[at-l] The Night Sky

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Every time I watch something like that I realize how dumb I am.  I just can't wrap my mind around the fact that the light we are seeing, came from a star that hasn't existed for 10,000 years or some such shit.  I have a cousin that has a Phd in astrogeophysics.  He tried to explain a lot of that type of thing to me one time when I went to California and looked through the telescope where he worked.  I acted like I understood, but in the end I am just the dummy that says, "Boy that sure is pretty," when actually it should be, boy that sure was pretty 10,000 year ago.

Clyde

----- Original Message -----

From: David Addleton 

To: Jan Lite 

Cc: at-l 

Sent: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:05:09 +0000 (UTC)

Subject: Re: [at-l] The Night Sky



ya, I've loved the Deep Field ever since they napped it!



check out the false dawn this month (if you wake up early enough and

are far enough from city lights! -- [like on an AT ridge or something

like that] -- and maybe you'll see the zodiacal light w/o a scope!)

It's pictured today here

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

[after midnight, look for it by today's date "2009 Oct 29"]



On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Jan Lite wrote:

>

> What happens when you point humanity's most powerful telescope into empty

> space?

> Awe-inspiring:

> http://www.flixxy.com/hubble-ultra-deep-field-3d.htm

>

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