“ESO Employs New Optics to Produce Stunningly Clear Views of Space”
The European Southern Observatory has adopted a new technology called adaptive optics to sharply improve its telescopes’ views of space. This technology helps eliminate the blurring or twinkling of celestial objects caused by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere. This turbulence is the primary reason why high mountains or outer space have always been considered the ideal locations of telescopes.
Releasing an image of the planet Neptune, this photo is evidence of the new, adaptive-optics module installed on the ESO’s Very Large Telescope. To compensate for interference from the atmosphere, the system tracks a specific star to analyze how its light is affected by the atmosphere. Afterwards, the viewing system reverses the blurring effect, producing images of objects comparable to photos captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.
To be not limited to observing objects near stars that can be used for this compensation process, the system uses lasers to create its own so-called ‘stars’. These guide stars on the Very Large Telescope’s new system rely on four lasers, with each laser signalling to the telescope’s bendable mirror to recalibrate to properly negate the turbulence. This process is repeated about 1,000 times per second.Read the full story at: https://www.newsoftheuniverse.com/2018/07/eso-employs-new-optics-to-produce.html
Image Credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher (AIP)
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Monthly Archives: July 2018
beartowitness-blog: Still one of the most important rap…
Still one of the most important rap albums.
If you click play, you’ll be listening to “Ox Out The Cage” by Cannibal Ox.
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Hero for Hire #9 - “Where Angels Fear to Tread!” (1973)
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Gilbert Williams ‘Message from Beyond’ (1977). Image from Celestial Visitations- The Art of Gilbert Williams (1979)
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astronomyblog: In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic…
In the nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, a massive star has exploded as a supernova, and begun to dissipate its interior into a spectacular display of colorful filaments. The supernova remnant (SNR), known as “E0102” for short, is the greenish-blue shell of debris just below the center of the Hubble image.
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startswithabang: The Pillars Of Creation Haven’t Been Destroyed,…
The Pillars Of Creation Haven’t Been Destroyed, Say New NASA Images
“Near-infrared observations can see through the dust, revealing a glittering tapestry of young, hot stars inside. But at longer wavelengths, cooler-temperature objects show up. Mid-infrared light revealed that a diffuse heat source was warming the nebula, suggesting a recent supernova. While the far-infrared showed where the gas is evaporating, we needed X-rays to know if the pillars were being destroyed.”
In a stunning new release, NASA’s Chandra X-ray observatory has put out a wide-field view of a large portion of the Eagle Nebula, including the famed Pillars of Creation. All told, some 1,700 X-ray sources were identified, perhaps 2/3rds of which are inside the nebula. There are proto-stars, young stars, and stellar corpses. But conspicuously missing from the entire field-of-view is any evidence of a supernova remnant. In 2007, infrared data from Spitzer suggested that there may have been a recent supernova, and hence the pillars may already have been destroyed. The new Chandra data weighs in on that, giving a definitive “no” for an answer.
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Sunday, July 15, 2018 – Book Club – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Book Club – The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
Greetings True Believers,
This month’s selection will the Hugo Award-winning novel, The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin.
Join us for what is sure to be a great discussion of this exciting novel by one of fiction’s hottest new talents. We’ll meet up at Bed-Vyne if it’s nice, so we can sit outside, or The Brazen Head if it’s rainy.
RSVP HERE – https://www.meetup.com/Black-Geek-Society-Nerds-of-Color/events/251384180/
Check out the reviews…“Intricate and extraordinary.”―The New York Times”[The Fifth Season is] an ambitious book, with a shifting point of view, and a protagonist whose full complexity doesn’t become apparent till toward the end of the novel. … Jemisin’s work itself is part of a slow but definite change in sci-fi and fantasy.“―Guardian”Astounding… Jemisin maintains a gripping voice and an emotional core that not only carries the story through its complicated setting, but sets things up for even more staggering revelations to come.”―NPR Books”Jemisin’s graceful prose and gritty setting provide the perfect backdrop for this fascinating tale of determined characters fighting to save a doomed world.”―Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)”A must-buy…breaks uncharted ground.”―Library Journal (starred review)”Jemisin might just be the best world builder out there right now…. [She] is a master at what she does.”―RT Book Reviews (Top Pick!)”The Fifth Season is a powerful, epic novel of discovery, pain, and heartbreak…. It is a novel that demands much of its readers; it rewards them aplenty and is one of those novels that becomes more powerful after deep consideration and subsequent readings.”―SFF WorldSee you there!
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Boogie Down Bronx Zoo Trip! JULY 14th, RSVP by JUNE 30TH!!!
Boogie Down Bronx Zoo Trip!
Someone said that it’s all happening at the zoo, so we’re going to find out for ourselves! Join us on Saturday, July 14th for our group trip to the legendary Bronx Zoo!
If just ten of us sign up, we’ll get the group rate, that’s just $27 instead of $36 for “Total Experience” tickets, (which people say you have to get instead of “General Admittance” tickets because they charge extra for everything.) So sign up with me and I’ll purchase the tickets.
RSVP HERE BY JUNE 30TH! – https://www.meetup.com/Black-Geek-Society-Nerds-of-Color/events/251272508/The Zoo’s deadline for group tickets is two weeks before the visit, so that makes our deadline Saturday, June 30th, 10am! So plan ahead and make your payment to us asap!Ticket Price – $27.00WePay Fee – $1.09Total Payment – $28.09REFUNDS MUST BE REQUESTED BY OUR DEADLINE, SATURDAY, JUNE 30TH, 10AM, NO EXCEPTIONS!We’ll set up the details on when and where to meet as we get closer to the date, but the Bronx Zoo’s Saturday hours are 10AM–5:30PM, and we want to be there for the opening to make the most of our day.I can’t wait for this, see you there!Excelsior!