Hey Space Placers!
I have always maintained that getting to Mars is more of a biological problem that a technical problem. What I mean by that is that the health and functioning of astronauts on a long space voyage to say, Mars, is going to take a toll on the crew. Radiation exposure, eyeball changes, muscle and bone loss, and changes to the immune system are all hazards astronauts face.
The International Space Station (ISS) is the ONLY bio-laboratory where we can study these conditions and determine solutions.
Watch this video for more information and here is the story.
Sky Guy in VA
A personal daily comment on astronomy along with space missions, NASA, observing and lots more.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
MUST SEE JWST VIDEO
Hey Space Placers!
You have to set aside 12 minutes and see this video that shows James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from launch to L2. It is very, very good.
Sky Guy in VA
You have to set aside 12 minutes and see this video that shows James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) from launch to L2. It is very, very good.
Sky Guy in VA
Friday, May 26, 2017
LRO Takes A Hit
Hey Space Placers!
Just the other day I told you about the lunar impact monitoring program.
NASA today told us about a 2014 hit of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) while in lunar orbit.
LRO has been in lunar orbit since July 2009 and has written the books on the Moon.
Quite the story, eh? LRO can take a hit and keep on ticking.
Sky Guy in VA
Just the other day I told you about the lunar impact monitoring program.
NASA today told us about a 2014 hit of Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) while in lunar orbit.
LRO has been in lunar orbit since July 2009 and has written the books on the Moon.
Credits: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Arizona State University
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Sky Guy in VA
Thursday, May 25, 2017
The Latest on Juno at Jupiter
Hey Space Placers!
NASA held a teleconference today about the latest findings from Juno at Jupiter.
Click on the listings to read all about it:
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/junoteleconference - Be SURE to check out the INCREDIBLE pics
http://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-led-juno-mission-jupiter-delivers-first-science-results
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6856
NASA held a teleconference today about the latest findings from Juno at Jupiter.
Jupiter From Juno Image Courtesy of NASA/Bruce Lemons |
https://www.nasa.gov/feature/junoteleconference - Be SURE to check out the INCREDIBLE pics
http://www.swri.org/press-release/swri-led-juno-mission-jupiter-delivers-first-science-results
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=6856
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
New ESA Lunar Impact Project
Hey Space Placers!
My fave place in the Universe, the Moon, is getting a new project. The European Space Agency (ESA) has started a study to detect and measure the temperature of lunar impacts. These impacts happen frequently and this study will help improve our knowledge of their frequency, size and resulting crater formation.
In 11 hours of observing time 4 impacts were recorded by the 1.2 meter (48 inches) telescope and its cameras. The large aperture of the telescope and the sensitivity of the cameras should allow for the gathering of a large amount of data
NASA also has an lunar impact monitoring program but uses 14-inch telescopes.
I would love to be able to see one of these impacts. Amateur astronomers are participating in the NASA project.
Sky Guy in VA
My fave place in the Universe, the Moon, is getting a new project. The European Space Agency (ESA) has started a study to detect and measure the temperature of lunar impacts. These impacts happen frequently and this study will help improve our knowledge of their frequency, size and resulting crater formation.
Date: 24 May 2017 Depicts: Lunar impact flash Copyright: NELIOTA project |
In 11 hours of observing time 4 impacts were recorded by the 1.2 meter (48 inches) telescope and its cameras. The large aperture of the telescope and the sensitivity of the cameras should allow for the gathering of a large amount of data
NASA also has an lunar impact monitoring program but uses 14-inch telescopes.
I would love to be able to see one of these impacts. Amateur astronomers are participating in the NASA project.
Sky Guy in VA
Monday, May 22, 2017
Update on Space Missions
Hey Space Placers!
Get the latest on space missions here.
Sky Guy in VA
Get the latest on space missions here.
Artist Concept of New Horizons at Pluto NASA |
Saturday, May 20, 2017
Help Hunt For Exploding Stars
Hey Space Placers!
