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7 miles per second, 7 Astronauts and 7 Pizzas
*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-: Greetings Fellow Stargazer, I love happy endings. STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and Outer Space, July-August, 2005 landed safely. STS-114 was NASA's first Shuttle mission since the February 1st, 2003 loss of Columbia and her crew on mission STS-107. The below link shows some great pictures of the mission: http://shuttle.airshowjournal.com/sts114 If you could accelerate 7 pizzas to 7 miles per second, then they could be projected into outer space and sent to the Shuttle when it was in orbit. If the astronauts missed catching them as they went by, then the pizzas could be headed for the red pizza planet, Mars! What a waste, even if Mars is getting brighter and closer than normal! Better would to bring those pizza's to the September 24th Star Party at Dillingham Air Field and we can look for some red giants. Yes I will be wearing red!!! Speaking to Star Parties, you are invited to one this month! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Star Party Invitation for September 24th, Sponsored by the Hawaiian Astronomical Society http://www.hawastsoc.org Dillingham Airfield - before sunset 7ish pm) (Star Party Directions are at the end of this message) Bring: http://www.bishopmuseum.org/planetar.../09/sept05.pdf Here is where I go to check the weather on a Star Party Night: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/ra...&scale=1&noclu tter=0&ID=HMO&type=N0R&lat=0&lon=0&label=you If it is clear, you will be able to see many astronomical sights. It's now that time of year to see Jupiter, the Ring Nebula, M13, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Pisces and many other heavenly bodies! If you won't be in Hawaii, fear not. Check this link for a Star Party near you! http://SkyandTelescope.com/resources/organizations/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Modern Math now called GoogleMath Just how fast is 7 miles/second in miles per hour? Send me the answer if you figure it out... once you hit the send button it will only take a jiffy before I receive your email! If you forget to send it, that OK... at least your not as forgetful as a goldfish. A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. By the way, a "jiffy" is an actual unit of time equal to 1/100th of a second! Most kids these days just go do GoogleMath: http://www.google.com and type in: 7 miles per second in mph Google does it all. Do you how much a google is? Well it is simply: 10 to the 100th power. But how what is a googleplex? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Mighty Magnetar What do you call a neutron star with a super-strong magnetic field? You guessed it ... a Magnetar. Imagine a star with more mass than the sun, the density of a neutron, and a magnetic field about a thousand trillion (a 1 followed by 15 zeros) times stronger than Earth's. It sounds exotic and theoretical, but strong evidence for the existence of magnetars has recently been announced based on data from orbiting X-ray and Gamma-ray observatories. Neutron stars are formed in the violent crucibles of stellar explosions. Some become pulsars with relatively weak magnetic fields, spinning and emitting pulses of electromagnetic radiation as their rotation slows. However, astronomers now believe that some become magnetars, with magnetic fields so intense that the solid neutron star crust buckles and shifts under its influence. The resulting star quakes could repeatedly generate brief flashes of hard X-rays and soft gamma-rays giving rise to the rare but mysterious "soft gamma repeaters" (not to be confused with " gamma-ray bursters"!). =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= If you miss this month's HAS Star Party then join us at the next: ***** 2005 ***** October 22nd December 3rd ***** 2006 ***** January 21st =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Cosmic Gall by: John Updike Neutrinos they are very small. They have no charge and have no mass And do not interact at all. The earth is just a silly ball To them, through which they simply pass, Like dustmaids down a drafty hall Or photons through a sheet of glass. They snub the most exquisite gas, Ignore the most substantial wall, Cold-shoulder steel and sounding brass, Insult the stallion in his stall, And, scorning barriers of class, Infiltrate you and me! Like tall And painless guillotines, they fall Down through our heads into the grass. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= The Wanderers (The Planets) this Month Mercury is hidden in the glow of sunset. Venus (magnitude *3.9) shines in the west-southwest in early dusk. Mars (magnitude *1.4, in Aries) rises fiery orange in the east around 9 or 9:30 p.m. It shines high in the southeast after midnight. Each week Mars is rising earlier and getting larger and brighter as it moves closer to Earth. In a telescope it's now a very respectable 16.5 arcseconds wide; in late October Mars will reach a maximum apparent diameter of 20 arcseconds. Jupiter (magnitude *1.7) can still be spotted in early twilight. Look very low in the west, far to the lower right of brighter Venus. Jupiter is getting lower every day. Saturn (magnitude +0.4, in Cancer) is in the east in early dawn, below Pollux and Castor. Don't confuse Saturn with similar-looking Procyon off to its right. Before first light, binoculars will show the big Beehive star cluster, M44, only about 1° to Saturn's left or upper left. Uranus and Neptune (magnitudes 5.7 and 7.9, respectively, in Aquarius and Capricornus) are well up in the southeast during evening. Pluto (magnitude 14, in Serpens Cauda) is getting low in the southwest after dark. