July 20, 2019 marks the 50 years of Apollo 11, the first ever space mission to the Moon.
What better words can be there to celebrate this enchanting journey.
On the sea of heaven the waves of cloud ⛅ arise, And the moon’s ship is seen sailing ⛵ To hide in a forest of stars.
This poem is from Manyoshu – ‘Collection of 1000 Japanese Poems’ . It is mentioned in the book “Hope is a Decision: Selected Essays” by Dr. Daisaku Ikeda
In The Wonderleaf Reading Club Meet Up, we read this poem together. Children had a lot to share about this magical poem.
It was an energetic meetup with a quiz on Space Trivia as well. It was wonderful to know the depth and width of their knowledge on the subject.
I am sure the sky, Moon, Sun and the vastness of the space has always fascinated us since generations and will continue to do so in the times to come..


Stargazing with an Astrophysicist in Blue Mountains
Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing Southern Hemisphere night sky with this stargazing experience guided by an astrophysicist boasting over ten years of expertise. Learn the art of identifying constellations using just the naked eye and explore the wonders of the cosmos through a professional-grade telescope. Depending on the night and time of year, your celestial journey may reveal lunar craters, the planets Mars and Venus, Saturn’s magnificent rings, Jupiter’s moons, the ethereal Orion Nebula, and much more. Enjoy the enchantment of stargazing with a professional telescope, ensuring a remarkable celestial encounter. The experience is wheelchair and stroller accessible, and you can savor warm or cold drinks, weather permitting. The tour is conducted in both English and French languages, providing a personalized and informative stargazing adventure in the Blue Mountains.


I am in the middle of writing an engine based on Monogame which eventually will be open source.
It is targeted at flight simulators rather than a normal game engine, which obviously comes with it’s own massive set of issues.
At the moment I am adding stars and planets to the engine.
I have a table of some 9000 bright sky objects which I position in the sky based on date, time, latitude and longitude.
They are rendered very efficiently by spritebatch, thanks to one of Shawn Hargreaves little blog posts.
My problem now is turning them on and off realistically.
When the camera is at ground level it’s pretty easy,it’s just a function of the angle between horizontal and the sun position.
However when you are at altitude, it becomes much more complex.
Once you get high enough, the stars are visible regardless of time of day.
Has anyone come across any documents or code related to this?
I really don’t want to add a frigg to the code that kinda almost works, I would much rather have some kind of real world solution.
My gut feeling is that I need to start with a ray that goes from the camera position to the sun position.
Then a ray that goes from the camera to the nearest point on the Earth to the sun.
The angle between them should give me one factor in the equation, the other has to be some factor calculated based on the thickness of the atmosphere at the camera altitude.
But I am not sure.
This is what I currently have.
Any ideas gratefully received.


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When material touches surface black hole, it becomes near-perfect copy of itself: Study
In a paper posted online to the arXiv preprint server, a physics professor of Ohio State University took proved mathematically that black holes are not necessarily arbiters of doom.
Samir Mathur claims the firewall theory has loophole and black holes create holograms rather than being ruthless killers. He mentioned that world could be captured by a black hole and people wouldn't even notice.
Samir Mathur, professor of physics at The Ohio State University, said they are actually tangled-up balls of cosmic string and are absolutory normal.
According to him, if Earth was sucked into a black hole, humans would not even notice as it would become a hologram copy and continue to exist.
However, when a group of researchers recently tried to build on Mathur's theory, they concluded that the surface of the fuzzball was actually a firewall.
According to the firewall theory, the surface of the fuzzball is deadly. However, Mathur and his team have come to a completely different conclusion, which states that black holes not as killers, but rather as benign copy machines of a sort.
The team mentioned that when material touches the surface of a black hole, it becomes a hologram, a near-perfect copy of itself that continues to exist just as before.
There is a hypothesis in physics called complementarity, which requires that any such hologram created by a black hole be a perfect copy of the original. The theory was first proposed by Stanford University physicist Leonard Susskind in 1993.
Mathur's research team has developed a modified model of complementarity, in which they assume an imperfect hologram forms.


Without the sun, there would be no life on Earth—and, therefore, no you! You can thank the sun each morning for everything that makes this world and this life something special. Your relationship with the sun isn’t all about gratitude, though: Though plenty of cultures have worshipped the sun, it’s no God. The sun is a star, and its enormous and powerful output can help and hurt your health, your lifestyle, and your home.
The Power of the Sun
It’s hard to understate just how powerful the sun is. The sun is so large that a million Earth could fit inside. Instead, that space is taken up by gas—so much of it that the sun accounts for more than 99 percent of all mass in the solar system. Inside the sun, the temperature is around 15 million degrees Celsius. At noon in Texas, the sunlight reaching the Texas landscape contains more energy more than 300 times greater than the output of all the power plants in the world combined.
The sun is actually fairly moderate in size and power—by star standards, anyway. But that’s for the best because a powerful enough star would make life here impossible. The power of the sun is just enough to help life on Earth flourish. It’s also powerful enough to hurt you, though, which is why it’s so important to understand your relationship with the sun.
The Sun and Your Skin
The sun can feel great on your skin—or, if you wait long enough, it can feel miserable. Sunlight can give you a great tan and help your body metabolize vitamin D, but it’s not solely a good thing. Too much sun can burn your skin. Over time, lots of sun exposure can significantly increase your risk of skin cancer.
That’s why it’s so important to protect your skin, explain the experts at LUMASOL, a company that specializes in SPF cream and offers convenient subscription delivery options. Experts agree that you should be wearing SPF cream every day, all year long. Sunscreen isn’t just for summer months, and it’s certainly not just for sunny days and visits to the park or the beach. The sun’s ultraviolet light is shining right through the clouds (as well as through some fabrics and weak creams and makeup), even though you can’t see it. So make sure that you put some SPF protection on your skin every single day, all year long.
The Sun and Your Sleep
The sun hasn’t just made life on Earth possible; it also still regulates the daily and seasonal schedules of most living things. While some strange animals have evolved to live in dark caves or the deep ocean, where the sun’s impact is felt only indirectly, most others live in a world where the sun rises and sets—even if those things may happen months apart, as is the case in some extreme northern and southern locations on the globe. For most animals, the rising and setting of the sun dictate when it’s time to eat, sleep, and perform other basic functions.
We’re no exception. Our circadian rhythms are tied to the sun, which means that a healthy sleep cycle is tied to the rising and setting of the sun. That’s why we should strive to respect the sun’s schedule and rest when it’s dark. Going to bed and waking up at the same time every day is a smart way to respond to our natural programming and get the most out of our healthy sleep each night. And if you have to get up before the sun does, consider using a wake-up light, which will help you emulate the natural rising process.
The Sun and Your Home
We human beings have evolved to live in ways that our ancestors could only have dreamed of, but locking ourselves up in our homes doesn’t mean escaping the influence of the sun. Your home life should take the sun into account!
That can mean designing rooms and homes such that light pours in through windows during the day. It can mean harnessing the sun’s power, too, point out experts who offer solar panels in Arizona: The sun is a source of clean energy, and using solar panels can save homeowners money in the long run. The sun is also an essential concern for landscapers and gardeners, of course. Living in harmony with the sun means a healthier, happier life and a more beautiful and functional home.


