Archive for December 7th, 2008
Photometry (Part 1)
Posted by: destinyofaries on: December 7, 2008
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Photometry is a branch field of astrophysics which learned the quantity, quality, and the direction of the electromagnetic radiation from the sky’s objects. “Photo” in photometry which means “visual light” was used because the observation was used to limited in visual light.
Photometry was based on our knowledge about radiation law. We hypothesize [...]
Trivia : Identifying the constellation
Posted by: destinyofaries on: December 7, 2008
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Can you identify at least TWO constellations shown in the photograph above? Also, can you mention in what direction (north or south) this photograph was taken? You can submit the answer in the comment section.
Deepest Ultraviolet Image Shows a Sea of Distant Galaxies
Posted by: destinyofaries on: December 7, 2008
Dive right in to this image that contains a sea of distant galaxies! The Very Large Telescope has obtained the deepest ground-based image in the ultraviolet band, and here, you can see this patch of the sky is almost completely covered by galaxies, each one, like our own Milky Way galaxy, and home of hundreds [...]
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