Links to sites

the links to the sites and books i will be using in my biography

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah_Horrocks

http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A2769041

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1990QJRAS..31..333C book

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1914Obs....37..335B book

APOD 1.4 sep. 23rd

This weeks picture is that of arp 272, or a picture of three galaxies colliding withing the  Hercules galaxy cluster. The galaxies are 450 million light years away and the picture of these galaxies alone spans 150 thousand light years. Collectively, the data was gathered by the Hubble legacy archive, and the galaxy NGC 6050 near center, and IC 1179 at upper right depict a massive collision that occurs rather often in our universe. In fact, our galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy will be colliding in the far future. Overall, this picture gives us a glimpse into the future of our galaxy and even a small glimpse into how our universe functions.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110922.html

observation one

This first observational post is about the night of 16th and the morning of the 17th of September. I was in downtown Tampa and i was able to see the moon nearly at its third quarter, with a slight tint of orange-ish yellow. The moon was just over the city buildings, still hanging nice and low in the night sky, and to the right of the moon was the only other visible celestial being, Jupiter. It was apparent that the moon was only a few days past the position of Jupiter. Also, Jupiter was a very clear orange color as it glowed in the night. Overall, it was very cool experience I wont be forgetting anytime soon.

APOD blog 1.3

The South Pole of Asteroid Vesta, or the second largest asteroid in the asteroid belt, is something similar to our moon. It has valleys, crevasses, mountains and craters all across its southern pole. Although very interesting to scientist, the most interesting feature of this asteroid is the spiraling features that scare a large portion of the asteroid's surface. the current theory as to where the feature came from is that a smaller meteor hit Vesta while it was traveling along it's usual path. Luckily for us, the Dawn Satellite will be going towards Vesta and will give us a large amount of new and even more crisp photos. 

APOD 1.2 September 6, 2011

This week's picture is that of M6, or the butterfly cluster. This cluster Spans about 20 light years from the farthest stars to the left going to the farthest star to the right. Also, we believed that the cluster was only 2000 light years or so away from us but current measurements have reduced that distance to 1500 light years. On top of the relatively small space separating us from the cluster, all of the stars in the cluster are estimated to be around 100 million years old. This being said, that means that almost all of the stars will have a blue color to them while some of the oldest of the stars will start to have an orange tint to them. Knowing all of this information, astronomers are able to get more accurate measurements of the scale of the universe.

Here is the picture: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110906.html 

APOD 1.1 Oct. 12, 1997

My picture shows the impact of the K-T event, or, the asteroid crater that proves that the cause of the extinction of the dinosaurs was an asteroid impact. Because the crater is so massive, scientist estimate that the meteor that hit the earth had to be at least 6 to 12 miles wide. Also, scientist have dated the impact to have occurred 65 million years ago. These findings concur with the theory previously accepted by scientist around the world about the death of the dinosaurs and 70% of all species of the earth that occurred 65 million years ago. The crater is currently named the Chicxulub crater. The carter is centered off of the Yucatan Peninsula but the rings of the impact stretch well into the peninsula itself. Overall, this discovery was a great achievement for scientist and paleontologist everywhere because they now have definite proof supporting their theory. The picture: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap971012.html