Resources for Astronomer
http://www.naic.edu/~gibson/draper/
http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/D/Draper_Henry.html
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Friday, February 6, 2015
Apod 3.3
This is photograph of Jupiter, with some significant points pointed out. Jupiter is a gaseous planet, with very little density. More than a 100x larger than the Earth, however almost being 4x as less dense due to the gasses. The colored points on the picture are moons orbiting the planet. Some being almost the size of earth and some being the size of it's moon. Jupiter is a fascinating planet and I can't wait to learn more about it's interesting facts and details!!!
Friday, January 30, 2015
Apod 3.2!
This is a spiral galaxy about 45 million light years away. It is called NGC 1097. This galaxy lies in the constellation Fornax. The pinkish color comes from the stars being meshed into this master-piece. A quite crazy fact is that the center of this galaxy harbors a black hole!!! This galaxy also has alot of jet traces, recognized to be in the nucleus as well, but we have determined they have not originated from there. Perhaps some neighboring stars. Overall i found this galaxy's shape quiet and interesting and found alot of facts i hadn't known before!
Friday, January 16, 2015
APOD 3.1
Venus and Mercury at Sunset
Our astronomy teacher, Mr. Percival, has aware-d us throughout this week and the last that Mercury and Venus were going very visible. Even last week where the the two planets seems like they touched for a brief period of time. It is quite clear which one of the bright glowing objects is Venus, as it is the 3rd most brightest object in the sky. In the morning or in the afternoon is the most prime rib time to view these planets. I recommend you do,as did i
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