apod 3

So the deep field view from the hubble telescope is kind of amazing. From this view you can see a seemingly infinite amount of galaxies al types. It is amazing and really makes you wonder, are we alone?

Apod 2

This video shows the a time lapse of the lunar eclipse that happened April 28. You can see how it turns white to black and the suddenly red. A beautiful image of the sun.

apod

This is a picture showing the suns activity. It seems to becoming extremely busy. Four years ago the sun encountered its solar minimum. The picture shows a beautiful "other view" of the sun.

Constellations

Felipe Rojas

Constellations

May 27

From 7-745

Constellations: Bootes, Lyra, I believe Cassiopia, Leo, Virgo, Centaures, Ursa Minor

 Bright stars: Spica, Arcturus,Gamma Leonis, Polaris

No deep objects found

Constellations

Felipe Rojas
May 28 2014
Period 4
From 8-10

Binoculars used


Very clear, a couple of clouds\


Constellations noted-Ursa minor, Ursa Major, Cygnus, Scorpious, Bootes, Aquila, Lyra


Planets noted: Mars and I believe Saturn



Bright stars noted-Polaris, Deneb, Alberio, Arcturus, Vega, Altair.

ASTRO BIO

Felipe Rojas

Mr. Dacey

Astronomy

Jocelyn Bell-Burnell

Born in Northern Ireland, Burnell’s early life foreshadowed her future success. She was a straight A student through her early life, educated in the highest schools in Ireland, one of them being Lurgan College. She soon caught on interest in astronomy, reading, noting, and analyzing series of books having to do with astronomy. Unfortunately, around the 50s was a time that girls could not study science. This was an obstacle that would never stop Jocelyn from achieving her dreams and aspirations. Around that time her skills in school began to diminish, but her physics teacher applauded her because although she wasn’t catching on everything, she did indeed catch on elaborate concepts.

From there life was better, she was learning, getting more and more powerful because knowledge truly is power. She graduated from University of Glasgow in 1965 with a degree in Natural Philosophy, a branch from physics. She even worked on a radio telescope with a man named Hewish, in order to study quasars, a subject not well understood at the time. And then a discovery was made, some scientists say it was the most important one of the 20^th century, a complete revolution to the comprehensive mind of astronomers understanding stellar evolution. She began to notice pulses at one time per second, she was astonished. What was this pulse? Well now it is known as a neutron star, an important in stellar evolution.

Burnell did not quit there, she continued teaching curious students and future astronomers her amazing knowledge. But all the perfection in her life had a speed bump. Remember when her and Hewish were working on that Radio Telescope. Well guess who did not get credit when the Nobel Prize was awarded. Burnell worked hard day and night with data from that project but yet recognition was not awarded.

Although this is true and depressing, she knows what she did and continues to do, she is an icon to astronomy and we now know the true excellence of her genius.

Observations

Date: March 25 2014 (last hours before quarter ends)

Time: 8:25- 9:35

Place: Admirals Walk complex

Sky: Clouds but most of sky is visible

Instruments:  None

Planets- None spotted

Bright Stars: Capella, Spica, Sirius, Cor Caroli (unsure), Betelgeuse, Rigel, and lastly Arcturus.

Constellations noted: Auriga,, Virgo, Canis Major, Orion, Booes (newly learned)