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Space, the final frontier, comes into focus for the armchair astronaut with Hubble's Canvas, a series of 30-minute programs that reveal the artistry and explains the science of outer space. Hubble's Canvas is narrated by noted astronomy columnist Ivan Semeniuk.From its lofty perch high above earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope can see both nearby and distant objects with unwavering clarity. With its breathtaking views of deep space the Hubble Space Telescope bridges the separate domains of art and science. Its images form a direct connection between the human spirit and the most powerful forces of nature.
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Space, the final frontier, comes into focus for the armchair astronaut with Hubble's Canvas, a series of 30-minute programs that reveal the artistry and explains the science of outer space. Hubble's Canvas is narrated by noted astronomy columnist Ivan Semeniuk.From its lofty perch high above earth's atmosphere, the Hubble Space Telescope can see both nearby and distant objects with unwavering clarity. With its breathtaking views of deep space the Hubble Space Telescope bridges the separate domains of art and science. Its images form a direct connection between the human spirit and the most powerful forces of nature.
The remarkable story of one of humankind's most stunning scientific achievements, Hubble's Canvas provides key insights and showcases striking images of breathtaking beauty.
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TRT: 156-minutes on Two Discs
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Orion system-star-forming region took a 14-minute infrared exposure, Flame Nebula (NGC 2024), VISTA, the world's largest research telescope. discover the Nebula, and it remains to be seen in the light of generally less than dust visible kernel young stars.
Also in the interests of: Blue Star on the right side of the three bright stars have been forming Orion's belt; Glow only below the Centre of reflection nebula NGC has 2023; and the lower-right corner of the outline implies Hevosenpää Nebula (Barnard 33) side.
(Photo: ESO/j. Emerson/VISTA; vastaanottovahvistuksesta: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit)
Orion Nebula is a new stars of the place of birth, and it is located just south of Orion Belt system.Photo 
CRRO Jay Norris, Jolie Turek and Daryl Macomb view them using the new telescope Challis public and remotely operate, last week a laptop computer. Todd Adams photo Add five years of design and construction, Challis rapid reaction Observatory (CRRO) and remotely via a Telescope was introduced to the public last Friday, a unique international network of community built by only the telescope."This is the only of its kind — it is built and financed by the community," said Jolie Turek, Executive Director, Custer Economic Development Association (CEDA), arising out of or in connection with the organisation, created in conjunction with the Boise State University Physics Department and with other bodies is a Research project.
Indicates the action Challis Middle School Auditorium on the remote control through the telescope was Jay Norris and Daryl Macomb. you are using a portable computer, rolled off the roof on the Centre's Macomb, activated the telescope and found around the sky to take pictures of various Astronomical objects, including the galaxies; exploding stars, and the gas clouds around kaasusumuineen;and star clusters.
Challis, two showed images of the Orion telescope, Great sumukierteen Galaxy 27 million light years away; Jupiter and its four Galilean moons; globular star cluster system Hercules 25 000 light years away;and the Quasar or super massive black hole.
Astronomical images as well as moving the telescope Telescope camera video and its software, data were projected onto the screen Norris explains what is going on.
"This is the only facility of its kind," Norris agreed, in view of the fact that the project is financed by the community in the form of grants, and graduated from the donations and volunteers to work with.
"It is surreal to me that it has been completed, it is fairly diluted thing. we did that," Norris said.
"I can't believe We are doing all this in front of the Auditorium," Norris said as the Macomb operate the telescope.As rolled off the roof, the Centre ", that is to say, when we are nervous," she said. "Things can go wrong in the context of the observers, in particular, high elevation in. "
Challis Observatory shall consist of the weather station, make sure that the conditions are right for viewing, the Centre's roof, for example, does not open when it is too windy, Norris said.
It was a means of automation, can act as the telescope than at home instead of staying up all night in the cold as well as in the past, the Observatory Dome comfort.
"Jolie, press the button should we have," said coach the telescope by Macomb proper coordinates it for the first night will be charged of the photo."I do not want to do it," Turek said. "You can disconnect from it. "He relented, however, went to the Macomb and Push button.
"Done."Macomb said about an hour later, he shut down the telescope of the night, and closed the Centre's roof.With the fact that the gigs broke into applause.
Mission
Challis rapid reaction Observatory houses a single Telescope quickly satellite, which was launched by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in November 2004, the international network of telescopes are bound to Other telescopes are located elsewhere. [2] [3] in the United States, Australia and Africa.
SWIFT's main mission is to define the dynamic gamma-ray bursts Astronomical events, such as supernovae explosions epäilyaikana stars and black holes, quasars and far from the origin of galaxies in the middle.
Quickly to the satellite and its country telescopes are to be taken into consideration when classifying a gamma-ray bursts and a new type of searching for and how to blast Wave is evolving and interact with the surrounding space, such as the water passing through the boat bow Wave.SWIFT uses for the examination of the early universe bursts and visit the first sensitive hard x-ray study on the sky.
When Swift recognizes the gamma ray burst, e-mail messages will be sent to the operators in the country for telescopes, so they quickly locates bursts and consider their afterglow. can be activated remotely to take a photo with 20-40 seconds, and it is "amazing", Macomb said.
Basically, Challis telescope is studying "things that go bump in the night," Norris told the audience. [1] [2] Since millions of years light objects thousands of light takes off to travel to the country so many years, was looking back in time.
The Centre's proposal, Norris wrote years ago a small telescopes have the opportunity to participate in world-class science, because even if gamma ray bursts can be detected only from 1 to 100 seconds, their afterglows is foreseen at the time of the day of the month. Small telescopes are to be the only way to determine the distance of the bursts sources. Study bursts can mean people could see "one of the most exotic of the process in the universe – the black hole is created the moment."
Macomb programmed the telescope automatic operation, even if the Norris analyzes images is also constantly had "beg, the King of the currency" or search for the numeric position of the Fund for the period 2007-2013 a specific programme for research, education, and action grants, Norris said.
The Centre's Web site, including, but not limited to plans, had said, but now the Challis-star buffs can keep track of events on the Internet at: challisobservatory.blogspot.com.
Impact on the
Its primary purpose is to quickly carry out a research project, said Turek Challis Centre is also a teaching role in BSU and other services in the territory of the students of the College, as well as the local school children and the recently formed Astronomy Club Challis high school.
Is the Centre to host other open houses, stargazing sessions and lectures, operating remotely, maybe in the middle of the proposed community-events-easy planning-Turek Challis said the telescope plans.
Students, researchers and other visitors will undoubtedly contribute to the local economy.
Turek's PowerPoint presentation in the list of 30 local and State partners and donors, as well as six scientific collaborators, including BSU. He said, his predecessor, Gynii Gilliam, deserves special recognition of how the project country.
The Challis Big Hill-the Centre's Web site, the region was selected because it is a dark sky, a central Idaho Turek said. "black hole" lists the nightime satellite photos, because it is far away from city lights astronomy disturb.