Join in the hunt for exploding stars - supernovae - by becoming part of a citizen science project.
This is just one of a number of astronomy citizen science projects that you can become part of at Zooinverse. The variety of projects includes hunting for 'Planet Nine', galaxies, exoplanets - a real 'Zoo" of space stuff ;-)
Whether you are an arm chair astronomer or an ardent telescope user, there is something for you to become part of.
Check it out and get involved.....the Universe awaits you.
Sky Guy in VA
Join in the hunt for exploding stars - supernovae - by becoming part of a citizen science project.
This is just one of a number of astronomy citizen science projects that you can become part of at Zooinverse. The variety of projects includes hunting for 'Planet Nine', galaxies, exoplanets - a real 'Zoo" of space stuff ;-)
Whether you are an arm chair astronomer or an ardent telescope user, there is something for you to become part of.
Check it out and get involved.....the Universe awaits you.
Sky Guy in VA
Thursday, May 18, 2017
Submarine Comms Affect Structure of Van Allen Radiation Belts
Hey Space Placers!
Interesting NASA video that shows how we are affecting the space around Earth.
Sky Guy in VA
Interesting NASA video that shows how we are affecting the space around Earth.
Sky Guy in VA
Wednesday, May 17, 2017
NASA's Sounding Rockets
Hey Space Placers!
Learn all about NASA's little rocket workhorses - sounding rockets.
Sky Guy in VA
Learn all about NASA's little rocket workhorses - sounding rockets.
Sky Guy in VA
Saturday, May 13, 2017
Motion of TWO Million In The Milky Way Galaxy Over FIVE Million Years
Hey Space Placers!
Enjoy this video from ESA that shows the motion of two MILLION stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Here is the background on how the video was made from the Gaia mission.
Sky Guy in VA
Enjoy this video from ESA that shows the motion of two MILLION stars in our Milky Way Galaxy.
Here is the background on how the video was made from the Gaia mission.
Sky Guy in VA
Friday, May 12, 2017
I WISH This Was My Vacation Photo!
Hey Space Placers!
Look at THIS(!):
Sky Guy in VA
Look at THIS(!):
NASA HST Image of Galaxy Cluster Abel 370
This is a deep exposure taken by Hubble Space Telescope of Galaxy Cluster Abel 370. It shows MANY galaxies AND galaxies that are bent into arcs due to gravitational lensing.
WOW. Tomorrow we will look at the Milky Way Galaxy 5 million years into the future. |
Sky Guy in VA
Thursday, May 11, 2017
A Good Primer On The Universe
Hey Space Placers!
Back in VA after a 12K mile land-sea jaunt......hopefully I will be more regular now in my postings ;-)
Milky Way at Sea Greg Redfern |
Here is a GOOD primer on the Universe as we know it from the good folks at Universe Today. Fraser Cain and his staff do an excellent job on covering the Universe et al.
There is a LOT we know and a LOT we don't know. BUT we are I think on the cusp of new discoveries about the Universe with new telescopes & their instruments and the Large Hadron Collider. It is an exciting time.
I hope you follow me on Twitter - @SkyGuyinVA - as I post pics and a lot of info there in real time...tough to do on a blog.
Tomorrow I will share pics from my trip.
Sky Guy BACK in VA
Sunday, May 7, 2017
Sky Guy Viewing ALERT!!!!! Moon & Jupiter Close Tonight 5-7-17
Hey Space Placers!
Be sure to get outside and look at the Waxing Gibbous Moon and Jupiter as it gets dark. They will be very close to one another all night.
BTW the star below the celestial duo is Spica.
Enjoy this pic of a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
Sky Guy in Wyoming
Be sure to get outside and look at the Waxing Gibbous Moon and Jupiter as it gets dark. They will be very close to one another all night.
BTW the star below the celestial duo is Spica.
Enjoy this pic of a bison in Yellowstone National Park.
A Bison Less Than 4 Feet Away! Greg Redfern |
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