First U.S. Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog (UCAC1) March 2000 ===========================================================
1) Introduction 2) Summary of the project 3) Properties of the catalog and important notes for the user 4) Files contained on this CD-ROM 5) Data formats 6) Description of utility software 7) References
1) Introduction --------------- This is the "readme" file of the UCAC1 distribution. The UCAC1 is a high density, highly accurate, astrometric catalog of over 27 million stars in the Southern Hemisphere in the magnitude range of about 8 to 16. This is the first release of an ongoing project to observe the entire sky. For up-to-date information see our Web page at http://ad.usno.navy.mil/ucac/ .
The UCAC1 is a preliminary catalog. By avoiding all "problem cases" it is not complete. Positions, proper motions and errors are provided, together with approximate magnitudes. The positional precision is about 20 mas for 9 to 14 mag and 70 mas at 16th mag. The errors of the proper motions are very heterogenous, ranging from 1 to 35 mas/yr.
The project and this catalog are described in detail in a paper prepared for The Astronomical Journal (AJ), Zacharias et al.(2000). A version of that and other related papers will be placed on our Web page. The data are freely available; however, any publication utilizing these data should make proper reference to USNO and the paper mentioned above.
Included with the CD-ROM is also some utility software. This is not required to use the data; however, this software serves as an example for a fast access to the data. No guarantee or support is provided.
The main data are compressed (gzipp'ed and tar'ed), thus software to uncompress the data is required by the user. The CD should work on a variety of platforms and operating systems, including Linux and Unix, Mac and MS Windows.
2) Summary of the project ------------------------- a) Observations --------------- The UCAC is a new observational program, using the U.S. Naval Observatory Twin Astrograph and a 4k by 4k CCD camera, covering just over 1 square degree per frame with a scale of 0.9"/pixel. The CCD is a thick, Kodak device with 9 micrometer pixel size. The camera, made by Spectral Instruments, is peltier cooled to about -18 C. Observations started in January 1998 at Cerro Tololo Interamerican Observatory (CTIO) and are continuing. This first catalog contains data observed through 07 November 1999 at which time about 80% of the Southern Hemisphere was completed. Full sky coverage is expected by early 2003 after a re-location of the instrument to the Northern Hemisphere planned for early 2001.
A 2-fold, center-in-corner overlap pattern was adopted on a 0.5 degree grid, starting at the South Celestial Pole. Each field was observed with a long (100 to 150 sec) and a short (20 to 30 sec) exposure. An extensive quality control rejected over 10% of the frames taken. All raw (pixel) data are saved.
Observations are made in a single bandpass (579-642 nm) and UCAC magnitudes are between Johnson V and R. No attempt has been made to provide good photometric data. In fact, observing progresses even during nights with cirrus clouds. The red-corrected, 20 cm aperture, 5-element lens of the astrograph provides a 9 degree field of view (designed for photographic plates), thus only a fraction is utilized with our CCD camera, centered on the optical axis.
The telescope is being actively guided, using the other, visually- corrected lens of the twin-astrograph with an ST-4 autoguider. Operation is automated using a PC and a single board computer. An HP-Unix workstation is used for on-line reductions.
b) Reductions ------------- A combination of Hipparcos, Tycho-1 and ACT data were used as the reference star catalog for the CCD frame reductions. For each individual frame about 10 to 40 reference stars were used. For various reasons no successful solution for 245 CCD frames (out of 79,931) was obtained and thus these frames were excluded from this preliminary catalog. Individual problem stars, particularly multiple stars, are excluded as well. Saturated images of stars were not used, thus no bright stars are included. Depending on atmospheric conditions, the cut-off at the bright end is around magnitude 8. Weighted mean positions were produced from the individual positions. Only stars with 2 or more images are included in this catalog. Stars with a formal standard error exceeding 200 mas in either coordinate were excluded.
Proper motions of bright stars (8 to 12.5) were derived using a combination of ground-based astrometric catalogs, Hipparcos, and Tycho-2 positions. Those proper motions are very accurate with internal errors of about 2 mas/yr mainly due to the large epoch differences involved. For the fainter stars the USNO A2.0 (Monet, 1998) was used as first epoch. Typical errors for these stars are estimated to be 10 to 35 mas/yr, primarily depending on the epoch of the photographic plates used in the USNO A2.0 catalogue. Unfortunately the epoch difference between the A2.0 in the South and the UCAC1 data is very small (sometimes less than 10 years) causing large errors in the proper motions.
3) Properties of the Catalog and important notes for the user ------------------------------------------------------------- - Sky coverage: from South Celestial Pole to between -21 and -5.5 degree declination. The northern limit is a function of right ascension (see the plot skycov.ps).
- Completeness: the UCAC1 is NOT complete, neither in the above mentioned sky coverage, nor for individual stars:
-- A few areas (mainly in extended, dark clouds) have long OR short OR both exposures missing (see reduction section above). Depending on how many other, overlapping frames are available, this could mean: a) faint stars (>14mag) are missing, or, b) bright stars (<10) are missing, or, c) all stars are missing Only a small fraction of the sky (in the area covered here) will be affected, maybe about 100 isolated spots of 0.5degree width.
-- Multiple stars within about 3 arcsec are excluded in every case.
-- All "problem stars", e.g. with large internal errors in the image combine step are excluded.
-- In case no unique match for the proper motion determination could be made, the star was removed from the current catalog, resulting in a loss of about 13% of the stars.
-- If a star's proper motion was found to be larger than 200 mas/yr and it is based on only 2 catalogs (i.e. UCAC1 and A2.0), the star was excluded from the present catalog. A large excess of these "high proper motion" stars (330,000) were found, most of which are likely to be artifacts of the currently adopted matching routine.
- Galaxies: the UCAC1 contains some galaxies, particularly at the faint end. No flag indicating a galaxy or star is provided with this preliminary catalog; however, extended objects are very unlikely to be listed in the UCAC1 due to the detection and reduction procedure adopted for UCAC1.
- Magnitude range: about 8th to 16th magnitude in a 579-642 nm bandpass which is between visual (V) and red (R). The limiting magnitude typically varies by +- 0.3 mag, can be more in some areas. The bright cut-off varies even more.
- Magnitudes are only approximate with an estimated error of about 0.3 mag for the majority of stars and much worse in some cases. The relative precision over <0.5 degree and medium magnitude range can be much better, maybe 0.1 mag. Note: some data were obtained in non-photometric conditions. Magnitudes are only provided for identification purposes.
- Positions are on the Hipparcos system, i.e. the International Celestial Reference System (ICRS), which is consistent with "J2000".
- Positions are given at the mean epoch of observation, which ranges from Feb.1998 to Nov.1999.
- For the majority of stars, the proper motions are very preliminary, intended to update the star positions to a recent epoch. In some cases it might be advisable not to use the proper motions at all.
- For the Tycho-2 (and other AC) stars in UCAC1 the provided proper motions are very precise (1 to 3 mas/yr) and accurate (systematic errors typically 0.5 mas/yr or less).
