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RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - TomK - 11-01-2016
"The Relationships Between Chemicals on Comets"
http://spaceref.com/comets/the-relationships-between-chemicals-on-comets.html
The research carried out by astronomers using three observatories on Mauna Kea: Keck, IRTF, and Subaru. Comets contain a lot of information about the history of our solar system and even how life may have formed in the first place. This study is particularly interesting to me; as a young astronomer, I studied molecular ices surrounding newly forming solar systems and star forming regions to try and gain insights into how the building blocks of life and planets themselves evolve in the early stages of formation. It's nice to see these studies starting to be integrated with our solar neighborhood.
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - Guest - 11-08-2016
Here is an article about a New instrument "CHARIS" now being used at the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea. Astronomers were pleased with it's first light and excited about the discovery possibilities CHARIS brings.
https://www.princeton.edu/main/news/archive/S47/82/89C62/index.xml?section=topstories
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - kalakoa - 11-08-2016
Astronomers were pleased with it's first light and excited about the discovery possibilities CHARIS brings.
Too bad we can't do more of that "discovery" around here...
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - TomK - 11-23-2016
I've been away for the last couple of weeks and haven't kept in touch with the latest significant MK observatory discoveries, but here are three from the last twenty days or so (not in chronological order):
Young stars on steroids: http://gemini.edu/node/12584
Faintest galaxy discovered orbits the Milky Way: http://phys.org/news/2016-11-record-breaking-faint-satellite-galaxy-milky.html
Large number of dwarf galaxies in the early universe: http://phys.org/news/2016-11-large-dwarf-galaxies-early-universe.html
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - TomK - 12-19-2016
NGC 6357: Cosmic 'Winter' Wonderland
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ngc6357/
This was a joint project between UKIRT on Mauna Kea providing optical/IR data and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and Spitzer Space Telescope.
The image which combines the data from all three observatories is quite stunning!
http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2016/ngc6357/ngc6357.jpg
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - dmbwest - 12-19-2016
Yawn,(IMO) Just another, peiced together composite. Yeah, awesome, bla bla bla, they all look the same over time.
If one likes these type images, here is something you can get off the chair to do, then have in your hand. It's really fun to make + can do more advanced.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CFPg1m_Umg
timer set for paul/tom
pog
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 12-19-2016
quite stunning!
I'll say.
That's the best photo of hot young stars I've seen in awhile!
"One may pretend knowledge of philosophy more successfully than that of arithmetic." -Last Aphorisms (or how about, one may pretend knowledge with an opinion more successfully than with facts)
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - dmbwest - 12-19-2016
O'O' that I can agree on .... LOL.
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - dmbwest - 12-19-2016
young stars these days are all the rage, but quickly fade as the next
RE: Discoveries by the telescopes on Mauna Kea - PaulW - 12-20-2016
Great pix!
I see airpogparking is back on the night shift.