The image is not a new infrared device to ESO Telescope reveals extraordinary investigation VISTA horizontal Glowing dark clouds will be paid to the gas, and the young stars of the Unicorn (Unicorn) within the system. A star is to comprise an area called Yksisarvisen R2 is embedded in a huge dark cloud. Region, almost completely obscured by Interstellar dust visible light seen in the light of the fact, but it is a great choice for your stay in infrared.
Active Stellar Nursery is hidden in a dark cloud plenty of massive molecules and dust Yksisarvisen within the system. Even if it appears in close more familiar with the Orion Nebula is actually almost twice as far away from the sky of the earth around 2700 light years distance.Visible in the light of the massive grouping creates a beautiful collection of hot stars kaasusumuineen If the reflection is scattered dark blue starlight, parts of the molecular cloud layers sumuiset. However, the majority of new-born massive stars remain hidden, such as thick in the interstellar dust is used strong ultraviolet and visible light.
This gorgeous infrared image taken of the Paranal Observatory ESO: Northern Chile, the visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA [1], eso0949) penetrates the curtain is dark cosmic dust and reveal an astonishing detail dispose, finds and filaments sculpted dusty Interstellar substances fierce winds and hot young particle stars of the radiation emitted by.
"When this picture first, so only I said" Wow! " I was surprised to see all of the dust Streamers so clearly Yksisarvisen R2 cluster, as well as the Jets very young stars of the embedded objects. Jim Emerson Queen Mary, University of London and Vista-Director of the Consortium is large, the richness of VISTA images showed exciting detail of "says.
A huge field of vision, a large mirror and sensitive camera VISTA is ideal for a wide range of high quality infrared images of the deep, large areas of airspace, taking into account such as Yksisarvisen R2-region. VISTA's field of vision of a width of approximately 80 light-years correspond to the date of entry into force of this distance.Since the dust is largely transparent to infrared wavelengths, many young stars, which is not able to view a list of visible light images of Massive these stars occurred. are less than ten million years old.
The new image is created for the risk weighting of exposures to near infrared spectrum of three different sections. Molecular clouds, such as Yksisarvisen R2 at low temperatures is available and relatively high Eläintiheydet allow molecules form, such as hydrogen, which, under certain conditions, for onward transmission to vigorously with the aid of the near infrared. Many of the pink and Red structures that appear in the VISTA image are probably because the outflow of young stars from molecular hydrogen glows.
Monoceros R2 is dense core, to the extent that is packaged in a very massive young stars of the bright infrared sources, which are usually still-born massive stars surround the dusty disks in the cluster can contain up to two light-years.In this region is in the middle of the picture, where the stars of the much larger concentration is visible in close inspection and if visibly pinkish properties indicate the emissions are likely to be the molecular hydrogen.
In the middle of the picture Rightmost bright clouds is NGC 2170, brightest reflection nebula, in this region. Visible light kaasusumuineen appear bright, pale blue Islands dark ocean, Hurja infrared factories are revealed in their interior entisöintiä, if hundreds of massive Stars will become.NGC 2170 appears through a small Telescope, and the pattern was discovered by William Herschel from England in 1784.
The form in the process, which lasts, as a general rule, a few million years and which takes place in large Interstellar clouds of gas and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines, light-years hundreds of miles in the interstellar dust. [1] [2] because the stars is visible light, infrared and radio-opaque comments are crucial to the understanding of the early stages of stellar evolution.By combining the southern sky to systematically collect some 300 GB VISTA night, will give the regions, which will be examined in more detail according to the very Large Telescope (VLT), Atacama large one-/submillimeter array (ALMA), and, in the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), a huge amount of information.
Notes
[1] Its 4.1 m in front of the primary mirror, VISTA is the world's largest research telescope and is equipped with the largest infrared camera, all of the Telescope with 67 million pixels in size.It is dedicated to the sky investigations, which started already in 2010.The peak of Cerro Paranal, northern Chile, the home of the ESO VLT is located next to the VISTA share exceptional observing conditions. Alan Atacama-Desert, kuivimmista Web sites over the surface of the Earth, to be paid to the quality of the airspace is noted for building a conduit from the Cerro Armazones is located only 20 km away from the Cerro Paranal, has recently selected as the site in the future, the E-ELT.
For more information about the
ESO, the European Southern Observatory is first and foremost intergovernmental astronomy organization, Europe and the world's most productive Astronomical Observatory .14-Countries supported: Austria, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Finland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. [1] [2] THE ESO is engaged in the design, construction and powerful country observing facilities was to make important scientific discoveries activities focused on an ambitious programme, including by promoting THE ESO plays. [1] [2] and a leading role in organizing the Astronomical research TO THE ESO operates three unique. world-class observing sites in Chile: La Silla Paranal, and Chajnantor. ESO operates Paranal, Very Large Telescope, the most advanced visible light Astronomical Observatory and Vista, the world's largest research telescope. ESO is a revolutionary Astronomical Telescope ALMA, the largest Astronomical project exists in the European partner OF ESO plans currently 42.-metre drop test to bring about the European Extremely Large optical/infrared Telescope, near-E-ELT, which shall become the "world's largest eye sky".
Links
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Contacts
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Utah State University is pleased to announce the new Centre will be opened to the public for the first time on Friday.
The port facility is located on the roof of the Science-Engineering Research now building Open's dedication to the ceremony at 7: 30Tapahtuman Aggie Blue Sky Night, includes astronomy-related activities, which starts at 8
Shane Larson, USU physicist said, Utah State University Observatory or the categories of astronomy, is USUO, research, and public events.
USUO is also a new Telescope, Larson said. with This Telescope for those involved in Aggie Blue Sky Night must see Jupiter moons in the eastern sky and Galilean, he said.
20-inch telescope is a modern and exciting new research tool for students, he said.
"It is really great," Larson said.
The telescope can be driven with portable computers, and controlled remotely.
USUO contains a circular staircase, which leads to the telescope-Gallery, which has exceeded the foot diameter Dome with 16.5.
Aggie Blue Sky during the Night, also need to reinstall the smaller telescopes are mounted on the roof. [1] [2] in the evening also feature a 15-minute presentations, including one student-team that flew to test NASA Vomit Comet and USU astronomy teacher Tonya Triplett.
Larson said, the institution was built during the last year, he said, the Centre. [1] [2] the location is a positive adjustment. When the stadium located near Larson said, the Centre's new location has a lot of lights out and is easy to find.
Aggie Blue Sky Night is a free event ceremony is Engineering. [2] [3] 's dedication to building, room 103.
For more information, visit the following physics.usu.edu or call 797-2857.
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Ken Kremer, Kennedy Space Center: As Shuttle Discovery was being processed in the iconic Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) for her very final mission of exploration (STS 133), I interviewed the Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach inside the Shuttle Firing Room 4 at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) - where access is highly restricted.
