Category: Stars


Moon Base Alpha…

As reflected in NASA’s Exploration Campaign, the next step in human spaceflight is the establishment of U.S. preeminence in cislunar space through the operations and the deployment of a U.S.-led Gateway. Together with the Space Launch System (SLS) and Orion, the Gateway is central to advancing and sustaining human space exploration goals and is the unifying single stepping off point in our architecture for human cislunar operations, lunar surface access and missions to Mars. The Gateway is necessary to achieving the ambitious exploration campaign goals set forth by Space Policy Directive 1. Through partnerships both domestic and international, NASA will bring innovation and new approaches to the advancement of these U.S. human spaceflight goals Source NASA

Nasa official site May 2018

On this Day: November 21st, 2004

The Paris club writes off up to a 100 billon dollars of Iraq’s debt.

The people at Nasa have recently reinforced their commitment to space,  the moon, and other planets by a new public relations display. The above statement is from May and you tube video from last week.

The people of earth are enriched by knowledge aquired every day by the fellowship of the discovery of the unknown and we should be grateful for its free and unfettered access. It truly is a shared goal. Good luck to the people of planet earth and may all new knowledge find place in attending the problems of this world. 

Cold fusion, solar probe, EV’s

The stars seem to be aligning more for the electric vehicle; at least here in the Nicola Valley. Far from economies of scale there is an obvious up tic in charging station use, meaning that owners are relying more on them for distance travel. The greatest use in our view for the EV is the small capacity 85KM range run about, go to work, and town urban application. Not requiring quick chargers. However there are some interesting things coming down the pike.

The year 2025 is the planned start-up of a cold fusion generation system. And the completion of a recently launched solar probe in its 7 year mission is about that time.

A magnetic field is to contain the fusion sparking temperatures that will see hydrogen turned into helium and Einstein’s pride,energy. All life on earth is carbon based and that means old star particles that came from suns that went through their hydrogen and stated burning helium making carbon. The data from the solar probe will be interesting in its composition and if its statements about cold fusion on earth contained in magnetic fields how it might  will fly.

The hope that cold fusion will work seems more compelling this summer fire season, once again it is a promise of inexhaustible  of cheap power without social cost.
Then my friend the EV may be even more to the point.

On this Day: August 21st  1911

De Vinci’s Mona Lisa is stolen by a museum worker.

DAWG DAYS OF SUMMER…

dog

Hot weather, thunder storms, and drought; happy Egyptian New year. Sometime after the 17th of July depending where you are the star Sirus is on the eastern horizon moving east against the sunrise. The dog days of summer are the result of this dynamic.

Sirius is the brightest star in the sky, if you don’t count the Sun. Under the right conditions, it can even be seen with the naked eye during the day. Sirius is one star in a group of stars that form the constellation Canis Major, meaning “Greater Dog.” It’s no surprise, then, that the nickname of this big, bold star is Dog Star. Learn how to find the Dog Star in the night sky. source Old Farmers Almanac.

Flop eard dog

The Dog days of Summer traditionally end on August 11th according to sources.

The rising of Sirus with the sun on the eastern horizon went along with the flood season of the Nile delta. The term dog days may have come from the star being known as the watch dog of the weather.

Dogs life
Watch dog watching, File photo KDG

The ancient Greeks and Romans had a different view of the rising of Sirus, it brought drought, disease, and discomfort.

Ears
With receivers like these you wonder why they are not above us in the food chain File photo: KDG

On this Day: August 2nd 1932
The positron is discovered.

Full moon this Friday 27th

 

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There is a partial solar eclipse on Friday as well ,however it will not be able to be seen from Merritt. Antarctica, Australia and perhaps parts of India the event will be seen . However if you are in a dark sky area the full moon in the summer sky should be enjoyable. The forecast is for clear skies all weekend with a hot 37 C in the Nicola Valley, Merritt BC Ca.

The moon will be completely full  here in BC is 1: 20 PM…

 

On this Day: July 25th 1868

Wyoming becomes a territory of the US.

Happy International Pi Day, be a constant!

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File Photo KDG

International PI day is recognizes the mathematical formula that can be carried out in a constant form to infinity.

Pi Day is an annual celebration of the mathematical constant π. Pi Day is observed on March 14 since 3, 1, and 4 are the first three significant digits of π. In 2009, the United States House of Representatives supported the designation of Pi Day.

