Interesting Images of the planets in our Solar System....
Posted: Fri Sep 09, 2011 10:49 am
.... and further afield.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8UAMR98y4&NR=1
It amazing to see things put into perspective in a simple visual way such as this and shocking to see just how massive some Red Giants are.
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and have a "very good" set of binoculars or a 3+ inch telescope you can see over the next few days the last gasp of a Red Giant that went supernova 21-million light years ago....... I wont be able to see it, because I don't own a decent pair of binoculars, its very cloudy all weekend and I have the added benefit of the light pollution that comes with living on the edge of a city of 7-million people.
However if you can you might want to take a look.
This chap explains how to find it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIaC7DU ... r_embedded
On a related note that started all of this, last night I watched the second part of "Wonders of the Universe" (series 1, series 2 starts soon), its all about the Stars and how they create all of the atomic particles that exist (naturally), and apart from "Hydrogen" and "Helium" they are all created in the death throws of Stars.
Fascinating stuff, get yourself a copy and watch it - ideally in 720p.
Andy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJ8UAMR98y4&NR=1
It amazing to see things put into perspective in a simple visual way such as this and shocking to see just how massive some Red Giants are.
If you live in the Northern Hemisphere and have a "very good" set of binoculars or a 3+ inch telescope you can see over the next few days the last gasp of a Red Giant that went supernova 21-million light years ago....... I wont be able to see it, because I don't own a decent pair of binoculars, its very cloudy all weekend and I have the added benefit of the light pollution that comes with living on the edge of a city of 7-million people.
However if you can you might want to take a look.
This chap explains how to find it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJIaC7DU ... r_embedded
On a related note that started all of this, last night I watched the second part of "Wonders of the Universe" (series 1, series 2 starts soon), its all about the Stars and how they create all of the atomic particles that exist (naturally), and apart from "Hydrogen" and "Helium" they are all created in the death throws of Stars.
Fascinating stuff, get yourself a copy and watch it - ideally in 720p.
Andy