- Identification: explicit star numbers are not provided. It is recommended to use the running line number over all data (index files, see below) and use an 8-digit after the string "1UCAC" (compliant with IAU recommendations). Example: "1UCAC00000001" would be the first star in the first zone, while "1UCAC27425433" is the last star in our current catalog. Also, the position of a star can be used as identifier in any case.
- The data are arranged in declination zones of 0.5 degree width starting at the South Pole. There is a separate file for each zone in the directory "u1" after you uncompress the "u1.tar.gz" (see below). The individual files are sorted by right ascension, one line for each star.
4) Files contained on this CD-ROM --------------------------------- This CD-ROM contains the following files:
readme.txt = This file (with CR/LF end of line convention).
skycov.ps = PostScript file of a plot showing the sky coverage of the UCAC1 data. Areas not covered by dots are not included in this release. However, areas covered with dots need not necessarily have stars in UCAC1 (see remarks about completeness above).
u1.tar.gz = Main data in compressed format. You need software to uncompress this file. For MS Windows you may use the "WinZip" utility. On a Unix (Linux) machine issue the following command, after you copied the file to disk:
tar -xvzf u1.tar.gz
The uncompressed data are about 1.8 GB, consisting of the directory "u1". This contains the 169 individual zone files "z001" to "z169" which are in plain ASCII, in a format compatible with your machine.
unix = Directory with utility software (see below), and index files for zones and boxes (see below). All files in this directory have 1 byte as end of line marks, which is compatible with Unix computers.
win = This directory contains the same files as "unix", however using 2 bytes (CR and LF) as end of line markers, which is compatible with MS Window ASCII files.
Files within directories "win" and "unix":
zone.txt = Table of contents of main data giving a list of zones. It is recommended to look into this file next. Each line of the table gives statistics for one declination zone.
index.txt = ASCII table of full index, organized in declination zones and sections of 0.1 hour width along right ascension.
cat2da.f = Fortran program to convert the "u1" zones into a single, unformatted, direct access files of 600 MB
catread.f = Fortran program to access the file created by cat2da.f
The utility software is not required to make use of the UCAC1 data. The software serves as an example of efficient use of the UCAC1 data with fast, random access to arbitrary areas in the sky.
5) Data Formats ---------------
z001 to z169 --> main data, all integer, example:
RA SPD mag sx sy no ep pmx pmy spx spy nc 1236845 1232368 1591 27 90 2 1566 -117 -30 118 128 2 4085292 292994 1382 17 23 8 1537 -39 -15 117 118 2 5017477 1421948 1577 3 39 2 1570 -629 174 117 119 2 7335326 1552433 1579 43 26 4 1530 477 270 119 118 2
All columns are separated by at least 1 blank, with no blank entry in any column, thus format free input (in Fortran READ* ) is possible.
col format item unit range of values ------------------------------------------------ 1-10 I10 RA mas [ 1154 1295999821] 11-20 I10 SPD mas [ 57965 304195851] 21-25 I5 mag 1/100 [ 570 1715] 26-29 I4 sx mas [ 1 200] 30-33 I4 sy mas [ 1 200] 34-36 I3 no [ 2 37] 37-41 I5 ep 1/1000 yr [ 1121 2852] 42-48 I7 pmx 1/10 mas/yr [-18759 65382] 49-55 I7 pmy 1/10 mas/yr [-57756 9936] 56-59 I4 spx 1/10 mas/yr [ 6 347] 60-63 I4 spy 1/10 mas/yr [ 5 310] 64-66 I3 nc [ 2 26] ------------------------------------------------
explanations: ------------- RA = right ascension, in the system of ICRS (J2000), at the epoch of observation, given in column "ep"
SPD = south pole distance = declination + 90 degree, same system and epoch as RA (see also example below)
mag = approximate magnitude in UCAC bandpass (579-642 nm), which is between V and R, non-photometric, for identification only
sx, sy = internal standard error of RA*cosDC and DC (SPD) respectively
no = number of observations (images per star) from the astrograph data used for the mean position given here
ep = mean epoch of astrograph observation minus 1997, note: this is not the mean UCAC1 epoch based on all catalogs
pmx, pmy = proper motion in RA*cosDC and declination, respectively
spx, spy = standard error of pmx, pmy, respectively; the larger value of either the model prediction or the error from the scatter (applicable for 3 and more catalogs) is given here
nc = number of catalog positions used in the proper motion determination
examples: --------- Declination: DC = SPD - 324000000 (in mas) SPD= 1232368 mas --> DC = -322767632 mas = -322767.632 arcsec = -89.6576756 degree = -89 39'27.632"
Epoch: 1566 means 1.566 years after 1997.0, thus 1998.566
zone.lst --> explanations are given on the file itself
index.asc --> 1 line for each box (0.5 deg, 0.1 hour), example:
zn RAi stars i0 z001 1 3 0 z001 2 2 3 z001 3 4 5 z001 4 2 9
col format item range explanation ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 letter "z" to match zone file names 2- 4 I3 zn [1 169] zone number (see file zone.lst) 5- 8 I4 RAi [1 240] RA index (0.1 hour wide boxes) 9-14 I6 stars [0 10208] number of stars in that box 15-23 I9 i0 [0 27758257] ID number of star before first in that box -------------------------------------------------------------------------
6) Description of utility software ----------------------------------
cat2da.f : - read u1/z001 to u1/z169 ASCII files (1.8 GB) - output unformatted, direct access file (0.6 GB) - compile and run interactively, you need to provide path and file names - output some statistics and index.asc, index.unf files - Note: the std.errors in proper motions will be rounded to the next even number in 1/10 mas/yr units
catread.f : - program to access unformatted, direct access file, which is created by the program cat2da. - interactive, option to specify a box in RA,DC or range of star numbers - includes subroutine, which retrieves the data - random access on the sky, using index.unf file based on 0.5 degree by 0.1 hour large boxes, with 2975 stars/record (64KB)
No guarantee can be made for this software, neither can any kind of support be provided. Users are encouraged to take segments of these examples and built their own software.
7) References ------------- ESA 1997, "The Hipparcos and Tycho Catalogues", European Space Agency, publication SP-1200
Gauss,F.S. Zacharias,N. Rafferty,T.J. Germain,M.E. Holdenried,E.R. Pohlman,J.W. and Zacharias,M.I., 1996, "A new astrometric survey of the Southern Hemisphere", Bull.AAS 28, No.4, p.1282
Hoeg,E., Fabricius,C., Makarov,V.V., Urban,S., Corbin,T., Wycoff,G., Bastian,U., 2000, "The Tycho-2 Catalogue of the 2.5 million brightest stars", in press Astron.& Astroph. (short paper)
Hoeg,E., Fabricius,C., Makarov,V.V., Bastian,U., Schwekendieck,P., Wicenec,A., Urban,S., Corbin,T., Wycoff,G., 2000, "Construction and verification of the Tycho-2 Catalogue", submitted to Astron.& Astroph. (long paper)
Monet,D. et al., 1998, USNO-A2.0 catalog, CD-ROM (USNO, Washington DC)
Urban,S.E., Wycoff,G.L., Makarov,V.V., 2000, "Comparison of Tycho-2 with ACT and Hipparcos", in preparation for AJ
Zacharias,N. 1997, "Astrometric Quality of the USNO CCD Astrograph (UCA)", AJ 113, 1925
Zacharias,N., Germain,M.E., Rafferty,T.J., 1997, "UCAC-S: a New High Precision, High Density Astrometric Catalog in the Southern Hemisphere", in: Proceedings "Hipparcos Venice 97", ESA publication SP-402, p.177
Zacharias,N. Zacharias,M.I., 1999, "Data Structure and Software of the UCAC-S Project", in: Proceedings of ADASS VIII, Eds. D.M.Mehringer, R.L.Plante and D.A.Roberts, ASP Conf.series 172, p.345, San Fransico
Zacharias,N., Urban,S.E., Zacharias,M.I., Hall,D.M., Wycoff,G.L., Rafferty,T.J., Germain,M.E., Holdenried,E.R., Pohlman,J., Gauss,F.S., Monet,D., Winter,L., 2000, "The first US Naval Observatory CCD Astrograph Catalog", in preparation for AJ
Zacharias,N., Zacharias,M.I., Urban,S.E. and Hoeg,E., 2000, "Comparing Tycho-2 astrometry with UCAC1", submitted to AJ


