Light pollution map. If interested in astronomy, the last place
you want to be is in the Northeast.
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GHS Astronomy Club with Dr. Wesney 1976 Bowman Observatory
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Astronomical Society of Greenwich begins. Bowman Observatory is
Refurbished. Rededication day 1986.
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Film photo I took using only the light from the gibbous
moon.
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2011-03-07 ISS Shuttle Discovery
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2012-Venus Jupiter Conjunction
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Comet Hale Bopp 1997 5 Schmidt camera with curved film plate
taken at Ward Pound ridge.
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Total Solar Eclipse - Aruba 1998
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Astrophotography appeals to both halves of the brain. The
realization of how a lunar eclipse occurs, is balanced by the
beauty of the event. Lunar Eclipse 2004 Bowman Observatory
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2011-11-03 Jupiter - IO
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Saturn 2011-04-03
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2012 Orion Nebula 72 minutes total exposure (2 minute
subs)
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Whirlpool Galaxy with H-Alpha data
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Andromeda
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Zones keep stars from dominating image of NGC4565 Edge-on
galaxy NGC4565
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Sagittarius
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Cygnus
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Rare Venus transit of the Sun June 2004 Taken from a Penn State
sub campus. I arrived at dawn just in time to click the shutter.
Next Venus transit will be June 5, 2012. If that is clouded out,
well have to wait 167 years to see another.
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Kepler Telescope Mission
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Kepler telescope mission: to find potentially life-supporting
planets around other stars. Monitors more than 100,000 target stars
using the Transit Method. Star brightness measured at least once
every few hours. Can see a light drop of 1/10,000 %. Range of
planet detection = 3000 light-years. Specs:.95 Meter aperture 95
mega pixels (21 modules each with two 2200x1024 pixel CCDs)
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34 Orbital Period in days Size Relative to Earth Q0-Q6: May
2009 - Sep 2010 Jun 2010 Feb 2011Dec 2011 Kepler candidates as of
December 2011 > 2500 planet candidates > 200 Earth like
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Artist depiction - Kepler 22b
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Earth-like? At less than 0.8 Earth radii (0.5 Earth mass) NG
Gravity can not hold atmosphere At about 2 earth radii (8 Earth
masses) NG Gravity holds too much Gas Giant Shape of orbit? Plate
Tectonics? Volcanism? Moon (Stabilization)and double core?)
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38 observation Nature 477, 142-143 (Sept 6, 2011) Information
pull?
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I encourage you to visit the Bowman Observatory on a public
night. Second and Fourth Tuesdays, weather permitting. See my blog
on Greenwich Patch : The Night Sky If anyone wants to email me for
anything Astro [email protected] Thanks