Launch Director Leinbach graciously spoke to me in the midst of an extremely busy and momentous day at KSC as the 100 ton orbiter was hanging by narrow cables from a bridge crane under the roof of the VAB for mating to the ET/SRB fuel stack that will power her last mission to the high frontier.
Leinbach has served as the Space Shuttle Launch Director at KSC for a decade, since being named to the post in August 2000. He has led the launch team for all shuttle missions since then. Leinbach has the ultimate responsibility to give the final "GO" command to launch the orbiters and their precious payload of people and cargo to space.
We discussed the looming end of the shuttle program and transitioning to the post shuttle Era, his departing colleagues on the shuttle team and the story behind the shuttle tribute displays which Leinbach and the flight teams created to honor the orbiters' legacy for future generations.
Thus the backdrop to our conversation was simultaneously exhilarating and bittersweet.
Let's start with the truly uplifting story of the tribute artwork to the orbiters stemming from inspiration by Launch Director Mike Leinbach and how fortunate I was to chat one-on-one with Leinbach in the Firing Room.
With the end of the shuttle program fast approaching, Leinbach came up with the idea for creating lasting shuttle tributes this past February.
"I personally really wanted something permanent in the Firing Room to honor the orbiters and their legacies, the processing teams, and the launch teams I have worked with as launch director throughout the last 10 years," Leinbach said to me.
"The orbiter tributes were a labor of love. It means a lot to me to have them there."
"I designed the Columbia and Challenger displays. There are very few people left here who launched Challenger. The picture of Columbia is from the first launch - STS-1. We wanted to honor each crew - no question. We chose Challenger to display a landing. Challenger had the first spacewalk. The Columbia and Challenger pictures of the crew show their official crew portraits," explained Leinbach. "The individual teams for Discovery, Atlantis, and Endeavour came up with their own concepts - with some tweaking from me," Leinbach explained.
"One of the background star fields is from the Chandra X-ray Observatory. All the other star fields are from the Hubble Space Telescope. Both telescopes were deployed by the orbiters. Columbia launched Chandra. Discovery launched Hubble."
Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach seated inside the Shuttle Firing Room 4 and backdropped by tributes to Orbiters Columbia and Challenger he inspired and designed. Launch Director Leinbach gives the final "GO" for a shuttle launch from this console. Credit: Ken Kremer
"We started on the Atlantis tribute mural first in April and had it done and mounted just a month later on May 7. The display had to be ready in time for Atlantis' final scheduled launch for STS 132 on May 14," he said. A space remains to add one more patch for the proposed STS 135 mission as the very last shuttle flight if it is approved.
I first toured Shuttle Firing Room 4 in late May and published an initial article and photos on Atlantis display tribute and last landing here and here:
"We got to work on the other four tributes in June and July in one shot," said Leinbach. "We decided to put them all up at once so everyone could enjoy them for all the remaining launches." The displays are mounted on the wall above the launch control consoles in the order in which the orbiters first arrived at KSC from their manufacturing site at Rockwell International in California.
"The Endeavour tribute highlights the Cupola dome sent skywards on STS-130 and the sailing ship HMS Endeavour for which she is named. It's very special."
"The Endeavour launch picture is based on original photos from an actual launch - STS-100 on April 19, 2001. The sky streak and water reflection are also from actual launches that were then blended into the nebula," according to Amy Simpson, the Management Support Assistant to Leinbach.
"The Discovery tribute is dominated by the Rendezvous Pitch Maneuver (RPM) conducted as the Orbiters approach the ISS," said Leinbach. The RPM photo is from the first such maneuver performed.
"We all love the orbiters - as much as the crews - and have a great affection for them. Each of the Orbiters are distinctive in their own way and we'll all miss them greatly".
"I hope they remain in Firing Room 4 forever. It will be a lasting tribute to the orbiters and the processing teams," says Leinbach.
For this author it was a moving experience to witness all the display tributes first hand, especially in remembrance of the sacrifice of the brave souls of Columbia and Challenger.
The Shuttle Firing room faces out to a magnificent panoramic view of the twin shuttle launch pads 39 A and 39 B through giant reinforced windows.
Enjoy my photos herein and this 360 degree panoramic view from inside Firing Room 4 showing all five Shuttle tribute displays; recorded during my visit with Mike Leinbach courtesy of Nasatech.net.
The window view will change shortly as Pad 39 B is demolished to make way for a new twenty first century space launch complex.
Under the 10 year tenure and leadership of Mike Leinbach, the Space Shuttle system is safer and more productive than ever and he is emphatic about sharing the credit with the entire NASA and contractor team.
"The whole NASA team has made the shuttle safer than it's ever been before. And it's not just the launch team here at KSC. But also all the engineering folks here at KSC, as well as at many NASA centers including the Johnson Space Center, Marshall, Michoud, Stennis and thousands more hard working and dedicated people all around the program and across the country," stated Leinbach.
"Throughout the shuttle program we have made big, big strides in safety and reliability."
"We felt like we were really starting to hit our stride pretty good. So it's really sad to see the shuttle program ending. I was really hopeful that the new program [Constellation] would kick in and take over. Then we could retire the shuttle with something else to transition into - for the people working here as well as for the nation too," he added.
Inside the Space Shuttle Firing Room 4 with NASA Shuttle Launch Commentator George Diller, Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach and Ken Kremer at NASA Public Affairs console seen during live TV broadcasts. Windows face toward shuttle launch pads 39 A and 39 B at KSC. Credit: Ken Kremer
Since the return to flight, the program has almost run like clockwork - averaging four flights per year with few problems - thanks to the highly dedicated and talented workforce. The shuttle team has been extremely busy and accomplished all the objectives of the aggressive launch schedule. All the ISS assembly missions and the final Hubble servicing mission have been resoundingly successful. Plus the Ares-1-X development test flight was also in the mix.
I asked Leinbach about what's beyond for the shuttle workforce and NASA in the post-Shuttle era as Congress and the White House debated what course to pursue in the very uncertain time period since the cancellation of Project Constellation and before the enactment of new legislation.
"We do not know what the future is," Leinbach replied.
"Everybody working here at KSC on the shuttle program is asking the same question. That includes both the NASA civil servants and the contractor work force, which numbers several thousand people."
"We need policy decisions as soon as possible, and after we get those from Congress, the White House, and NASA, then we can react and get on with firm planning for the future."
"After the shuttle, we have lost American manned access to the Space Station on American rockets for years to come," says Leinbach.
"You can all pick a number for how many years it's going to be. But for sure it's going to be a number of years before America is launching American astronauts again. And that to me is sad." "One of my major disappointments is that after shuttle stops flying we will be totally dependent on the Russians to get to the ISS. They are an extremely reliable partner, but one thing you learn in this business is that redundancy isn't just good, in some situations it's essential. And, God forbid, if they have some sort of significant issue - then we have no access to the space station at all," explained Leinbach.