Given their approach to Apophis, I have to wonder.
I think the latest issue of Popular Mechanics had some good information on this. That said, the answer is really simple. We build a variant of NEAR-Shoemaker. The NEAR-Shoemaker probe successfully landed on an asteroid and remained in contact for 17 days. That is more than enough time for what we need it to do.
You see, in this case, we can modify the baseline NEAR-Shoemaker with a physics package from one of DOD's special stores. Land the probe on the asteroid, activate the physics package, and the problem should be solved. And we have plenty of time. We just need to get off our butts and do it.
Or do we want to get hit?


A bold plan to grow seedlings on the Moon by 2026 has been funded by the Australian Government, in what could reveal a greater understanding of horticulture in extreme environments.
The Australian Lunar Experiment Promoting Horticulture (ALEPH) project led by local start-up Lunaria One – with RMIT, QUT and ANU as the major Australian university partners along with industry bodies – has just received $3.6 million as part of the Australian Space Agency’s Moon to Mars Initiative.
Investigating whether seedlings can grow on the lunar surface is of fundamental biological interest and important to know for possible future space exploration, but it could also teach us more about growing plants in a changing climate here on Earth.
Lunaria One co-founder and engineering lead for the project, RMIT’s Dr Graham Dorrington, said the seeds and plants will be transported in a specially designed and hermetically sealed chamber – equipped with sensors, water and a camera – aboard a lunar lander scheduled for a mission in 2026.
“Our major challenge is designing the chamber to maintain suitable conditions to permit germination on the lunar surface, where the external surface temperature fluctuates from highs of 80°C to lows of –180 °C,” said Dorrington, from RMIT’s School of Engineering.
The chamber also needs to be lightweight – no more than 1.5 kg – and able to operate on minimal power while transmitting data via the lander back to Earth, using data rates of less than 40 kb/s.
“These are considerable challenges, but we have the necessary staff and facilities here at RMIT to succeed,” he said.
RMIT will also contribute expertise in plant biology from the School of Science, led by Associate Professor Tien Huynh.
“We know some plants grow differently in altered gravity conditions, but don’t yet fully understand how and why,” she said.
“In addition, the harsh lunar environment has a thin atmosphere, rapidly changing temperatures, and relatively poor soil properties, meaning that whatever we grow on the surface will need to be hardy.”
One of the plants being considered for the mission is Rapeseed (Brassica napus), a yellow-flowered plant grown for a range of food production and industrial uses.
“Preliminary results suggest this could be a good candidate as far as extreme temperature tolerance and germination speed for surviving a mission to the Moon or Mars,” Huynh said.
After landing on the lunar surface, the plants’ growth and general health will be monitored and data and images will be beamed back to Earth. RMIT will also be contributing computer science expertise for data compression to enable this part of the operation.
RMIT Deputy Vice-Chancellor STEM College and Vice-President, Professor Ian Burnett, said the cross disciplinary research could provide valuable insights into how to support horticulture in extreme climates on Earth.
“We view the development of this lunar payload as an excellent opportunity to tackle extreme engineering and biological challenges that will likely lead to terrestrial benefits as well as answers for space exploration,” he said.
Citizen scientists and school children from around the world will be invited to use this data to conduct their own experiments into which plant varieties have the best chance of growing on the Moon.
Lunaria One Director, Lauren Fell, said the central value guiding this project was that space exploration is for everyone.
“We don’t want a future where only autonomous and remote-controlled machines inhabit realms beyond earth, but where humans can live and thrive,” she said.
“The key to this is to get humans involved and to give them a say in how we get there. The ALEPH project aims to open up the science and engineering behind growing life on the Moon so that anyone can be involved.”
The collaboration with Lunaria One will bolster RMIT’s growing space industry eco-system, united under the university’s Space Industry Hub.
In all, a dozen RMIT engineers, scientists, educators and industrial design students are contributing to the project.
Ben Gurion University in Israel will contribute their expert knowledge to the plant biology team, coordinating the inputs of international experts. ANU will organise supporting workshops.
More information about the Australian Lunar Experiment Promoting Horticulture (ALEPH project) can be found at the Lunaria One website.
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USING space-faring robots to mine precious metals from asteroids almost sounds easy when former astronaut Tom Jones describes it - practically like clearing a snow-covered driveway.
Jones, an adviser to a bold venture that aims to extract gold, platinum and rocket fuel from the barren space rocks, said many near-Earth asteroids have a loose rocky surface held together only weakly by gravity.
"It shouldn't be too hard to invent a machine like a snow blower to pick up material off these asteroids," explained Jones, a veteran of four space shuttle missions.
But it will be risky and monstrously expensive, which is why some of the biggest and richest names in high-technology - including the barons of Google and filmmaker James Cameron - are behind the project.
If the plan gets off the ground as planned, robots could be extracting cosmic riches within 10 years.
Asteroids may yield precious metals, cosmic riches
PMs aren't expensive enough to justify extraction, save as a byproduct of air, water, and other materials needed for space operations. Current pricing on gold is about 1/3rd of the price of air or water in space. Of course, as operations gear up, this will probably change. As the price of air and water in space comes down, it will encourage more manned missions, and longer term operations. Eventually, one could see a large orbiting asteroid as an orbiting space station, complete with manufacturing, food production, energy production, and even assembly plants for deep space exploration.
Yes, even if this were to knock down the price of PMs, the benefit to EVERYONE will be so huge that you will be happy to take the blow. Of course, silver is so cheap, it will likely be one of the last materials to be exploited ;)


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Suva will be sailing on Penn Cove during the Solar Eclipse. A great view for the 90% coverage we will experience! If you can’t be in Oregon, come to the Suva! Tickets are limited, so book now!
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Across the country, people are trying to determine where to get the best seat for the eclipse taking place August 21, the first complete solar eclipse that will be visible from the contiguous United States since 1979. Well, of course, the best seat is aboard the Schooner Suva! Six lucky passengers will enjoy a morning cruise around Penn Cove from 9:30 am to 11:30 am which will include a pair of stylish CE Certified Solar Eclipse glasses to fully experience this special celestial event. Save your seats NOW or they’ll be history!
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In 1967, Scott Anders rocketed into space on a secret, CIA-sponsored mission referred to as the Kayless Project... to investigate an astronomical anomaly known only in the darkest corridors of the U.S. Government. Three days later all communication ceased. The project, seen as an embarrassing and costly failure, was erased from history and forgotten.
Until today, when Scott mysteriously plummets to earth and emerges, unscathed, and hellbent on one purpose… to return to the anomaly in space. Why does he want to go back? How did he gain his new invulnerability? And what is the mysterious organization that stands in his way, determined to protect the secret of Kayless at all costs?


No, I didn't have glasses to look at the eclipse. I did go outside to see what effect it might have. We had patchy clouds over the sun so all I saw was that the light looked a tiny bit dimmer but didn't disappear. Not very exciting! In fact, most of the time when there is some special thing happening in the sky, we have total cloud cover. Which is odd, because we do have a lot of clear sky here and it is a dark sky so you can see the stars. I wish I had a telescope, though, as my eyesight is not great. I can usually see the Big Dipper and Orion with the naked eye and at night, all the planes coming in to Newark Airport! Of course they are pretty high up at that point. Once we had an old TV set we got second hand (which had a great picture) - but it had one special quality. We could hear the cockpit transmission from the pilots approaching Newark! Not always but once in a while.
Electronics work better today than in the past (meaning 50's and 60's) but they don't have those quirky features that sometimes were so annoying at the time but are fun to remember now. Sometimes we laughed, sometimes we cried.
I hope to work on another book before the end of the year. I started it a while ago but the protagonist took a trip and it looked like she and I both got lost. Hopefully I will find my way out.


THE IDEAS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD – Take a mind-blowing journey through human history, told through six iconic objects that modern people take for granted, and see how science, invention and technology built on one another to change everything.
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“The Telescope” – Meet the brilliant minds throughout history, from Galileo to Edwin Hubble, responsible for creating the telescope. Today, their invention allows humanity to reach the furthest limits of seeing – 13 billion light-years out. Thursday, April 18, 2019


Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon’s founder, Jeff Bezos, is looking for a site to build an international launch facility to compete with Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
The CEO of Blue Origin, Bob Smith, said in an interview with the Financial Times that the company is also looking for new associations and acquisitions in Europe and beyond to accelerate the expansion of its spatial services, such as the launch business. .
“Estamos buscando cualquier cosa que podamos hacer para acquiror y expandirnos para servir mejor a nuestros clientes”, said Smith. “Nothing es una funcción de escala, es cuánto aceleramos nuestra hoja de ruta de lo que estamos tratando de logar”
Sin embargo, the search for a new launch site was still at an early stage and, according to Smith, no site had been chosen.
His comments represent a more assertive position in the company that Bezos founded in 2000. Space ya ha levado a cabo varios lanzamintos excitosos. manned and unmanned missions at the International Space Station.
Analysts said that more acquisitions and associations together with another launch site, in addition to its facilities in Texas and Florida, could be a way for Blue Origin to enter the DIA.
The incursions of Blue Origin in Europe could also help him to obtain new talents in a moment of fierce competition for skills, said Caleb Henry, director of research at Quilty Space.
“Europe is known for having a list of professionals in space and it could be a form of growth,” said Henry.
Henry Aggrego que las aquisiciones también se caracteríaron por una “mentalidad diferente”. El año pasado, Blue Origin compró Honeybee Robotics, una empresa de sistemas de robotica espacial. Want to expand and work more with partners. Para hacer esto, necesitan habilidades fuera de blue origin”, dijo Henry.
The head of Blue Origin, who arrived from Honeywell Aerospace in 2017, has aggressively expanded the company during the last five years with the objective of transforming it “from a research organization to a company”. espacio, la empresa leadera un consorcio para construir una estación espacial comercial. Last month, NASA awarded a $3.4 million contract to build a lunar landing module to take humans to the lunar surface.
In a separate interview at the Space Investment Summit of the Financial Times last month, Smith said that the company, financed by Bezos with at least a billion dollars a year, paid off.
But he admitted that now he has to find ways to accelerate the progress of the implementation to satisfy the demand of the clients. The constellation of wide-band satellites of Amazon, Project Kuiper, has selected the new orbital rocket de carga pesada New Glenn of blue origin for no less than 12 launches in five years. The rocket is expected to make its first flight in 2024, after several years of delays.
“Tenemos que tragarnos esto y poder volar y volar bien”, dijo Smith. “Nuestro reto será cómo gomesos el ritmo [of production and launch] más alto.
Blue Home is looking for acquisitions and associations in many areas, from manufacturing to software. También wants to expand its services in new regions like Europe. “I think there’s a great opportunity in Europe,” said Smith. “Nos queda menos claro como se venden los Sericios espaciales en Europa que en Estados Unidos”
The tendency of the blue origin to move rapidly while SpaceX prepares to fly its giant rocket, Starship, for the second time. The first launch in April ended in a crash when the vehicle exploded after four minutes of flight. But when Starship enters service, it is expected that its capacity of 100 tons will exert a strong pressure on launch prices.
Smith said he was not worried about New Glenn’s ability to compete with Starship. “Tenemos un buen historico de Pedidos et Podemos Segier Ampliandolo”, Dijo.
Blue Origin also generated revenue from the suborbital launcher New Shepard, which carried out 23 missions and carried 31 people across the Kármán Line from the limit of space.
With the suspension, this launch platform was retired after a mission without crew fell last September. Se espera que Addis Erdi vuelva a volar sin crewación en las proximate semanas. Se espera que los vuelos crewidados SE realicen unas seis semanas después de un vuelo successful de drones, dijo Smith.


A dazzling new image produced using both the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope has revealed one of the most detailed views of the universe to date, NASA has announced.
Created by combining infrared data taken by Webb and visible light observations collected by Hubble, the resulting picture shows a distant pair of colliding galaxy clusters through a range of light wavelengths so vast it seems to sparkle with color.
The galaxy clusters, which scientists expect will combine at point to form an even larger cluster, is located about 4.3 billion light years from Earth, according to NASA. Although technically called MACS0416, experts involved in the massive study have colloquially named the bundle of celestial objects the “Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster” because of its distinctively polychromatic appearance.
“We’re calling MACS0416 the Christmas Tree Galaxy Cluster, both because it’s so colorful and because of these flickering lights we find within it. We can see transients everywhere,” Haojing Yan, an astronomer and professor at the University of Missouri, who was the lead author of one paper reviewing the results of the joint galactic study by Webb and Hubble, said in a statement.
The announcement itself came alongside a handful of images of the Christmas Tree cluster, one of which shows a particularly magnified background galaxy, with a star nicknamed “Mothra,” that scientists believe existed about 3 billion years after the big bang — roughly 11 billion years ago. By comparison, the sun in our solar system formed around 4.6 billion years ago, around the same time as Earth.
“Mothra” is one of 14 transients — objects in space that vary in brightness over time — identified in the study of MACS0416. Finding transients in faraway galaxies was one of the research team’s main goals when they set out to combine observations from different telescopes, NASA said.
The galaxy clusters seen in the new images were among the first in a series of super-deep views of the universe that NASA called “unprecedented.” They were initially identified through a Hubble program called the Frontier Fields, which launched in 2014, and eventually studied more comprehensively by the relatively more powerful deep-space observational capabilities of Webb, which was developed later.
“We are building on Hubble’s legacy by pushing to greater distances and fainter objects,” said Rogier Windhorst, an astronomer with Arizona State University. Windhorst was the principal investigator of the Prime Extragalactic Areas for Reionization and Lensing Science, or PEARLS, program, which handled the Webb observations of MACS0416.
“The whole picture doesn’t become clear until you combine Webb data with Hubble data,” Windhorst said.
In the images, outer space objects color-coded in blue represent the shortest wavelengths observed in the study, which were usually taken by Hubble, while those color-coded in red represent the longest wavelengths, usually taken by Webb. NASA said the coloring hints at the distances of galaxies seen in the survey, with the bluest galaxies believed to be relatively nearby and the redder galaxies farther away. Some galaxies that appear red in the images “contain copious amounts of cosmic dust that tends to absorb bluer colors of starlight,” NASA said.


ADACS – Sky Mining Hackathon
The Hackathon has been postponed to early in 2018.
Sky Mining 2017 is a public hackathon taking data science to the skies.
Over 48 hours this event will bring together scientists, coders, technologists and enthusiasts from academia and industry to work on challenges Australian-based astronomers face.
Remote participation is a possibility, please contact us to discuss options.
This event is run by the Astronomy Data and Computing Services (ADACS) initiative. ADACS is delivered jointly by Swinburne University of Technology, Curtin University, and Pawsey Supercomputing Centre. This Project is an initiative of the Australian Government being conducted as part of the National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy and administered by Astronomy Australia Ltd (AAL).


The Interfaith Peace Project continues its ongoing observance of the International Day of Peace, September 21, by sending out a reflection on the twenty-first of every month. We invite you share in this effort by sending any articles or information that you would like to share to:
WHEN I BEHOLD Continuing to Observe The International Day of Peace By Thomas P. Bonacci, C.P. Picture by NASA
Deep Space may not be the final frontier after all. Instead, our fascination with the Universe is our final frontier. Ever since the James Webb Space Telescope transmissions arrived on Earth, we have paused from our violent and confusing ways to ponder and be amazed if not stunned.
NASA released the first photos on July 12, 2022. The James Webb telescope is now one million miles out in Space, seeing what no one in history has seen before. The ingenuity, creativity, and persistence that made this happen is a testimony to the nobility of the human mind. We stand in awe of the technology and the the people who made this moment in history possible.
The James Webb Space Telescope has the capacity to see 13.6 billion light years away. Yet, the grandeur of the Universe still exceeds its capacity to see. These giant steps are humble as we continue our journey into the World around us. In relation to the Universe, James Webb is seeing but a grain of sand.
A friend shared his first thoughts when viewing the first Webb photos. He said it made him feel tiny, insignificant in the vastness and mystery of Space. But, interestingly, another friend had a very different response. She felt amazed, blessed, transformed and hopeful.
The splendor of the Universe around us is our home. It is ours to behold. Our capacity for amazement, adventure, and discovery invite us to reconsider the age-old questions concerning the meaning of our existence.
The dancing galaxies, the wondrous stars, and the expanse of deep Space touch our minds, hearts, and souls. Perhaps all this beauty, all this mystery, and all this splendor invite us to care for one another as precious gifts created by the powers of the Universe. Our significance is born by the fact we were created by the forces and grandeur we now see.
Much like the first time we circled the Moon, James Webb invites us to open the Scripture and join the ancient Hebrew poet as she signs:
When I consider your heavens,
the work of your fingers,
the moon and the stars,
which you have set in place,
who are we that you are mindful of us,
your beloved that you care for us?
(Psalm 8: 3-4)
Blessings to you, Holy Community, for looking up into the heavens. Blessings to you for beholding the splendor of creation, revealing the beauty of God. Remember God blesses you when a star is born, galaxies dance, mystery unfolds.
As things begin to return to a new normal, we at The Interfaith Peace Project are here for you in any way that you need us. The Antioch Center is now open to fully vaccinated people on Wednesdays, from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. We are vigilant and will adjust to any and all recommendations from the state and county. We will continue our work through Zoom as we add in person programs. If you would like to schedule an in person or Zoom program or would like a phone appointment with any of us, give us a call. You may call or email Tom at:


A fun and innovative way to explore the Solar System for all ages!
Emergent readers accurately pronounce planet names and associated terms using the sound it out sections on each page. Learn details about the 8 planets of the Solar System and the elements contained in the their atmospheres. Discover the other amazing things that can be found in our Solar System! Explore new vocabulary in this exciting 4th installment of the Super Smart Science Series. Colorful illustrations and simplified text make a complex topic easy to understand.
We picked this book up from our local library. This is a fun and easy read and very clear enough to help the little ones understand about the planets. The sounding out of words that show up on each page is great for those that need a bit of help sounding out a word. You get details of each planet, how far away they are from the sun, what elements they are made of. K is into planets so this was an awesome read for us to read together he enjoyed looking at the pictures and filling me in on the planets as we read.


