Chaotic Astronomy

Why do we need to put some of the Telescopes that use:

a. longer wavelengths either in dry areas on the surface or out in space?

b. shorter wavelengths in space?

The atmosphere distorts images and of course is where weather happens; you can’t use an optical telescope through clouds. Space based telescopes do not have this problem … they essentially have unrestricted views from outside our atmosphere.

Astronomy is a REAL SCIENCE that studies outer space and celestial objects in outer space.

Astrology is made up trash for the sole purpose of cheating people out of their money by telling them things they wish to hear and then making them pay for the pretty words. There is no real science what so ever with astrology.

Why can’t the astrology people stay in their ENTERTAINMENT section under Horoscopes and quit giving wrong answers for the real Astronomy questions?

Why?

Expect it to get worse too! I’ve got 50 years plus watching my country grow. The most pathetic thing I see? The education level in this country. My country has dropped to 12th down the list of most educated children in the world. too many cell phones, too much playing on the internet at school, too many ignorant parents who dont force their children to do their studies. Children in my country are so illiterate these days its NOT funny! What happened to the good old days when if you didnt do your schoolwork, you sat after school until it was finished?

Easy set-up makes Specialty 301051N an inexpensive refractor telescope excellent for children and gift giving.

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This product is exclusive to the Discovery Channel Store.View the night sky as it would appear anywhere in the world with this motorized indoor planetarium. As seen on the Today Show!Project 88 constellations; 12 celestial objects including 8 planets Pluto and its moon CharonUses super bright bulbs to project over 600 starsSearchable database with over 600 star facts and mythsInteractive talking computer and backlit navigational screenFeatures five modes for a variety of Astronomy tours and settingsFeatures a one-hour timer so you can fall asleep under the starsIncludes AC power adaptor and 24-page full color instruction manualThis accurate computer-aided motorized planetarium transforms an ordinary room into a truly stellar display.Safety warning: This product contains small parts that may present a choking hazard for young children.

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How often do you get to see the moon this close up?? This is some footage I got last night, 9/8/08 of the moon. My Nexstar 8 telescope was magnifying the moon 120x, allowing the craters of the Northeastern and southeastern quadrants of the moon to be seen in detail. There was a cloud in front of the moon, however, I was still able to get some good shots.

Some sections of the video are actually more than 120X, since I also used the zoom on the camera. Knowing that, there may have been segments of the video where the moon was around 200-250X (~2X zoom on camera).

Sorry for the shakiness, but the mechanism for moving the telescope has a small amount of vibration and it’s difficult to use a digital camera in this way. Hope you enjoy!

Please let me know what you think and leave a comment or question under Video Comments! Also Rate the video if you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching

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The pilot episode of ‘CrAP Debunked’. If you liked this video, please help to spread it. Various images/videos produced by ESA/NASA/ESO.

Errata:
1. The phrase “Infinite volume hypothesis” is incorrect here. I meant to say either “Infinite density hypothesis” or “Zero volume hypothesis” (each implies the other).
2. Typo. The proton is in fact around one TRILLION times smaller than a full stop, not one billion.
3. Typo. This should of course read “..YouTube account”. Thanks to Agnostic1 for making me aware of that!

Please check out the giants of YouTube’s pro science collective:

Thunderf00t – Creator of the ‘Why do People Laugh at Creationists?’ series and many other fine videos.

http://www.youtube.com/thunderf00t

Potholer54 – Creator of the ‘Made Easy’ series as well as the new ‘Debunking Creationist Junk’ series.

http://www.youtube.com/potholer54

http://www.youtube.com/potholer54debunks

AronRa – Creator of the ‘Foundational Falsehoods of Creationism’ series.

http://www.youtube.com/aronra

DonExodus2 – Creator of the ‘How Evolution Works’ series and many other excellent videos.

http://www.youtube.com/donexodus2

Absent from the video but certainly no less important is cdk007! http://www.youtube.com/cdk007

Thanks for all your comments and suggestions. For those asking, the music used in this video in order is:
Chicago – Groove Armada
What We Need More Of Is Science – MC Hawking

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Until now, the stargazer’s two biggest challenges to enjoying the night sky have been aligning their telescope and finding objects. Meade’s new ETX Premier Edition eliminates these two challenges and makes astronomy as easy as pushing a button – right out of the box. Want to see a hard-to-find deep space galaxy? Simply push a button. The same goes for planets, stars, nebulae and more. Just pick an object you want to observe, press a button, and then AutoStar will automatically point your telescope and put it right in your eyepiece.

Don’t know what you want to see this evening? Go to the “Tonight’s Best” tour in your AutoStar. It automatically selects the best objects in the sky for that particular time and location (from its database of over 30, 000 celestial objects). All you need is a clear night, a dark sky and a little curiosity. Whether you already know the sky by heart, or are just beginning your journey of discovery, your Meade ETX-Premier Edition will take you where you want to go. Astronomy has never been so fun and rewarding.

Meade’s new ETX-Premier Edition automatically levels your telescope, points it to North and sets the time. You just enter your location or zip code. After your ETX completes its patented Level North automatic alignment procedure, it will point to the first alignment star. Use the new wide-field SmartFinder to center the red dot over the alignment stars for ultra-precise pointing accuracy. It’s that easy.

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ESOcast 12: VISTA – A Pioneering New Survey Telescope Starts Work.

VISTA (the Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) is a new telescope that has just started work at ESOs Paranal Observatory in Chile and has made its first release of pictures.

VISTA is a survey telescope working at infrared wavelengths and is the worlds largest survey telescope. Its large mirror, wide field of view and very sensitive detectors will reveal a completely new view of the southern sky.

Spectacular pictures of the Flame Nebula, the Centre of the Milky Way and the Fornax Galaxy Cluster show that it is working very well.

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VISTA is the latest telescope to be added to ESOs Paranal Observatory in the Atacama Desert of northern Chile. It is housed on the peak adjacent to the one hosting the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) and shares the same exceptional observing conditions.

VISTA’s main mirror is 4.1 metres across and is the most highly curved mirror of this size and quality ever made — its deviations from a perfect surface are less than a few thousandths of the thickness of a human hair — and its construction and polishing presented formidable challenges.

VISTA was conceived and developed by a consortium of 18 universities in the United Kingdom led by Queen Mary, University of London and became an in-kind contribution to ESO as part of the UK’s accession agreement. The telescope design and construction were project-managed by the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s UK Astronomy Technology Centre (STFC, UK ATC).

Provisional acceptance of VISTA was formally granted by ESO at a ceremony at ESO’s Headquarters in Garching, Germany, attended by representatives of Queen Mary, University of London and STFC, on 10 December 2009 and the telescope will now be operated by ESO.

Read more: http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2009/pr-49-09.html

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ESOcast is produced by ESO, the European Southern Observatory. ESO, the European Southern Observatory, is the pre-eminent intergovernmental science and technology organisation in Astronomy designing, constructing and operating the worlds most advanced ground-based Telescopes.

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Official trailer of the PBS documentary “400 Years of the Telescope. Airing April 10 at 10/9 on PBS – check local listings.

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