"Without new crews the whole Space Station program is going to be in jeopardy, after a period of time. It won't happen right away. So the whole thing to me is sad."
"We should have the ability to launch American astronauts to the ISS on American rockets as soon as possible. My personal view is that we should not go through a protracted period where we can't launch Americans into orbit."
"The real tragedy on the people side is with the contractor work force that I love so much," said Leinbach. "I was just in the VAB and it's the last time that Discovery will be rolled inside there - ever !"
"I have many friends on the contractor work force - mostly technicians - who will be laid off on October 1. Some of them have no future plans. And they have just weeks left to work. The future will be tough," said Leinbach.
"Soon they will all be gone. They have worked on the shuttle for many years at KSC. In some cases there are even second generation shuttle workers in their families - Fathers ... Grandfathers .. all gone !," he concluded.
"We don't want to lose all of our core capability and skills at KSC. It's sad that all these highly skilled people will be gone. Some of them will have a difficult time trying to find new positions.
"When a new rocket program comes here, we'll need very skilled labor. Some of the people I love so much could get back to work on that new program. But they may not be here because they have moved on or retired," said Leinbach.
Indeed some of the very folks who processed Discovery for the upcoming STS-133 flight won't even be employed any more at KSC by the time of the Nov.1 launch. Over 1,100 more shuttle workers were laid off at KSC as of Oct. 1. And they will no longer have their access badges for entrance to the facility.
Hundreds more workers lost their jobs simultaneously at local shuttle subcontractors in the surrounding Florida Space Coast communities. The local unemployment rate already stands at almost 12%. Roughly 8,000 jobs will be lost at KSC when the shuttle program completely shuts down after the last flight sometime in 2011.
Shuttle worker layoffs are rippling across America. Lockheed Martin, ATK, Boeing and other NASA contractors announced the end to thousands more shuttle jobs at the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans, rocket manufacturing facilities in Utah, and NASA facilities in Alabama, Texas and elsewhere.
I asked Leinbach about NASA's future plans and modifications to convert the facilities and hardware for Pads 39-A and B into a 21st Century launch complex after the shuttles are retired.
"Depending on what NASA decides, a new super rocket could fly off the existing facilities we have at 39-A. The idea is to leave Pad A in shuttle configuration while we wait and see what the new vehicle will be," Leinbach said.
"We have the infrastructure and virtually all the services you would need at the launch pad. The new rocket won't need the massive Rotating Service Structure (RSS). But the LOX, hydrogen, hypergols, servicing and most of the rest like power and other interfaces and services would stay. By and large the ground support would be the easy piece of it."
Pad 39-B had been destined to serve as the launch pad for the Ares 1 booster rocket under Project Constellation. To accommodate Ares 1, NASA already constructed a new Mobile Launcher (ML).
"The new idea is NASA will raze the pad right down to the concrete and make it adaptable and useful for any type rocket that may want to launch off complex 39 B. Just like what we were going to do with the ML for Ares. NASA would then market pad B for other rockets," Leinbach explained.
"Most companies that NASA leadership is talking to say they don't want a fixed service structure. They want a clean pad. Just give us a launch pad with services like LOX and liquid hydrogen and so forth, they say. Let us build our own mobile launcher and tower to bring the rocket back and forth to the VAB for maintenance. Get it away from the ocean, say those companies."
"So the overall concept is to make Pad 39 B available for use by anyone else. Pad 39-A would be left alone for now. It will be modified later to some extent to accommodate whatever type new rocket NASA decides on," according to Leinbach.
"NASA will also have to decide if it would be cheaper to build a new Mobile Launcher than modify the existing one built for Ares 1. Then NASA would put a tower on it to service the upper stage of the new super rocket. Then eventually extend the tower so that you can get astronauts into it - just like the old Apollo tower on the mobile launcher."
"It makes more sense to me personally that you develop one rocket that can either launch cargo or astronauts, much like the Saturn V that did do both. A one vehicle design would minimize development problems. If NASA builds one rocket where the configuration is essentially the same whether its cargo or manned, we could put either the Orion or a new cargo stage on top," he suggested.
"My involvement and experience are more in the launch processing activities and operations side here at KSC, rather than in designing the rocket system. The launch team gives inputs into the requirements for the rocket design to make it easier to process."
"For example, a lot of the requirements derived for Constellation were modified by KSC to make the Ares 1-X rocket more user friendly - more processing friendly.
"For the new rocket, I suspect we would have the same inputs into the design from a processing perspective - to make it more processing friendly."
NASA planners have significant choices to make on how to reach a range of deep space destinations including asteroids, Lagrange points, the Moon and Mars. They need to decide what is the purpose, what are the advantages and what is logical.
A servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope with Orion is something Leinbach hopes will be considered.
"Orion could be designed to return to Hubble to accomplish a servicing mission. Hubble has a lot of life left in it. I hope we can take advantage of it."
"It's there. It's useful. Hubble continues to amaze people with new scientific discoveries. Why let that go away ! The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) could be another target," Leinbach postulated.
NASA has equipped both Hubble and JWST with built in grapple fixtures that a robotic arm on a deep space vehicle like Orion could latch on to.
"For the last 10 years I have worked entirely on the shuttle. In my spare time I put together the Ares-1-X Constellation launch team. And I have committed to remain as Shuttle Launch Director and fly out the Shuttle through to the end of the program," stated Leinbach.
Leinbach's modest office is perched just above the Shuttle Firing Room - located inside the Launch Control Center (LCC) - with a breathtaking view overlooking the shuttle launch pads, the launch control consoles and the display tributes.
His duties include responsibility for overall Shuttle launch countdown policy, planning, and execution activities. Leinbach has received numerous achievement awards, including the Presidential Rank Award in 2004 given by the office of the President of the United States for "Exceptional long-term accomplishments."
"Being the Shuttle Launch Director is the best job in the world !", beams Leinbach
Read my earlier reports about the Shuttle tribute displays in Firing Room 4 and Atlantis last launch and landing here, here and here
Read my earlier STS-133 reports on Discovery's last rollover and bolting to the fuel tanks here and here.
Shuttle launch controllers work at consoles inside Firing Room 4 of the Launch Control Center (LCC) with the newly mounted shuttle artwork displays. During launch countdowns about 180 people are on console monitoring shuttle, payload and flight critical systems. Credit: Ken Kremer
Five 3 D Orbiter tributes mounted above Shuttle countdown clock in Firing Room 4 highlight significant events from the actual space voyages of the individual Orbiters launched from KSC over three decades. Credit: Ken Kremer
Space Shuttle Launch Director Mike Leinbach in his office overlooking the twin Shuttle Launch pads 39 A and 39 B about 3 miles away. Credit: Ken Kremer
Framed inscriptions with replicas of the tributes are mounted on the north wall of Shuttle Firing Room 4 with what each design element means. Credit: Ken Kremer
Shuttle launch controllers monitor flight systems at consoles inside Firing Room 4. Windows face twin launch pads 39 A and 39 B. Credit: Ken Kremer
Hoisting Discovery inside the VAB for the final time for STS-133 mission on 9 Sept 2010. Credit: Ken Kremer
View of Shuttle Launch Pad 39 B looking out from inside Shuttle Firing Room 4 through the giant windows of the Launch Control Center at KSC. Pad 39 B is being demolished to make way for a new 21st Century launch complex. Credit: Ken Kremer
View of the VAB, Launch Control Center (center) and Ares 1 Mobile launcher (right) at KSC. Space Shuttle Firing Room 4 is inside the LCC facing the shuttle launch pads. The fate of the Mobile Launcher and KSC is unclear following the cancellation of Project Constellation. Credit: Ken Kremer
Philippine Atmospheric geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (HOPE) said Comet 103 P/Hartley appears in the Oct. 20 day.