[Photo Credit: Screenshot from Library of Congress video]
As the first Latina poet laureate and the first to be appointed a second term, Ada Limón’s work will reach a historic new high as it is set to travel into space. The Library of Congress celebrated the unveiling of Limon’s commissioned poem for NASA’s Europa Clipper by having Limón read her poem then share a conversation “with Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden; Nicola Fox, associate administrator of the NASA Science Mission Directorate; and Sheri Wells-Jensen, the Baruch S. Blumberg NASA/Library of Congress Chair in Astrobiology, Exploration and Scientific Innovation, about space exploration, poetry and sending inspirational messages into space.” Limón’s poem will be engraved on “the Europa Clipper spacecraft, which will travel 1.8 billion miles to explore Europa, an icy moon of Jupiter” and is set to launch October 2024.
Watch a video of the poem here.
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This video is a Neal Adams animation about his theory that the Earth is growing. This collides with the Pangea theory. Watch it, you will be amazed.
This is a clip from the DVD available athttp://www.nealadams.com/sciencedvds.html. Neal Adams Science Project Pangea
One prominent present day advocate of an expanding Earth is comics artist Neal Adams, who calls his ideas “Growing Earth Theory”. Adams has made video animations that graphically illustrate his hypothesis, in which new mass is created by a hypothesized electron/positron pair production process within the core of the Earth…
Conspiracy, the Moon is Growing
Spreading surface, new NASA discovery. Neal Adams shows spreading surface on front side of moon. None on far side. Incredible discovery.
Conclusive Proof! – Mars is growing!
This incredible video of Mars surface, proves Mars is growing. More videos here on YouTube under Neal Adams Science.
Clip from the DVD available at http://www.nealadams.com/sciencedvds.html
Conclusive Proof! – Ganymede Grows!
This is a clip from the DVD available athttp://www.nealadams.com/sciencedvds.html


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Pluto Space Quest
Launch a rocket ship into space. Pilot a rocket like an astronaut to get to Pluto but you must avoid tons of obstacles in the sky. Collect rewards on the ways and remember to strategically upgrade your rocket to reach your destination.
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The Bucharest Astronomic Observatory Admiral Vasile Urseanu is reopening this weekend, on November 26th, after undergoing restoration and consolidation works that started in 2014, reports news.ro. Astronomy presentations and workshops had been previously held at the Sutu Palace.
The revamped building will be inaugurated with the exhibition titled “Signs and Symbols. Apophenic Visions in the Fractal Domain.” The exhibition can be visited until May 28th 2017 and opens on November 26th, starting 13:00.
The history of the observatory, the only one open to the public in the capital, begins in 1908 when local astronomer and scientist Victor Anestin started working with Admiral Vasile Urseanu to establish the premises of the institution.
The admiral would become the president of the Romanian Astronomy Society Camille Flammarion and would build the yacht-shaped house with an observation dome. Of the house, which he built through his own financial means, he used to say: “I built my house in shape of a yacht, with an observatory dome so I can look through a telescope and at the same time have the feeling that I’m floating at sea.”
Photo: Mircea Răduțiu, www.astro-urseanu.ro.


It is believed that with the higher usage of light and the greater aspects of light pollution that a lot of people are missing the stars at night “Due to light pollution, it is estimated that 30% of people worldwide have been robbed of their nightly view.” (news.sky.com). People are noticing the changes in the sky. Like Devin Channel who used to live in the country, but has since moved to a more city environment in Texas, “It’s weird, you know. I used to watch the stars with my younger sister back home, but now. Now I struggle to even see them at night.” On top of that, due to light pollution over half of our country has never seen the milky way,
Light pollution is a dangerous pollution that not a lot of people think about. In a study I conducted with 36 people, when asked to rank different types of pollutants, the one that ranked near the bottom every time in severity was light pollution. However, Connie Walker, explains how light pollution is a bigger deal for people’s health then they might think,
On top of that Walker also talks about how with the loss of the night sky could mean that the next generation loses forms of inspiration that others had for well-known pieces “Washed out sky causes a loss of inspiration for the next generation (The starry night sky inspired Van Gogh (with his Starry Night painting), Holst (with his musical composition, The Planets) and Shakespeare (with his sonnets on the Sun and Moon)”. That’s how light pollution can cause adverse effects to humans, but we are not the only ones that will feel the wrath of these changes, animals will be affected in just as bad ways “Migrating birds, and hatchling sea turtles are lured away by bright city lights. Birds will circle the brightly lit buildings until they’re exhausted and die.” The effects have even more impact on animals then just that though, “A recent study, Light pollution is a driver of insect decline, The light affects insect movement, foraging, reproduction and predation” (www.unep.org).The whole world would be affected by the disappearance of the stars in the sky, by throwing humans and animals off of their games, it’s not all bad news because just like a lot of humanities issues, there are groups out there fighting these issues trying to find ways to not only cut back on light pollution, but also find ways to bring better awareness to this issue.
The International Dark Sky Association has been working for decades to slow down and hopefully reverse light pollution. The International Dark Sky Association is just one of the groups that try to bring awareness to the world. Not only that, but Christopher Kyba talks about how some international countries are taking efforts to try and help this issue, “France has a several year old light pollution law that requires that after a certain hour, signs and advertisements must be turned off. They also require that if you have a big building, and there’s no one needed anymore and it’s not being cleaned, then within an hour of everybody leaving all the lights have to be turned off”. It’s not just international countries that are trying
to do things as well as there are groups in the United States that Kyba talked about that try to help out the animals for this situation, “In the US, the Audubon Society that’s protecting birds has this lights out campaign. During the bird migration season, they ask people who operate really large things to turn the lights off for several weeks during the migration season.” One project that has already spread through thousands of miles is the Skyglow project, “SKYGLOW is an ongoing crowdfunded project spanning 150,000 miles and 3,000,000 pictures taken, which explores North America’s remaining magnificent night skies and the grave threat of light pollution to our fragile environment” (skyglowproject.com). This project is designed to show the before and after effects of light pollution via photos. It will be a large collection of photos at the same location with the stars slowly disappearing over time as the pollution gets greater and greater. The sky is getting so bad at some locations that Walker even believes that we could lose it all
Of course if you’re feeling like you want to do something right now to try and help this cause, you’re in luck as Walker laid out a few ways for everyday people to help out and make a difference, “You can use outdoor lighting only when you need it, where you need it, and by how much is needed. To help, you can use motion sensors or timers.” She would explain later on how with the invention of the light post, this has become a lot harder to do, but that if households were to not keep outside lights on when the sun goes down could make a huge difference. Another way to help that she talked about was,
“You can minimize the amount of blue light, use warmer or more yellow lights, especially lights without too much blue light which has been shown to affect people’s health, as well as the health of animals. You can also use fully-shielded fixtures, which directs light down where you need it and not skyward where it contributes to the brightening of the night sky.” Here Walker is talking about different products that you can get to help not only keep you healthy, but keep your pets safe and feeling good. Then she tells you about a product that is both helpful to you and helpful in keeping the night sky dimmer. For even more tips and tricks to keeping your light pollution contribution down, go to www.darksky.org to learn more.


