast and easy alignment process Nearly 40,000-object database with [...]

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