"The Comet moves 17.95 million kilometres within country October 20 ...and will be the perihelion (mainly on the basis of the approach of the Sun), 28.October 2010 "HOPE officer free Graciano Yumul Jr. said the HOPE of the Astronomical Journal in October.
He said, the Comet is the apparent magnitude of + 5 and trekking among the constellations, Perseus and Cassiopeia from the first day of the month following that in which the Auriga and onward into the city centre is the background stars.
But he said that the observer must be familiar with the stars and constellations can easily search for comets location.
"The Binoculars and modest size, the use of the subject-matter of the Telescope, to make it easier for users to easily," he said.
On the other hand, he said, the Comet may still be visible in a normal dark sky with the naked eye condition is met.
Comet 103 P/Hartley is a small Comet, which appears regularly, 6.46 years with an orbital period of time.
It was discovered by Malcolm Hartley in 1986 is Siding spring, Australia Schmidt Telescope-The diameter of the unit. 1.2.1.6 km.
October Orionids meteor Shower is active, October 17-25.
"However, bright Full Moon interferes with this shower screen," said Yumul.
The ceilings of the shower meteors per hour can reach 15, which can be detected is favourable in the airspace under the responsibility of the condition, but sometimes it is also the highest peak of the attribute to the traditional nights during the 22 of October 21.
"The Orionids meteors are quickly and is also the fireballs. Shower for non-domestic use can be detected in the North of Betelgeuse, System Orion, Mighty Hunter brightest star" Yumul said.
Yumul said Square in the center of the stage of the Philippines to Pegasus night sky sunset, a character in the North of the invoice after arrival.
Is the North East of the Andromeda Galaxy (M31)-the Milky Way Galaxy, mainly in the market for large pipes with spiral galaxy.
"Clear Sky and Star map and familiarity with the surrounding background stars, it can be kept up to date with the support of an elongated rod-shaped Misty patch with the naked eye, and can be easily viewed in binoculars and telescopes. [1] [2] the formation of stars is called a brilliant W Cassiopeia, King Cepheus wife and Andromeda in Greek mythology, mother of the system is on the left, after the fish, the Fish are found on the system, the Pegasus square right," he said.
Equilateral triangle is also famous for the airspace under the responsibility of the Winter-triangle known as rises before midnight.
The stars formed triangle consists of Betelgeuse, super huge red star and the famous system of Orion, Sirius visible star brightest star system Canis major (the big Dog) airspace and Procyon, System Canis Minor (Little Dog), the brightest star.
9 October thin Crescent Moon related to mars and Venus w southwestern sky for 30 minutes after sunset.
Venus be shining brilliantly below, West of the southwestern horizon is three-4.4 and indicates the 11% of an illumination angle through a telescope.
It then hälytysajat within the next few days the view sky.
Mars Glow is three here and can be found in the nearly three degrees of thin Crescent Moon to the right.
Among the Three celestial body can be found in the system background-Libra, Scales of stars.
Jupiter shining-2.9 in conjunction with Uranus, which Glow, East Southeast horizon + 5.7. magnitude of the visit.
They can be found close to one another and be among the system for the fish, the Fish in the background stars.
Neptune can be found in the system, the Sea-Goat Kauriin background stars among the people, and it is is located in the East Southeast horizon above 44 degrees.
The modest size of the Telescope is needed to comply with the recommendations of the blue planet.
Saturn returns the view in the early morning sky in the month following that in which the maximum period of three weeks during the mercury is difficult due to the proximity to the Sun during the month.LBG, GMANews. TV
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By JEROME p. CURRY
jcurry@gctelegram.com
Kevin Nyberg teach Latin and Greek is Garden City high school, the focus does not often found in American public schools for the 21st century classical studies.Buy photos here!
Brad Nading/message from Kevin Nyberg, teach, and caters to his classes in Greece, the Garden City high school, and only Latin retirement than Chess team coach.He is also a demonstration of the Episcopal Church Minister; a man who is proud of his family;recently retired coach GCHS chess team, who won the Kansas 6A State 1985, 1996, 2009 and 2010; and our "Sport" astronomer.
The Greek and Latin, which are the basis for the Western modern language evolved. Without the use of Latin and Greek alphabets; should the modern not grammar and precious little what historians term Western civilization.
"It is even more than," Nyberg said.
Some 116 students take the Latin or Greek GCHS.Nyberg has been in the Southwest regional Plains Service Center Sublette since 1999--his subjects is an interactive television teaching program separate font characteristics for Latin and Greek.
"They are in my class, it provides a better context in the medical, scientific and legal terminology," said the 54-year-old researcher. "Getting them ready to view the languages of the ancients (original) provides the necessary background "many disciplines, including theology.
Today it is difficult to find the classical wishing to teach the nation prep school teachers.Preparation is so complex and cumbersome, as it is rewarding.
Nyberg, 54, and originally from Central City, Neb, is one of them. [1] [2]. He said he had been teaching Garden City Public schools. [1] [2] he graduated from the 29 years, starting from the Kearney State College, now the University of Nebraska-Kearney,, in 1978, majoring in English education in the protection of minors with speech and theatre.
He received his Masters in computer science from the University of Georgia is in 1995. [1] [2] His great was the Latin summer courses of ancient Greece in 2001.His thesis: romanization of Korean Mycenaean Saga Seneca's Agamemnon and Thyestes.
"This means training and political philosophy," he said to his thesis title.
There are many aspects of the discussion, with the obvious short Nyberg, may in his backyard, where the cherry tomatoes continues to be one of the terraces will produce fruit in mid-October, or kitchen, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, in which he washes the crew size urn coffee hour, which follows the Sunday morning services.
Nyberg, who has been married to his wife, Mary, 30 years from the date of the lay reader and eucharistic Minister Episcopal Church. [1] [2] He is not a Bishop, priest, and deacon, but a member of the laity ministering became the Episcopalian. [2] [3] in the mid-1970s.
Before that, he said: "I was canceled fundamentalist."
The teacher has had since 1977 license layreader.
He retired from coaching world chess team this year, because only so much time.