On January 31, 1971, Navy Captain Dr. Edgar Mitchell embarked on a journey into outer space that resulted in becoming the sixth man to walk on the moon. The Apollo 14 mission was NASA’s third manned lunar landing. This historic journey ended safely nine days later on February 9, 1971. Scientist, test pilot, naval officer, astronaut, entrepreneur, author and lecturer, Dr. Mitchell’s extraordinary career personifies humankind’s eternal thrust to widen its horizons as well as its inner soul. His academic background includes a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Management from Carnegie Mellon University, a Bachelor of Science from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School and a Doctor of Science in Aeronautics and Astronautics from MIT. In addition he has received honorary doctorates in engineering from New Mexico State University, the University of Akron, Carnegie Mellon University and a ScD from Embry-Riddle University. Dr. Mitchell has received many awards and honors including the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the USN Distinguished Medal and three NASA Group Achievement Awards. He was inducted to the Space Hall of Fame in 1979 and the Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1998. After retiring from the Navy in 1972, Dr. Mitchell founded the Institute of Noetic Sciences to sponsor research into the nature of consciousness as it relates to cosmology and causality. In 1984, he was a co-founder of the Association of Space Explorers, an international organization of those who have experienced space travel. He is the author of “Psychic Exploration,” 1974, “The Way of the Explorer,” 1996, (revised edition, 2001) as well as dozens of articles in both professional and popular periodicals. He has devoted the last 30 years to studying human consciousness and psychic and paranormal phenomena in the search for a common ground between science and spirit.


When Carl Sagan opened his book Cosmos and PBS series with the same name with these words, “ THE COSMOS IS ALL THAT IS OR EVER WAS OR EVER WILL BE.” (Emphasis Mr. Sagan) One is left to wonder if he knew how closely this parallels the Mormon view of an eternal universe. For just as the late Mr. Sagan believed in an eternal universe so also does the Mormon Church. Mormon Doctrine writes of Joseph Smith’s teachings that God did not create the universe of out nothing, but organized preexistent matter into our current universe. In Genesis 1:1 we are told that God created the heavens and the earth. Again in John 1:3 we are told that all things were created by God.
While many times it seems science and religion are at odds, the fact that the universe had a beginning and was created from nothing is currently the most widely accepted scientific theory of the beginnings of the universe. The “Big Bang” theory proposes that the universe began as an explosion that eventually formed the universe we see today. While few scientists are willing to accept God as creator, the evidence that there was a beginning to the universe leaves room in the scientific world for an intelligent designer. While the purpose of this paper is not to get into the various arguments for Theistic creation, it is enough to show that the universe had a beginning. Since anything that has a beginning has to have a beginner, all created things need a creator. The Mormon concept that the universe either preceded God or at the very least co-existed with God is in direct conflict with both Christian thinking and current scientific thought. We are taught from the Bible that God existed before everything else.


CDN$494.99. There really aren’t very many if any system within the 6inch aperture range that are better than the XT6 so, if your price doesn’t stretch beyond it’s roughly $300 range, you’ll practically have hit a home run with this SkyQuest. Orion has chocked the XT6 Plus full of additional quality of life upgrades and features aimed at making your telescope experience as smooth as possible. For some telescopes, you want a higher or lower focal ratio but at f/8 this is a very balanced approach in terms of viewing angle and view field. Perfect for the casual astronomer, beginner or avid stargazer alike this telescope will be a fantastic addition to any telescope collection. I ordered it online from Orion Telescopes back in 2010, and never looked back. One problem with melamine used is that if it gets damaged the whole board can quickly warp and rot but, this is something you should be able to fix with a bit of DIY. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope is no exception. That is why I always start all of my reviews with the optics for each and every telescope. The astute viewer might have noticed that Orion added in the word plus to their official product title for the Orion Skyquest XT6. In terms of optical quality, I had no qualms. I have long been a fan of the Orion line of XT Dobsonian telescopes and this one is no exception. The drawback is this is a larger telescope. The singular eyepieces that comes with the classic variant is a solid eyepiece and with the use of the included Barlow lens you will be able to view at just under 100x magnification but, investing in a more powerful 10mm device or even a eyepiece that can adjust to various focal length (more details of these eyepiece can be found on this article) is definitely something you will need to do. ), Orion SkyQuest XT10 Review (A StarGazing Champ!?). The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian telescope is the best telescope for beginners as it can open up the night sky for you and your entire family. This is another another area you’ll want to upgrade, probably to a much better 9×50 finderscope when you decide it’s necessary. Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus Dobsonian Reflector Telescope 4.8 out of 5 stars 35. The other added bonus features are the inclusion of an accessory rack that is attached conveniently to the base allowing you to easily store and set aside your eyepieces during use. Home; Telescopes; Simulator; Astronomy; Toggle navigation. The beautiful, eye-catching Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus 6” Dobsonian Telescope is a must have if you are looking for a good telescope to see planets and galaxies. You’ll be able to make out a good amount of separation on Saturn’s rings as well a few of the moons orbiting it. Also the red dot finderscope that comes in the box is a very subpar one. I have long been a fan of the Orion line of XT Dobsonian telescopes and this one is no exception. It is not too large. The most important part of any telescope is the optical power and optical quality. The XT6’s max theoretical magnification of 300x also means it’ll be a able to see a lot of things in outer space at good detail, especially for the systems price tag of around $260. Celestron 21035 70mm Travel Scope 4.0 out of 5 stars 6,432. Some companies merely throw buzzwords in to try and catch your eye without any substance. You can have the world’s best telescope in terms of everything else but if the optics are bad, the rest doesn’t matter. This means we may make a commission if you purchase an item using one of our links*. It’s just that they’ll be minor annoyances but, as a beginner it’s probably a good idea to learn these things anyways so I to some extent the cons may even be pros for some. It has a reasonable focal length which gives it a very average focal ratio. Welcome to my Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope Review! This is not one of those cases. ), Orion AstroView 90mm Equatorial Review (A Refractor Telescope Worth Buying!? Orion SkyQuest XT6 Dobsonian Telescope Review: Don’t Buy This Great Telescope January 14, 2020 November 19, 2020 TTB Reflectors , Telescopes SkyQuest XT6 … The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus is an upgraded version of XT6 Classic Dobsonian with performance-boosting design enhancements and additional accessories. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Reddit WhatsApp Tumblr Pinterest Email. 9 Biggest Impact Craters In Our Solar System (#1 Will Blow You Away! Then, they have also included some excellent accessories to go along with it all. Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus Dobsonian Reflector Telescope at Amazon.com. Start clusters, galaxies and nebulae and the messier catalogue will all be visible through the scope but, mainly as bright spots in the night sky. Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Telescope Review, Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope Review, Zhumell Z10 Deluxe Dobsonian Telescope Review. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus Dobsonian is one of the best telescopes on the market today in terms of value, usage, and quality. What Are The Different Types Of Telescopes? It won’t matter if you can see to the edge of the universe if the image comes back poorly, you won’t be able to decipher the views. For just $50 more (they're on sale) you could upgrade to the Skyline series, which has a much more serviceable 2" focuser with a fine focus mode. My first telescope was an Orion SkyQuest XT 4.5 Inch Dobsonian. Page 1 of 2 - My first telescope: Orion Starblast 4.5" or the Orion SkyQuest XT4.5? It’s not the worst thing in the world but definitely will be a problem for some. Orion SkyQuest XT8 Review – Recommended Scope If you’ve been into astronomy any time in the past 20 years, you’ve probably heard of the Orion SkyQuest XT8. 1 offer from CDN$1,199.99. The accessories found in the box include one 1.25″ plossl eyepieces with a wider 25mm (48x), a 2x Barlow lens, a red dot finderscope and a solar filter. This eliminates the need for frustrating moments with the screwdriver as you try to open up and adjust your mirrors. My First Telescope – The Orion Skyquest Dobsonian. The optical quality is derived from both the high grade materials used in the internal mirrors and the power that this telescope is able to generate. I remember the day I received the package in the mail like it was yesterday. Home; Telescopes; Simulator; Astronomy; Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian Telescope Review. With everything else this telescope has to offer, this works really well with the overall design. Especially for the price that you can get this telescope for, there are few equals available on the market that will give you this amount of visual flexibility and quality as the Orion Skyquest XT6 Plus. But distance isn’t everything. They have also, intelligently, painted the base a bright contrasting white which makes it stand out in the dark. They are a joy to use and give off clear and amazing sights. Celestron 22097 NexStar 127SLT Computerized Telescope 4.3 out of 5 stars 1,366. This means it’ll be a little hard to store but, it does disassemble into 2 pieces which will make it a lot easier to move around as the device isn’t really a heavy one. This way, you always know where the bottom edges of the heavy Dobsonian base are, even under a dark sky. backyardstargazers.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon. Celestron - 70mm Travel Scope DX - Portable Refractor Telescope - Fully-Coated Glass … The mount used by the SkyQuest XT6 is a Dobsonian style one that uses springs for tensioning, a system that in theory allows for easy balancing with heavy eyepieces but, unless you get an adapter to utiles a 2″ telescope, most wouldn’t even a problem as most won’t use the heavier 2″ eyepieces so, there realistically shouldn’t be any issues regarding the balancing of the mount. But something clicked in my head a few summers back, that inspired me to buy my first telescope and reveal the wonders of the night sky. These can be sloppy. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Plus Dobsonian is one of the best telescopes on the market today in terms of value, usage, and quality. The Orion SkyQuest XT6 Classic Dobsonian telescope is a very good 6 inch Dobsonian telescope to invest in with a good quality build, great specs, decent accessories bar the finderscope and of course the great price of around $250 – $300. How Do The Orion SkyQuest XT6’s Optics Work? This adds nothing to the overall performacne but now it looks dang good on top of everything else. What Do The Orion SkyQuest XT6’s Specifications Mean? However, there are a couple things that aren’t it’s strong suit such as portability and it’s subpar astrophotography ability. Dare I say it’s among the best in its class and one that I personally would highly recommend you get if you’re willing to put up with the large frame, regular maintenance and of course don’t mind spending a bit more on a better accessories. It’s plasticy, struggles to attach to the scope and in some cases might require you to use sellotape to do so. You can create your own base or even buy plywood base to counteract this issue if the melamine ever gets damaged. they’re designed with better and performance boosting … ), Higher levels of maintenance and collimation due to it being a reflector, Great for viewings faint objects in the sky as all types of light can pass through the lenses (this isn’t the case for a refractor). XT6 comes with a whopping 1200mm ( 47.24 inches) of focal length (nearly 450mm larger than Starblast 6) with an amazing focal ratio of f/8. There are affiliate links on this article*. Of course as is the case with most telescopes, the theoretical max and the useable magnification will vary slightly in real world use but, it should easily be possible to observe upwards of a 200x magnification with the XT6. ), Orion SkyQuest XT8 Classic Dobsonian Review (Worth…, Zhumell Z12 Dobsonian Review (A Great 12" Device Or…, Skywatcher Dobsonian 6-inch Review (Best $300 Telescope!? Orion SkyQuest XT6 vs XT8 As mentioned previously, there are actually four different models you are going to want to consider (XT6, XT6 Plus, XT8, XT8 Plus). If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. In this review I’ll cover the pros, cons and SkyQuest XT6’s features to ultimately help you decide on whether the SkyQuest XT6 is a system worth investing in or one that you should skip out on. Priced at the XT6 is over $100 cheaper than the larger XT8 and offers better value and performance than the smaller XT4.5. It is no surprise Orion XT6 has a special place in the hearts of astronomers who entered the astronomy world with it. The performance is great. I thought I was going to buy the Orion Starblast 4.5 (114mm aperture and 400 focal length). ==>Click Here To Check Orion SkyQuest XT6’s Pricing On Amazon! Jupiter can be seen at some really good detail with XT6 as well as observe some of it’s moons. 11 Places Most Likely To Support Life In The Solar System. So if you’d rather invest in a more portable device, click here to check out our list on some of the better options in the market whilst you can click here to check out our recommended astrophotography telescopes instead. Of course all of these also have their own sub variations but, as as a whole all three of these optical designs use a different design to determine how their lenses operate (check this post for a bit a more detail on that). XT6 is best suited for eyeglass user due to this large FL. After thinking that I know what telescope I want and looking on the topics here I got confused. CDN$117.00. This helps you with larger and less distorted images and looking at planets and other things are also easier. And experts alike word Plus to their official product title for the next time I comment [ ]! 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First Commercial Flight to Space Successfully Completed Today
ABC News reports that the SpaceX Dragon, the first private spacecraft to service the International Space Station, successfully returned to Earth this morning at 8:42am Pacific Daylight Time, off the coast of San Diego.
The mission wasn’t glamorous. The unmanned Dragon “carried extra supplies, experiments and garbage that the space station astronauts had loaded on board.” However, the success of the flight indicates that May 31, 2012 might become a milestone in commercialized space travel.
Until now, all flights to the space station have been made by the U.S., Russian or European space agencies. NASA hopes SpaceX and other commercial firms will take over space jobs previously done only by governments.
[Space entrepreneurs] say space could be a bit like the old West: Governments sent explorers, such as Columbus or Lewis and Clark, to open the frontier, and then private settlers followed.
PayPal founder Elon Musk started SpaceX in 2002 and is moving his company closer to becoming the private sector alternative to ferry U.S. astronauts to the ISS. (With the shuttle fleet mothballed, the Russians are doing the job now at price-gouging levels.) Jeff Bezos of Amazon.com started Blue Origin to build, test, and deploy reusable spacecraft. Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic wants to make orbits around Earth the high-flying equivalent of a five-star cruise.
With the economy in the tank and NASA failing to find an extraterrestrial mission Congress will fund, it’s time to let these and other capitalistic cowboys take their shot at taming the final frontier.


