Astronomy Picture of the Day - March 26, 2006
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Monday, March 26, 2007
Gemini's Laser Vision Reveals Striking New Details in Orion Nebula
PressZoom (press release), Netherlands - March 26, 2007
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
Gemini's Laser Vision Reveals Striking New Details in Orion Nebula
Space Ref (press release) - Mar 24, 2007
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
Friday, March 23, 2007
Cosmic Bullets Pierce Space Cloud
Space.com - March 23, 2007
Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic “bullets” of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula.
Each bullet [image] is about ten times the size of Pluto’s orbit around the Sun and travels through the clouds at up to 250 miles (400 kilometers) per second—or about a thousand times faster than the speed of sound...
Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic “bullets” of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula.
Each bullet [image] is about ten times the size of Pluto’s orbit around the Sun and travels through the clouds at up to 250 miles (400 kilometers) per second—or about a thousand times faster than the speed of sound...
The Delicate Trails Of Star Birth
Space Daily, CA - March 23, 2007
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
An image released today by the Gemini Observatory brings into focus a new and remarkably detailed view of supersonic "bullets" of gas and the wakes created as they pierce through clouds of molecular hydrogen in the Orion Nebula. The image was made possible with new laser guide star adaptive optics technology that corrects in real time for image distortions caused by Earth's atmosphere...
Scope captures cosmic gas 'bullets'
Honolulu Star-Bulletin, HI - March 23, 2007
Enormous "bullets" of gas plowing through space like ships through water have been revealed in an image created by Gemini North Observatory on Mauna Kea using a special laser technique...
Enormous "bullets" of gas plowing through space like ships through water have been revealed in an image created by Gemini North Observatory on Mauna Kea using a special laser technique...
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Supersonic bullets shoot through the Orion Nebula
New Scientist (subscription), UK - March 22, 2007
Bullet-like clumps of gas hurtle through the Orion stellar nursery at supersonic speed in a new image from the Gemini North observatory. The unusual structures are revealed in unprecedented detail by newly commissioned laser-equipped optics...
Bullet-like clumps of gas hurtle through the Orion stellar nursery at supersonic speed in a new image from the Gemini North observatory. The unusual structures are revealed in unprecedented detail by newly commissioned laser-equipped optics...
Iron-fisted space bullets give scientists a glow
Sydney Morning Herald, Australia - Mar 22, 2007
THEY are cosmic "bullets", bigger than our solar system, far faster than the speed of sound and filled with enough iron to satisfy China's needs for eternity.
But just what sort of gun fired them? No one really knows...
THEY are cosmic "bullets", bigger than our solar system, far faster than the speed of sound and filled with enough iron to satisfy China's needs for eternity.
But just what sort of gun fired them? No one really knows...
Cosmic bullets pierce space cloud
MSNBC - Mar 22, 2007
Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic “bullets” of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula...
Astronomers just got their most detailed look yet at supersonic “bullets” of gas piercing through dense clouds of hydrogen gas in the Orion Nebula...
Friday, March 16, 2007
Light Fight
With the lights of downtown Hilo in background, Janice Harvey, center, education and outreach specialist for Gemini Observatory, shows Haili Christian sixth-graders, from left, Nicole Smallwood, Jarred Kurokawa, Cheyrub Cabarloc and Railee Rosete a star chart to indicate which constellations should be visible in the night sky. Thirteen students and their teacher met with Harvey Tuesday evening at the Bayfront soccer fields to measure light pollution in the Hilo skies.
Friday, March 9, 2007
Light pollution a focus of sky-watching project
...On the Big Island, Gemini Observatory and Imiloa Astronomy Center of Hawaii will each distribute five light meters to science classes, said Janice Harvey...