Random Astro
2009-12-03 21:00:51.091563+01 by Dan Lyke 0 comments
A collection of astronomy links that Chris in Florida has been sending me:
- Ancient gamma ray burst is the most distant object ever seen, red shift of 8.2 puts it at 13 billion years old, 190 million years more than the previous record holder.
- Which leads to the question: Did civilizations form in these other galaxies? Could there be a billion year technology gap?
- Pretty picture of the moment: Dust Sculptures in the Rosette Nebula
- Moving closer and more recent, New map suggests mars was once wet and humid.
- First images of the sun from STEREO’s SECCHI/Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
- monster waves on the sun
And I'll leave you with an image I shot hand-held with a point-n-shoot through the eyepiece of a telescope set up at the Ferguson Observatory. It was one of the Coronado telescopes. I'm contemplating taking the docent training up there when it comes around in March.