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In anticipation of the 35th Space Symposium, which took place in Colorado Springs, Colorado this April, Zurka worked closely with the communications team at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to spotlight some of the exciting work of its scientists, engineers and researchers.
With a focus on the lab’s ongoing work to tackle the ever-growing problem of space debris, which may someday pose a threat to future space operations, Zurka’s new microsite takes advantage of the exciting imagery of a world-class institution to tell compelling stories and give visitors a glimpse at the lab’s exciting space research and development.
On one page, we look back at seven decades of the lab’s history of achievement in the realm of space science. On another, we remember the launch 25 years ago of NRL’s Deep Space Program Science Experiment (DSPSE), better known as "Clementine," a mission that produced the first global, topographic map of the moon.
In another story, we look at the amazing imagery of the Sungrazer project, a citizen science initiative that studies comets that pass extremely close to the sun. In another, we highlight the work of NRL researchers with the Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope Collaboration, which is measuring the rate of star formation to gain insight into the origins of the universe.
Though the microsite was designed for the Space Symposium, which ended April 11, it’s not going anywhere. You can still take a look. With its sophisticated design elements and modern layouts, the microsite represents an innovative direction in web design for the lab and may suggest what’s in store for the future of NRL’s main website. Time will tell.


Today, I had the privilege of being a guest blogger for Rachel Lynette’s blog, ‘Minds in Bloom.’ If you haven’t had a chance to read my post ‘3 Tips to S.T.E.A.M. Up Your Next Solar System Unit,’ make sure to do so by clicking on the image below.
Now, to celebrate being asked to be a part of ‘Minds in Bloom,’ I’ve decided to provide an additional tip to help you ‘S.T.E.A.M. Up Your Next Solar System Unit!’
I’ve often seen primary teachers use shaving cream to teach sight words. They read off a word and the student uses their finger to write the word in the shaving cream. When it is time for a new word, the student simply rubs over the previous word and they have a blank slate for writing. I’ve always thought it was such a fun idea but it does not work very well with the ‘Word Study’ program I have to use for my upper elementary students. I have been trying to determine what a good unit would be for incorporating a shaving cream activity. Recently, it hit me… moon phases!
Use the shaving cream the same way it is used for primary students, except call out moon phases instead of sight words. Often times, my students will have the moon phases memorized in order but if a phase is randomly selected, they have trouble remembering what it looks like. So, the moon phase shaving cream activity is a great way to have students practice drawing the phases of the moon at random. I haven’t met a student, big or small, who doesn’t enjoy playing with shaving cream and I know my upper elementary students will have a blast with this kinesthetic activity!
To see my first three tips, don’t forget to check out my post on ‘Minds in Bloom’ and for even more solar system ideas check out my solar system unit by clicking the image below. Inside you will everything you need to teach the solar system! I also have planet task cards in my store that are great for science centers.
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