Friday, November 18, 2011

The Earth Begins - A Glimpse of How the Earth Was Made

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Astronomy is the oldest science known to man and every time we think about astronomy we think about stars and other galaxies far, far away. Now don't get me wrong, astronomy is the science that studies how the universe works, but you can also learn a lot about other worldly phenomena by understanding how our own planet works and how it was formed.

Planet earth as far as we know is truly unique and special, is the only planet in the universe that we know that is capable of hosting intelligent life and that by itself is a miracle. The earth is not only capable of sustaining life, but also provides enough resources that allow a great variety of life forms to develop and co-exist. It also gives the opportunity to all kinds of organism to flourish; from microscopic entities to complex structured beings such as ourselves. So how exactly and when the earth began? By analyzing the radioactive decay of the most ancient rocks on the planet by a carbon 14 test it can be determine the age of the rocks and how long ago they were formed and hence the age of the earth itself. Carbon 14 tests made on ancient volcanic rocks all around the world dictates that the earth is about 4.5 billion years old, which is very close to the age of our solar system.

A possible theory that is supported by experts on this matter is that when our sun was forming huge amounts of rocks, gases and iced particles floating around the sun's gravitational field, combined over thousands or even millions of years to form what we now know as the planets of our solar system. These cosmic elements combined like ingredients on a hot stew over millions of years by colliding into each other. Each collision made the chuck of rock gas and icy body bigger and bigger, giving it form, increasing the thermal activity of the body and attracting other chunks of rock that came near it by the gravitational force. This process continued on making the once relatively small chunk of rock gas and ice that didn't have any definite form big enough to actually take a round shape by the force of gravity, and so the blue print for our planet was traced. Just because a celestial body is large enough to be called a planet does not mean in any way that it has the necessary ingredients to sustain life.

 For the first billion to billion and a half years the earth was just a molten sphere with raging and violent volcanic eruptions that came deep within the center of the earth. Our earth's center is formed by two types of cores; one is the inner core, a solid sphere made of iron and other elements and the external core which is made out of molten iron and rock. We owe our planet's atmosphere to the constant thermal and dynamical activities of the earth's core. It is believed that the heat that forms from the core is the product of the collisions the earth received when it was formed. The constant geothermal activity from our planet's past till present is the product of radioactive materials decomposing over time still taking place at the earth's center which fuels the earth itself. Scientist all over the world agree that in order to find live on a planet that is similar to ours we must follow the water. One of the theories scientists believe was the reason we have water on earth, is due to the constant bombardment over hundreds of millions of years of frozen asteroids that melted once they entered the atmosphere when the earth was forming.

So now we know what elements need to be present in order to form a planet that applies not just to ours but to other planets on the cosmos. Always keeping an open mind that one day we might find one besides ours.


The Earth Begins - A Glimpse of How the Earth Was Made

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Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Makemake the Dwarf Planet

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Makemake, possibly pronounced as Makimaki or as Mah-Kay Mah-Kay, was discovered in March 2005 at Palomar Observatory by a team led by Mike Brown. Since this was close to Easter, the object was named after a God associated with Easter Island.

Makemake is about three quarters the size of Pluto, making it the third largest dwarf planet so far discovered. Like Pluto, its orbit is beyond that of Neptune, so it is classed as a Plutoid or trans-Neptunian object. It can also be described as a Kuiper Belt Object.

Orbit

As is typical of the dwarf planets so far discovered, the orbit of Makemake is further from plane of the ecliptic than any of the planets, being inclined by about 29 degrees. It takes about 310 Earth years to complete one of its orbits round the Sun. This compares with Pluto which takes about 249 Earth years. At its furthest from the Sun Makemake is about 53 Astronomical Units, AI, (An Astronomical Unit is the distance of the Earth from the Sun), and at its closest about 39 AI.

Composition

Makemake appears to be made mainly of ice and rock, although at its temperature, ice effectively is a type of rock. As it says in the Christmas carol "In the Bleak Mid Winter": "Earth stood as hard as iron, water like a stone".

Temperature and Atmosphere

The temperature at the moment on Makemake is probable about minus 240 degrees C (minus 400 degrees F). The atmosphere probably has Methane, Ethane and Nitrogen all frozen so the surface appears bright. When this dwarf planet is closest to the Sun, some of the atmosphere may turn back into gas.

Moon

So far no moon has been discovered orbiting Makemake. But we do not yet know a lot about this object. For example we don't even know how fast it rotates or even if it does. Naturally, we also cannot know the inclination of its axis of rotation.

