... only (minor) quibble I have with her report is the line ``meteorites are essentially shooting stars that make it to the ground ... The phrase ``shooting stars'' isn't terribly accurate, but neither is it wrong. ...
... the Hubble instrument I use) I don't even know where the telescope is pointed until I use a star map to look up the coordinates ... The stars were bright and clear, and somewhere in there was a mystery. ...
... One of the main programs for NICMOS is to look for planets around nearby stars. ... STIS will be looking at very hot objects, like burned out stars called white dwarfs, and active galaxies. ...
... I could just barely see that what I was looking at was not a star, since it had a tiny, tiny disk. ... But the color is what threw me. Many stars are blue , but not this color I saw in my eyepiece! ...
... If you watch the night sky long enough, you'll note that some stars appear to wander along a line in the sky. ... These stars were called "planets" by the Greeks (which means "wanderers" in Greek) and were used to represent their gods. ...
... move north or south (that is, change your latitude), different stars appear in the sky, and familiar ones change their apparent ... As you move along the perimeter of the disk, you'd see new stars, and old ones would change position. ...
... Compare this to an image of Alpha Centauri, a bright star, which may produce as much as 30 billion photons every second! ... We actually need to block most of the light from bright stars to make sure we don't hurt our detectors! ...
... Think of it this way: the next time "Star Trek" is on, turn the sound off during the space scenes. ... There is no sound in space, but "Star Trek" sure seems funny without it! . 2008 Phil Plait. All Rights Reserved. ...