"We are defending the State champions," said the man, which uses the Garden City high school Chess team shirt of Church on Sunday morning.
In fact, this year on the status of the World Chess Championship is the second consecutive GCHS.
How to get the most out of all the competing coach to win four State Championships than he has done?
"Can you make preliminary second nature," Nyberg said. "To establish the criteria Reemphasize intact. ".
Has a different football or life, teacher suggested.
He has been a competitive Chess and astronomy to more than four decades. [1] [2] it could be that astronomy is equal to the lives of Latin and Greek, of course, they are related to the focus.. stars and Planets names to pay homage to the classical mythology Pluto Mercury, Orion Altair.
"I am the telescopes of the keeper," Nyberg said.
His Telescope in the cache, there are many, many telescopes--the majority of them his but USD 457 a few feature.
This last Wednesday night, the group set up observation GCHS Astronomy session. approximately 10 students were there the Sagebrush Road, a mile west of the site about Us Route 83 to see what they will be able to see in the sky.
Garden City grow. who already causing Astronomical Note issue.
"Light pollution," Nyberg said. "Light pollution in the city of lights. "There is a less light pollution Mount Nyberg. "
Mount Nyberg has Nyberg's backyard.
Classical studies Nyberg said, are still a major force in education and training.
Don't really have choices. determine separate font characteristics for Latin and Greek civilization.
Lebanon — Linn County Federal Credit Union calls for all to see the Moon and stars even close, the 11th annual Star Gazing through the large telescopes Extravaganza at 6: 30 Friday, October 8, Lebanon, Muscovy duck Creek Golf Course.
Free cookies and milk served 6: 30 p.m., followed by the speaker and is operated by Valley Astronomy Club, then drawing a new Orion Telescope Heart (must be a member to enter the drawing).In the evening makes the opportunity to gaze, the sky is a huge telescopes with workers from the risks related to voluntary Entek, or you can import your own telescope. blanket order or Chair is recommended.
For more information, contact, Kathleen Burt 541-918-7920 or kathleenb@linncofcu.org.
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SATURDAY
Five Planets to grace the evening sky--a brilliant Venus Evening Star, Latin America and set about glows 8 p.m. Dim Mars is 6 degrees to the right side of the Venus in the header. They drift throughout Libra stars. A huge Scorpion crawls the entire Latin America. Bright Antares (red heart) win Scorpion torso movement. Tipped Sagittarian teapot ' pours ' ' Scorpion stinger tail page. Dim Neptune Rod Kauriin, Sea Goat South blue.Crane, Crane, stretch the neck above the southern horizon starry. Fomalhaut twinkles Kurki and Neptune Southern Fish. Cetus, Whale, swims in the Southeastern horizon.
Great Square Pegasus (Winged Horse) lifts are better on the East. Bright Jupiter and Uranus can result in an increase in the blue-green to the East, sunset, 1 ° to each other.They drift in close proximity to the Earth and to shine the brightest of fish, the Fish at the end of the second week, they will be placed to the West. [1] [2] before the dawn of the 21st century. Four mainly Jupiter moons: Io, Europa, Callisto, and Ganymede, dance around once per hour by the huge parts of the globe. Telescopes reveal Jupiter's gaseous surface storm bar.
Westbound Hercules leads to Vega Lyra harp, and the Summer triangle, SG & a expenses. Select the stars: Vega (the West), Deneb (North) and Aquila Eagle, Altair (South) form a triangle. Flying Swan, Cygnus soars within the triangle.' Autumn ', ' birds ' heaven ' moves South: the Cygnus, Aquila, in accordance with the open star cluster in the Altair Duck and teapot lid.Mid-Evening, the Royal family arrives in the Northeast: King Cepheus, Queen Cassiopeia Andromeda's daughter and the Hero Perseus. Dim, eastbound Comet Hartley-2 cruises near Cassiopeia by brushing regal W-shaped system brightest star. Comet cruises 1 ° to the Perseus, eighth double star cluster below. Clear before midnight, Capella lead Auriga charioteer tank destroyer, Northeast higher. Taurus Bull brings two-star clusters: Seven Sisters (Pleiades) and the northeastern horizon Hyades above V-shaped.
MONDAY
Predawn, dazzling winter constellations drift overhead: a huge Orion, the Hunter, of West;On the basis of a two-star clusters Bull shimmer West of Zenith;brilliant blue Sirius säkenöintiä marking Orion's big Dog in the South-East; Procyon, Little Dog twinkles in the East; Gemini Twins walk plenty of North East, follow the Beehive Cluster Cancer;Capella imports the charioteer tank destroyer; Royal Family bows northwest. Leo Lion climbs higher on the East. Mercury descends on the Eastern horizon.
WEDNESDAY
Waxing Crescent, leads to the dawn of the 21st century, is higher than the Lion to the East. mercury is in the lower-left corner of the new moon.
THURSDAY
New moon occurs at 2: 44
ON FRIDAY
After the sunset, the moon shines in brief Venus young people less right. aim of the binoculars to compare mars and Antares Draconid meteors red sounds. ionising radiation slowly North late tonight and Saturday after midnight.
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In 1844, readers of the New York Sun vis-à-vis the sensational feature story, in which the adventurer who flew over the Atlantic Ocean, as well as lighter-than-air balloon. Although the Declaration was presented a wonderful technical details, such as news, the story of the author, Edgar Allan Poe, had done it.
But the master of the macabre was the thing or two about science, has pulled off a convincing hoax know said John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania historian of science. [1] [2] in fact, Poe, who wrote the origin of the universe and Cosmology, sometimes considered to be one of the earliest science fiction writers.
"Poe was fully in line with the State of tune everything that had to take place with his time in science," said Tresch, who speak "experiments, Edgar Allan Poe" on Thursday night is about Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia.
Susan Glassman, Director of Wagner, historic, Victorian era of Science Museum "the one thing most people do not know about Poe is he actually knew something about science," said.
Poe published even collect-textbook amateur bark more prejudice to one of his projects.
"We thought, it was the subject of the full implementation of the October," Glassman said."It combines the Mission-the history and science, in two parts."
It was a Poe, which is directed towards the history of science Tresch. Many people, such as Tresch was read and loved by Poe's "the Tell Tale Heart," which buries his victim and thinks, he shall consult the continuing to win the heart of the story of a murderer.
But then, the College, the size of several French Tresch became a raving about this brilliant authors philosopher Edgar Allan Poe.
"I realized that Poe had to do things far wider than just tales horror and insanity," said Tresch. Some credit Poe modern science fiction programme identifies such stories as "the Masque of the Red Death," which describes the anonymous in the event of an epidemic, and the story about Comet hitting on the setting-up of the country.
Graduate school said Tresch, he studied Poe's balloon hoax.Poe described in detail in a rich story of the newspaper feat. that the article helped the factorial, sold thousands of extra copies before the Sun editors crushed obliquely on the next day.