Life
Of course something as cold as Makemake could not have life on it; except that we only know about the types of life on Earth. We do not even know for sure that life even exists outside our own planet, so it is difficult to be absolutely certain that such apparently inhospitable places as Makemake really have no life. Note that even if surface life does not exist there, it is very difficult to rule out the possibility of underground life.

Intelligent life on Makemake


Makemake the Dwarf Planet

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Monday, October 24, 2011

Some of the Mysteries of the Universe

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If there is any place that is fully of mysteries, it is universe. Every day something new is found out. Old theories are scrapped and new theories are put forward and scrapped again. Let us find out the major mysteries of the universe-

1. Is universe expanding or static? If it is expanding as proven by Hubble, will it keep expanding? Or will it one day collapse back? why is irt expanding? What is the force that makes it do so? Where is it expanding? In space that is outer to it? Then is that space not part of the universe? Is it sure that gravity will one day overtake this expansion and cause the collapse of the universe? Is gravity same all around- even at the outer edges or does it increase or decrease?

2. Is it a finite or infinite universe? Currently it is believed that General theory of Relativity proves that it must be finite. If it is finite, can we measure the dimension? what is beyond our finite universe?

3. Are there other universes beyond our universe? Or our universe is the only one? Then where it is located?

4. Why did a singularity exist at the time of Big Bang? Who made that singularity that had infinite mass? Why did that singularity explode and created the universe? What existed before the Big Bang? Should this question be always brushed away saying that let us assume that time began at the moment of Big Bang and we need not worry about what occurred earlier?

5. Is Big Bang a sure thing? Or in coming time will it be proven that universe always existed as it is? Remember for centuries people believed that earth is flat- are we believing in the Big Bang like wise?

One can keep asking questions about the universe. And then somebody will say- let us first remove diseases from the earth and then think about the universe!


Some of the Mysteries of the Universe

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Optec TCF-S/IFW Telescope Mount for 3" Rear-Cell Thread, Celestron C11 & C14 Telescopes

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These Telescope Mounts are designed to fit your Telescope to the IFW Filter Wheel and TCF-S Focuser.

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Saturday, September 10, 2011

Celestron f/6.3 Reducer Corrector for C Series Telescopes

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This combination focal reducer and field corrector lens accessory works with all Celestron C5, C8, C9¼, C11 and C14 telescopes. This clever accessory makes it possible to have a dual focal ratio instrument, without sacrificing image quality. The Reducer/Corrector is f/6.3 for C5, C8, C9¼ and C11 telescopes and f/7 for the C14 telescope.If offers wide fields of view with any Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope. Used for astrophotography, it reduces exposure time by a factor of 3. Celestron doesn't offer a f/6.3 Schmidt-Cassegrain telescope, because the design is impractical, with a large central obstruction, and resulting loss in contrast. This, added to the inability to utilize longer focal ratios for certain objects, led Celestron to design the four-element, fully multicoated f/6.3 Reducer/Corrector. Results are amazing both visually and photographically.

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Monday, August 15, 2011

Celestron C-14 A StarBright XLT ® 14-inch Schmidt Cassegrain Optical Tube Assembly

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  • 14" Schmidt-Cassegrain, 3910mm focal length (f/11) Aluminum Optical Tube.
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  • 40mm eyepiece (98x).
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Celestron 21045 114mm Equatorial PowerSeeker Telescope

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  • Affordable telescope for beginning astronomer; portable yet powerful
  • All-glass optical components with high transmission coatings for enhanced image brighness and clarity
  • Newtonian optical design with a 114mm aperture and 900mm focal length
  • Equatorial mount for tracking the sky
  • Includes 3x Barlow Lens (1.25"), 20mm eyepiece, 4mm eyepiece, aluminum tripod with accessory tray

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Thursday, August 4, 2011

Kendrick Dew Remover Heater for Celestron C14" SCT & Meade 14" & 16" SCT.

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The Kendrick Dew Remover System is centered around the standard controller, which is required for activating the heater. (not included) The heaters have been built to use only as much power as necessary and thereby not waste energy. They have sponge insulation on one side to prevent heat being lost into the atmosphere. The heat is directed into the optics instead and because of this, less energy is needed to keep your optics moisture free. The heaters wrap around your objectives, label side out and are held in place by elastic/Velcro attachments. (Telrad heaters are held in place with an elastic band. The heaters for secondary mirrors are placed on the backside of the secondary and can be held in place by using the polyester batting found inside the secondary mirror holder. The .965", 1.25" and 2" are considered eyepiece heaters. The 2" are also heaters for camera lenses and certain binoculars.)

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