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First Light: Kind of Nifty
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A journey through the cosmos. Thursday, March 15, 2012. From the cover of Scientific American March 14, 1874. Darn I'm a day late.). Cute, but I don't think the design would have worked. You can either zoom in or click to download the image. I did, however, include a virus. (I'm just kidding. I shouldn't joke about that.should I? Embed src="http:/ embedit.in/27gPMJAL5i.swf" height="400" width="466" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true". Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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First Light: Little Bang, Big Boom!
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A journey through the cosmos. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Little Bang, Big Boom! During the first half of the twentieth century, two theories of our cosmic origin were gaining popularity among scientists. The first theory, originally proposed by Fred Hoyle, was that of a steady state universe: one that had always existed and would forever exist, unchanged. The other theory was first proposed by Georges. Suggested that the universe was born as the result of a singular, highly e. The Cosmic Microwave Backg...
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First Light: Here we go...
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A journey through the cosmos. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Let's talk about the speed of light. I'm serious. I know this may seem remedial and basic, but our perception of the universe is entirely dependent on this seemingly simple concept. The following paragraph is paraphrased from our book, so if you read chapter 3, feel free to skip ahead). A measure of time. Don't be fooled. 1 ly = 9,460,730,472,580.8 km. 5,878,625,373,183.6 mi. 63,241.1 AU. By using (wait for it) the 200" Hale telescope, Allan Sandage...
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First Light: You want to do what?!
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A journey through the cosmos. Saturday, January 14, 2012. You want to do what? People often ask me what I'm studying in school. If I respond with physics or astronomy, the question that inevitably follows is, "What are you going to do with that? Generally, the tone of complete and utter confusion tells me that people don't fully grasp the importance of physics, nor do they realize that people actually work as astronomers. So, let's talk about what an astronomer is. This is an astronomer:. I admit that st...
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First Light: Celestial Cheese
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A journey through the cosmos. Thursday, January 12, 2012. Choosing a name for this blog seemed to be an unnecessarily difficult task for me. Given that the topic (astronomy, if that wasn't made clear by the title) is exactly what I'm trying to learn, picking a name that didn't make me look like a complete fool seemed tricky. When racking my brain got me nowhere, I began to reference books and the interweb. Hoping to find a good alliterative phrase, I first scanned a list of astronomy terms. No luck.
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First Light: Who knew science could be so juicy?
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A journey through the cosmos. Thursday, January 26, 2012. Who knew science could be so juicy? I hadn't intended on posting more about Palomar Observatory. Really. But it deserves one more shout out. Today marks the anniversary of the day the 200" Hale telescope saw its first light. I sort of mentioned it in my last post, but Palomar Observatory is historically significant because it is the thing that allowed astronomy to flourish in Southern California. Without even trying, Caltech had accumulated its ow...
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First Light: March 2012
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A journey through the cosmos. Sunday, March 18, 2012. I want to talk about light pollution. But I have a lot to say, so I am going to break it into two separate blogs. The political issues of today are predominately those that are relatable for the masses: money and the religious affiliation (or spiritual philosophy) on which each of us builds our own personal identity. So, the key is to make people care. About human impact on the earth and, conversely, the impact the entire universe has on us.
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First Light: January 2012
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A journey through the cosmos. Sunday, January 29, 2012. Let's talk about the speed of light. I'm serious. I know this may seem remedial and basic, but our perception of the universe is entirely dependent on this seemingly simple concept. The following paragraph is paraphrased from our book, so if you read chapter 3, feel free to skip ahead). A measure of time. Don't be fooled. 1 ly = 9,460,730,472,580.8 km. 5,878,625,373,183.6 mi. 63,241.1 AU. By using (wait for it) the 200" Hale telescope, Allan Sandage...
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First Light: February 2012
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A journey through the cosmos. Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Little Bang, Big Boom! During the first half of the twentieth century, two theories of our cosmic origin were gaining popularity among scientists. The first theory, originally proposed by Fred Hoyle, was that of a steady state universe: one that had always existed and would forever exist, unchanged. The other theory was first proposed by Georges. Suggested that the universe was born as the result of a singular, highly e. The Cosmic Microwave Backg...
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First Light: Going for it...
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A journey through the cosmos. Sunday, March 18, 2012. I want to talk about light pollution. But I have a lot to say, so I am going to break it into two separate blogs. The political issues of today are predominately those that are relatable for the masses: money and the religious affiliation (or spiritual philosophy) on which each of us builds our own personal identity. So, the key is to make people care. About human impact on the earth and, conversely, the impact the entire universe has on us.