Poe's knowledge of science and technology are likely to be entered in his West Point, where he was a member of the cadet 1830 investigations.Poe also lived in Philadelphia for a period of six years from the year 1838.
In addition, begin to implement on their own to showcase other hoaxes Poe was known, most famously, the claim that someone had built the robot-automaton, time in a language-which could win the masters world chess. Tresch, said that he wanted to give the trick behind the hoax, but he reveal its Thursday night.
It take 150 years or so before the IBM created the actual computer Deep Blue that will win the world's best Chess player.
Poe was not willing skeptic, said she was fascinated Tresch. According to the now discredited in the form of mesmerism, hypnotism, who was a popular Poe's in a timely manner.Along with the mysterious substance Mesmerism, which believers argued that pervaded space and could be dealt with in the minds of the people affected is known.
A lot of real science also had running on time-people were fascinated to electricity and Magnetism and telescopes are to investigate the use of the universe.
Big bang theory before the end of the 19th century had came to nebular theory according to which the stars and planets were born in the cloudy kaasusumuineen, such as visible Orion's belt with one.
The idea was scandalous works, as defined by the execution of the biblical image creation, said the Nebular theory Tresch. solar system was one of the many who are born and die, he said.
Poe's detective story "murders in the Rue Morgue" his Sherlock Holmes-type character to the stare of the Orion Nebula, now known as the new stars and is likely to be a new photo-voltaic at birth.
Poe's work is full of scientific references for Tresch said.
The fact that he said Poe's stories are deeply received in the first half of the 19th century, in the case of conflict between the universe that the era of mechanical science presented the view and the so-called romantic flick espoused with the image the more holistic.
the topics in the 19th century saw the birth of backlash against science, suggests that the fight against trafficking in human beings was connected to everything else in the universe of the universe, and that worked as one large organism. Romantics anonyymipalvelimien Reductionism, they saw in science and, on the other hand, the understanding of the intuition through the prized.
Today, Antinori people struggled to understand what science was, telling them of the free will and Determinism, the nature of God.
Poe was born the same year as Charles Darwin-1809-but you do not live long enough to see the 1859 publication is the origin of species, Darwin, is used in science to show that that right of at least about the romantics were the relationship between humanity and all other living things.
In 1848 the short life of close to Poe's he published his own natural history-is known as Eureka work. "It was a straight up Cosmological, scientific work, "said Tresch. on the Poe attempted to reconcile the Romantic view of the pro-science, pro-technology in the world. [1] [2] However, Eureka, had not been very good reception.
It weaves the Pseudoscience and aroused some controversy and speculation until it reaches the border inspection post, try to paint a new picture of God, is not described in the Bible, but a great poet of the unit-something like Poe, yourself.
In the case of Manhattan's Explorers Club TEDxMidTownNY taking NASA's second command, Lori Garver, said it was time for a renewed inflow of commercial spaceflight low Earth orbit and moves the focus to the NASA's more ambitious exploration missions.
"The US space program need not be reliving past space program," he said."We have been trying to relive the Apollo 40 years."
Instead of Sending astronauts Moon Garver espoused to continue the flight to the asteroid and President Barack Obama presented by mars, a new plan., in the meantime, try moving the transporting people, NASA is liability on the part of the private sector, which has already made some-governance towards commercial spacecraft can be achieved orbit-international space station.
"We At NASA is a set of plans now commercialised space so that we can really allow the private sector to do the things that has become routine, such as, if you can believe it, transportation and storage of the low country at the same time, we at NASA orbit human do hard thing, do the following thing," Garver said.[Top 10 private spacecraft, becoming exession Reality]
Hard sell-
This new direction for NASA — amendment of the previous administration of the Constellation program to build the new Orion spacecraft and Ares rockets back to the Moon people to do — has been a hard Sell for some legislators and citizens.
Although NASA authorization bill that passed the Senate recently, mainly on the basis of the proposal from the President Obama hews, democracy and the rule of law in a large part of the Constellation, as it tries to do vis-à-vis the US House of representatives passed a Bill through the funding of the new and override some of the administration of the proposed commercial spaceflight is support.
"Tough time in Washington right now to talk about change," Garver said."But we believe truly, these are the things that are becoming different and they are necessary."
' Batch ' of Development
Garver said, he and NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Obama has had a make-appointee-governance, a new plan for the delivery of the message.
"We know there has been a lot of our ability to articulate our plan and what it is, the President has made progress with NASA," Garver told space.com. "We are in communication with all stakeholders, and it feels really all of them the absolute best processing we have space programme within the framework of the common saavuttamisasteen. "
TEDxMidTownNY is a member of the local version of the TED Conference, general interest, whose purpose is to disseminate new ideas, as the case may be, people, technology, entertainment and design communities by connecting. the event was sponsored by the Space Frontier Foundation advocacy organization, the exploitation of space.
Anousheh Ansari, the first woman in space tourists also talked about the entry on his 2006. He reminisced a trip to the international space station data — the fourth anniversary of his flight is on Saturday — and fears Garver n hopes to shade the commercial space industry.
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In 1844, readers of the New York Sun vis-à-vis the sensational feature story, in which the adventurer who flew over the Atlantic Ocean, as well as lighter-than-air balloon. Although the Declaration was presented a wonderful technical details, such as news, the story of the author, Edgar Allan Poe, had done it.
But the master of the macabre was the thing or two about science, has pulled off a convincing hoax know said John Tresch, University of Pennsylvania historian of science. [1] [2] in fact, Poe, who wrote the origin of the universe and Cosmology, sometimes considered to be one of the earliest science fiction writers.
"Poe was fully in line with the State of tune everything that had to take place with his time in science," said Tresch, who speak "experiments, Edgar Allan Poe" on Thursday night is about Wagner Free Institute of Science in Philadelphia.
Susan Glassman, Director of Wagner, historic, Victorian era of Science Museum "the one thing most people do not know about Poe is he actually knew something about science," said.
Poe published even collect-textbook amateur bark more prejudice to one of his projects.
"We thought, it was the subject of the full implementation of the October," Glassman said."It combines the Mission-the history and science, in two parts."
It was a Poe, which is directed towards the history of science Tresch. Many people, such as Tresch was read and loved by Poe's "the Tell Tale Heart," which buries his victim and thinks, he shall consult the continuing to win the heart of the story of a murderer.
But then, the College, the size of several French Tresch became a raving about this brilliant authors philosopher Edgar Allan Poe.
"I realized that Poe had to do things far wider than just tales horror and insanity," said Tresch. Some credit Poe modern science fiction programme identifies such stories as "the Masque of the Red Death," which describes the anonymous in the event of an epidemic, and the story about Comet hitting on the setting-up of the country.
Graduate school said Tresch, he studied Poe's balloon hoax.Poe described in detail in a rich story of the newspaper feat. that the article helped the factorial, sold thousands of extra copies before the Sun editors crushed obliquely on the next day.
