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Good Saturday afternoon my Brothers and Sisters from a Sunny but humid SW Florida where it is about 87° with 60% Humidity, making it feel like 92° with a wind SSW at 12mph...
I share with you today an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam)... The first image is of Galaxy NGC 4907 taken on 31 March, which has a distance from Earth of 270 MILLION Light Years... (Remember, that the closest star system to our Solar System is but 4.3 Light Years from Earth and that is the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year, which equates to approximately 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers)!!! So multiply that by 270 million and you can see just how far away this Galaxy is!
The 2nd image is one about Galaxy NGC 1706 which is a bit closer to Earth at 230 Million Light Years!!! Lastly, the Last image is of a galaxy collision of Galaxies 2MASX JO6 [login to see] 234... This is what will happen to the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies in a few million years as they draw ever closer to each other... No distance from Earth for the aforesaid colliding galaxies, but note how many other galaxies surround them! Still believe there is no other intelligent life in the universe? God made all of our Universe, so maybe, just maybe He made other life forms in the process... Think about it for a minute or three...
I hope you enjoy this video... Remember, FULL SCREEN WITH SOUND MODERATE ON THE LARGEST SCREEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO...
Kerry
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I share with you today an image taken by the James Webb Space Telescope's Near Infrared Camera (NIRCam)... The first image is of Galaxy NGC 4907 taken on 31 March, which has a distance from Earth of 270 MILLION Light Years... (Remember, that the closest star system to our Solar System is but 4.3 Light Years from Earth and that is the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year, which equates to approximately 6 trillion miles (9.7 trillion kilometers)!!! So multiply that by 270 million and you can see just how far away this Galaxy is!
The 2nd image is one about Galaxy NGC 1706 which is a bit closer to Earth at 230 Million Light Years!!! Lastly, the Last image is of a galaxy collision of Galaxies 2MASX JO6 [login to see] 234... This is what will happen to the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies in a few million years as they draw ever closer to each other... No distance from Earth for the aforesaid colliding galaxies, but note how many other galaxies surround them! Still believe there is no other intelligent life in the universe? God made all of our Universe, so maybe, just maybe He made other life forms in the process... Think about it for a minute or three...
I hope you enjoy this video... Remember, FULL SCREEN WITH SOUND MODERATE ON THE LARGEST SCREEN YOU HAVE ACCESS TO...
Kerry
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I just started astronomy. I get the monthly "Astronomy" magazine, and I'm subscribed to the Astronomers Without Borders website. I have two telescopes. Last year I bought an Orion StarSeeker IV 130mm GoTo Reflector with Controller. A friend gave me a like new Orion AstroView 6 Equatorial Reflector Telescope. Some questions. Can you point me to a good online astronomy educational site? Do you have a telescope? Are you into astrophotography? Any recommendations for beginners? Thank you for your time.
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Glad to see that you have an interest in Astronomy, CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD! Let me answer some of your questions in a numeric format:
1) I subscribed to Astronomy Magazine for about 10 years, but I tired of the static material and now use the internet for nearly all of my study of Astronomy and many other topics within Astronomy. I just cannot get enough...
2) I don't have a particular astronomy educational site, but I do use the vast resources of the internet and Google, YouTube, and others to find those resources that appeal to my thirst for Astronomy knowledge.
3) I do not have a telescope... It is not how I choose to study as one can only see so much with an average telescope... My philosophy is to use the resources of NASA, the ESA and other large organizations that have access to the advance studies of the universe including Galaxies near and far, exoplanets (which will be studied by the JWST in minute detail.), and an assortment of other celestial bodies, like our solar system/Saturn's Moon Titan, which has characteristics like Earth, but has a methane based atmosphere, and has liquid methane seas, surface mountains and more... Oh BTW, there are many physicists and astrophysicists, like the Late Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio KaKu and a whole host of others...
4) I am not into imaging from a telescope, however, I have been working in an imaging environment for more than 20-years, some as a professional.
5) For Astronomy beginners, I suggest determining which facet of astronomy one has a strong interest in, then just search, study, absorb, and let your mind tell you where to go next... Let your thirst for astronomical knowledge be the driving force... I just cannot get enough information and knowledge and is why I use all the Professional resources available to me on the Internet... The Universe is limitless and there may be multiverses, parallel universes and more... That is where the Physics of Astronomy will take us...
My response is rather long, but I hope that is is somewhat helpful for you,
Kerry
1) I subscribed to Astronomy Magazine for about 10 years, but I tired of the static material and now use the internet for nearly all of my study of Astronomy and many other topics within Astronomy. I just cannot get enough...
2) I don't have a particular astronomy educational site, but I do use the vast resources of the internet and Google, YouTube, and others to find those resources that appeal to my thirst for Astronomy knowledge.
3) I do not have a telescope... It is not how I choose to study as one can only see so much with an average telescope... My philosophy is to use the resources of NASA, the ESA and other large organizations that have access to the advance studies of the universe including Galaxies near and far, exoplanets (which will be studied by the JWST in minute detail.), and an assortment of other celestial bodies, like our solar system/Saturn's Moon Titan, which has characteristics like Earth, but has a methane based atmosphere, and has liquid methane seas, surface mountains and more... Oh BTW, there are many physicists and astrophysicists, like the Late Carl Sagan, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Michio KaKu and a whole host of others...
4) I am not into imaging from a telescope, however, I have been working in an imaging environment for more than 20-years, some as a professional.
5) For Astronomy beginners, I suggest determining which facet of astronomy one has a strong interest in, then just search, study, absorb, and let your mind tell you where to go next... Let your thirst for astronomical knowledge be the driving force... I just cannot get enough information and knowledge and is why I use all the Professional resources available to me on the Internet... The Universe is limitless and there may be multiverses, parallel universes and more... That is where the Physics of Astronomy will take us...
My response is rather long, but I hope that is is somewhat helpful for you,
Kerry
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Thank you for your time and insight. I too am fascinated with the cosmos and can't get enough of it. Again, many thanks for taking the time to answer my questions.
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