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Annual Meteor Showers Quadrantids: January Virginids: March/April Lyrids: April Scorpiids: May Delta Aquarids: July Perseids August Piscids: September Orionids: October Leonids: November Geminids: December =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Find what is moving overhead after sunset: http://www.bester.com/ http://liftoff.msfc.nasa.gov/RealTim.../JTrack3d.html Check out when the next Iridium Satellite is available for you to see: http://www.heavens-above.com/Neighbo...PlaceID=593409 (for non Oahu Star Gazers...) http://www.heavens-above.com/selectt...p?CountryID=US =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Check out: http://www.seds.org/messier/xtra/12months/m-sep-i.html and bring the above list... As for the rest of the Messiers, check out http://www.hawastsoc.org/deepsky/messier.html It also has a link to: http://www.hawastsoc.org/messier/index.html (all the Messier Objects as photographed by HAS's local Jay Wrathall) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Star Party Directions (http://www.hawastsoc.org/directions/dillingham.html) To reach the Dillingham observing site, take the H2 to the end at Schofield Barracks. Drive past Schofield and follow the signs to Waialua. At the Y intersection at Waialua, bear left and pass under the bridge. Drive out of town a few miles until you reach Dillingham Airfield. Dillingham is several miles long. It has three gates. You need to drive to the far end to the third gate (marked as Gate 1 on the color map). When you enter the gate, the road will curve left behind some hangars. It will then take you through a very sharp S curve. 1/4 mile beyond that is a stop sign in the middle of nowhere. Turn right at the stop sign, and you will be there. You can find me by looking for the big red telescope in the corner with a table with lots of pizza on it. You will need to reach the site before sunset in order to find the gate open!!! A few words on light. We try to maintain dark conditions at the site. Therefore we have certain rules about light. First, no white flashlights. The only flashlights that you should use are not too bright, red ones. When entering and exiting the site, do not use headlights. Some cars now can't turn off their headlights. If you have a car like that please park nearer the windsock then the telescopes. Point it away from the telescopes. Headlights make you lose your night vision for up to 30 minutes. It immediately ruins any astro photography that might be in progress. Bring some warm clothes, something to sit on, some real powerful bug spray, a dim or red covered flashlight and some munches to share with your friends. Remember there is an absolute need to remain clear of the runway, and anyone attending the star party needs to remain in the immediate star party area. Do not be wandering around in areas where we are not permitted. Especially near any planes (parked or moving)! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Bishop Museum Planetarium Happenings http://www.bishopmuseum.org/visitors/dailyschedule.html Daily Planetarium schedule: (808) 848-4136 for pre-recorded planetarium schedule. 11:30 a.m. The Stars Tonight (40 Minutes) 12:30 p.m. Explorers of Polynesia in Japanese, (30 Minutes) 1:00 p.m. Deep Impact: Rendezvous With a Come, (30 Minutes) 2:30-3:15p.m. Observatory is open for solar viewing 3:30 p.m. Explorers of Polynesia (in English, 45 Minutes) Barry Peckham will host the Sky Tonight program on the first Friday of each month. Reservations are required as there is limited seating in the planetarium. Call 848-4168 for information and reservations. Tickets cost $4 for adults, $3 for kids, free to Bishop Museum members and Hawaiian Astronomical Society members. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= After Dark with Stars in the Park Waikele Community Park OR... Kahala Park (Weather permitting) ***** 2005 ***** October 8th November 5th December 10th ***** 2006 ***** January 7th FROM DUSK to 9:30 PM Bring your children! Tell your friends! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Visit the cosmos via: The HAS HomePage: http://www.hawastsoc.org/ or go to (or show up at meeting 7:30pm first Tue of month) and check out the Bishop Museum Planetarium Home Page http://bishopmuseum.org/exhibits/pla...anetarium.html and the Institute for Astronomy Colloquia/Seminars http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ http://apollo-society.org/launchpad39_A.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Keep Looking Sky Ward...Gary Ward http://homepage.mac.com/macyoda/PhotoAlbum6.html -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net |
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"Starlord" wrote in message ... 7 miles per second, 7 Astronauts and 7 Pizzas *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-: Greetings Fellow Stargazer, I love happy endings. STS-114 Space Shuttle Discovery Mission Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and Outer Space, July-August, 2005 landed safely. STS-114 was NASA's first Shuttle mission since the February 1st, 2003 loss of Columbia and her crew on mission STS-107. The below link shows some great pictures of the mission: http://shuttle.airshowjournal.com/sts114 Some very nice images there, thanks for the link. |
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