Rip: Stephen Hawking since the universe is still expanding you and PI will have to measure up.

 

 

On this Day: March 14th 1931

India’s first talking film, Alam Ara, is released.

Peaking shower, winter solstice

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File Photo KDG

 

The Ursid meteor shower will be peaking on the 22nd, the annual shower has  had up to a hundred meteors and hour in the past at peak and in will be radiating down from the base of the little dipper,  (look up from Polaris)

The peak is the morning of December 22, but tomorrow morning or Friday morning (December 21 or 23) might yield some meteors as well.

The winter solstice will also be tomorrow at 16;28 UTC, 8:28 PST. The days ( light) will begin to get longer until the spring equinox in March and the summer solstice in June.

On this Day: December 20th 2013

The Chinese place a telecommunications satellite  for the Bolivian government.

 

Shower peaking

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Moon over Bass coast festival in Merritt
Photo KDG


The next to mornings November 17th and 18th will see a peak of the fall Leonid meter shower. Early morning viewers will be able to see 10 to 15 meteorites per hour.
You don’t have to find the meteor radiant to view as they will appear in all parts of the sky. To trace the origins of the shower look back to the Algieba Star in Leo. Look for a pattern called the Sickle looks a little like a question mark. Anytime after midnight tonight.

On this Day: November 16th 1885

David Livingston is the first European to see Victoria Falls.

Neutron Star action

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File: Photo KDG

Ever thought where the gold in your wedding ring came from in the beginning. It came from a collapsing star or a neutron star expelling its matter out in an ever expanding universe. It as well as your body are star dust. If that thought does not add sanctity to your wedded bliss relax it s normal to be concerned with the day to day of your livelihood, relationships and your space on the block. But for a moment take a breath and consider the forces and magnificence of your being, to be able to contemplate such things is special! The time involved and the energy that connects you is no cheap deal nor is the trust you made with that little band of space dust.

Rise my friends from the low things of failure and take a moment to check your course and see that it is  worthy of you! Since being such a special concoction of star dust gives pause!

The person that you are or may be, one worthy of the wonder of all things! If you are perfect now and no  longer in need of a quantum  leap  to complete you,that’s great. Need more spooky action to bring the right elements into your completion ? Just wait for the next gravitational wave to drive you , it will be along in good time.

Gravitational waves:

Some gravitational waves were first observed this week as distinctly coming from a collision of two specific neutron stars that collided eons ago.

The universe is alive with waves of gravity, spooky action is one of the terms of quantum physics you will have to investigate as to its meaning. KDG

Space-time can be considered to be the fabric of the universe. That means everything that moves, moves through it. In this model, anything with mass distorts the space-time fabric. The larger the mass, the larger the distortion. And since every moving object moves through space-time, it will also follow the distortions caused by objects with big mass. source Earth Sky News.

God Element bless you…

On this Day: October 17th 1814

Eight persons drown in the London Beer Flood.

Super moon

 

Moon over Merritt 27th September Photo kdg

Moon over Merritt 27th September
Photo KDG

 

There will be others and the skies here cooperated for the event although it was maximum eclipse when we saw it here 7:47 PM.

On this Day: September 29 1966

The Chevrolet Camaro is produced renamed from the Panther.

 

TGIF- midnight meter shower…

There is a reported meter shower this week. Downtown or mountain top aside cloud cover may obscure the viewing. If your up have a look you may get lucky. listed below are some showers nominated to be established ( Green) , the orange is Pro temporary. Of the over six hundred listings about a hundred are established.  Some of the names have derivatives of the star constellations associated with them. Star finders are available a public libraries to show  where they can be located in the dome of the sky ( an area 90 degrees above you from where the horizon goes into the west and east.) Field glasses or telescopes there is a chance of seeing these things regularly…

A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost all of them disintegrate and never hit the Earth’s surface. Intense or unusual meteor showers are known as meteor outbursts and meteor storms, which may produce greater than 1,000 meteors an hour.[1] The Meteor Data Center lists about 600 suspected meteor showers of which about 100 are well established.

  August xi Cassiopeiids 00751  KCE
00466  AOC   August omicron Cetids
00467  ANA   August nu Aquariids
00468  AAH   August alpha Herculids
00469  AUS   August upsilon Sagittariids
00470  AMD   August mu Draconids
00471  ABC   August beta Capricornids

On this Day: August 14th 1040
Macbeth becomes King of Scotland after killing his first cousin Duncan.