Poe's knowledge of science and technology are likely to be entered in his West Point, where he was a member of the cadet 1830 investigations.Poe also lived in Philadelphia for a period of six years from the year 1838.
In addition, begin to implement on their own to showcase other hoaxes Poe was known, most famously, the claim that someone had built the robot-automaton, time in a language-which could win the masters world chess. Tresch, said that he wanted to give the trick behind the hoax, but he reveal its Thursday night.
It take 150 years or so before the IBM created the actual computer Deep Blue that will win the world's best Chess player.
Poe was not willing skeptic, said she was fascinated Tresch. According to the now discredited in the form of mesmerism, hypnotism, who was a popular Poe's in a timely manner.Along with the mysterious substance Mesmerism, which believers argued that pervaded space and could be dealt with in the minds of the people affected is known.
A lot of real science also had running on time-people were fascinated to electricity and Magnetism and telescopes are to investigate the use of the universe.
Big bang theory before the end of the 19th century had came to nebular theory according to which the stars and planets were born in the cloudy kaasusumuineen, such as visible Orion's belt with one.
The idea was scandalous works, as defined by the execution of the biblical image creation, said the Nebular theory Tresch. solar system was one of the many who are born and die, he said.
Poe's detective story "murders in the Rue Morgue" his Sherlock Holmes-type character to the stare of the Orion Nebula, now known as the new stars and is likely to be a new photo-voltaic at birth.
Poe's work is full of scientific references for Tresch said.
The fact that he said Poe's stories are deeply received in the first half of the 19th century, in the case of conflict between the universe that the era of mechanical science presented the view and the so-called romantic flick espoused with the image the more holistic.
the topics in the 19th century saw the birth of backlash against science, suggests that the fight against trafficking in human beings was connected to everything else in the universe of the universe, and that worked as one large organism. Romantics anonyymipalvelimien Reductionism, they saw in science and, on the other hand, the understanding of the intuition through the prized.
Today, Antinori people struggled to understand what science was, telling them of the free will and Determinism, the nature of God.
Poe was born the same year as Charles Darwin-1809-but you do not live long enough to see the 1859 publication is the origin of species, Darwin, is used in science to show that that right of at least about the romantics were the relationship between humanity and all other living things.
In 1848 the short life of close to Poe's he published his own natural history-is known as Eureka work. "It was a straight up Cosmological, scientific work, "said Tresch. on the Poe attempted to reconcile the Romantic view of the pro-science, pro-technology in the world. [1] [2] However, Eureka, had not been very good reception.
It weaves the Pseudoscience and aroused some controversy and speculation until it reaches the border inspection post, try to paint a new picture of God, is not described in the Bible, but a great poet of the unit-something like Poe, yourself.
The image is not a new infrared device to ESO Telescope reveals extraordinary investigation VISTA horizontal Glowing dark clouds will be paid to the gas, and the young stars of the Unicorn (Unicorn) within the system. A star is to comprise an area called Yksisarvisen R2 is embedded in a huge dark cloud. Region, almost completely obscured by Interstellar dust visible light seen in the light of the fact, but it is a great choice for your stay in infrared.
Active Stellar Nursery is hidden in a dark cloud plenty of massive molecules and dust Yksisarvisen within the system. Even if it appears in close more familiar with the Orion Nebula is actually almost twice as far away from the sky of the earth around 2700 light years distance.Visible in the light of the massive grouping creates a beautiful collection of hot stars kaasusumuineen If the reflection is scattered dark blue starlight, parts of the molecular cloud layers sumuiset. However, the majority of new-born massive stars remain hidden, such as thick in the interstellar dust is used strong ultraviolet and visible light.
This gorgeous infrared image taken of the Paranal Observatory ESO: Northern Chile, the visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA [1], eso0949) penetrates the curtain is dark cosmic dust and reveal an astonishing detail dispose, finds and filaments sculpted dusty Interstellar substances fierce winds and hot young particle stars of the radiation emitted by.
"When this picture first, so only I said" Wow! " I was surprised to see all of the dust Streamers so clearly Yksisarvisen R2 cluster, as well as the Jets very young stars of the embedded objects. Jim Emerson Queen Mary, University of London and Vista-Director of the Consortium is large, the richness of VISTA images showed exciting detail of "says.
A huge field of vision, a large mirror and sensitive camera VISTA is ideal for a wide range of high quality infrared images of the deep, large areas of airspace, taking into account such as Yksisarvisen R2-region. VISTA's field of vision of a width of approximately 80 light-years correspond to the date of entry into force of this distance.Since the dust is largely transparent to infrared wavelengths, many young stars, which is not able to view a list of visible light images of Massive these stars occurred. are less than ten million years old.
The new image is created for the risk weighting of exposures to near infrared spectrum of three different sections. Molecular clouds, such as Yksisarvisen R2 at low temperatures is available and relatively high Eläintiheydet allow molecules form, such as hydrogen, which, under certain conditions, for onward transmission to vigorously with the aid of the near infrared. Many of the pink and Red structures that appear in the VISTA image are probably because the outflow of young stars from molecular hydrogen glows.
Monoceros R2 is dense core, to the extent that is packaged in a very massive young stars of the bright infrared sources, which are usually still-born massive stars surround the dusty disks in the cluster can contain up to two light-years.In this region is in the middle of the picture, where the stars of the much larger concentration is visible in close inspection and if visibly pinkish properties indicate the emissions are likely to be the molecular hydrogen.
In the middle of the picture Rightmost bright clouds is NGC 2170, brightest reflection nebula, in this region. Visible light kaasusumuineen appear bright, pale blue Islands dark ocean, Hurja infrared factories are revealed in their interior entisöintiä, if hundreds of massive Stars will become.NGC 2170 appears through a small Telescope, and the pattern was discovered by William Herschel from England in 1784.
The form in the process, which lasts, as a general rule, a few million years and which takes place in large Interstellar clouds of gas and particulate pollutants from internal combustion engines, light-years hundreds of miles in the interstellar dust. [1] [2] because the stars is visible light, infrared and radio-opaque comments are crucial to the understanding of the early stages of stellar evolution.By combining the southern sky to systematically collect some 300 GB VISTA night, will give the regions, which will be examined in more detail according to the very Large Telescope (VLT), Atacama large one-/submillimeter array (ALMA), and, in the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT), a huge amount of information.
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[1] Its 4.1 m in front of the primary mirror, VISTA is the world's largest research telescope and is equipped with the largest infrared camera, all of the Telescope with 67 million pixels in size.It is dedicated to the sky investigations, which started already in 2010.The peak of Cerro Paranal, northern Chile, the home of the ESO VLT is located next to the VISTA share exceptional observing conditions. Alan Atacama-Desert, kuivimmista Web sites over the surface of the Earth, to be paid to the quality of the airspace is noted for building a conduit from the Cerro Armazones is located only 20 km away from the Cerro Paranal, has recently selected as the site in the future, the E-ELT.
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