nm_astronomy : Messages : 1278-1307 of 1338

ubiquitous bright blue 1-12 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in five
2007.09.06 IR and visible light HUDF images, Nor Pirzkal, Sangeeta Malhotra,
James E Rhoads, Chun Xu, -- might be clusters of earliest hypernovae in recent
cosmological simulations: Rich Murray 2008.08.17 2009.01.20

ubiquitous bright blue 1-12 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in
five 2007.09.06 IR and visible light HUDF images, Nor Pirzkal,
Sangeeta Malhotra, James E Rhoads, Chun Xu, -- might be clusters of
earliest hypernovae in recent cosmological simulations: Rich Murray
2008.08.17
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.htm
Sunday, August 17, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/25
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/85

www.flickr.com/photos/rmforall/1349101458/in/photostream/

The 5 closeups are about 2.2x2.2 arc-seconds wide and high, about
70x70 pixels.
The HUDF is 315x315 arc-seconds, with N at top and E at left.
Each side has 10,500x10,500 pixels at 0.03 arc-second per pixel.

Click on All Sizes and select Original to view the highest resolution
image of 3022x2496 pixels, which can be also be conveniently seen
directly at their Zoomable image:

www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/zoomable/heic0714a.html

Notable in the deep background of the five closeups are ubiquitous
bright blue sources, presumably extremely hot ultraviolet before
redshifting, 1 to a dozen or so pixels, as single or short lines of
spots, and a few irregular tiny blobs, probably, as predicted in many
recent simulations, the earliest massive, short-lived hypernovae, GRBs
with jets at various angles to our line of sight, expanding bubbles,
earliest molecular and dust clouds with light echoes and bursts of
star formation, and first small dwarf galaxies, always associated with
a subtle darker 3D random fractal mesh of filaments of H and He atomic
gases.

As a scientific layman, I am grateful for specific cogent, civil
feedback, based on the details readily visible in images in the public
domain.

www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0714a.html

Hubble and Spitzer Uncover Smallest Galaxy Building Blocks

notable bright blue tiny sources on darker 3D fractal web in HUDF VLT
ESO 28 images from 506 galaxies, z about 6 , RJ Bouwens, GD
Illingworth, JP Blakeslee, M Franx 2008.02.04 draft 36 page:
Rich Murray 2008.08.17
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.htm
Sunday, August 17, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/26
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/86

bright blue 1-4 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in IR and
visible light HUDF images -- might be the clusters of earliest
hypernovae in the Naoki Yoshida and Lars Hernquist simulation:
Rich Murray 2008.07.31
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.htm
Thursday, July 31, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/24
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/84

Rich Murray, MA Room For All rmforall@... 505-501-2298
1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/messages
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/messages

I show dozens of these lovely 20-120 MB images with my computer and an Epson
VX30 projector Tuesdays, 7:15 pm, at LaFarge Library, Llano Street, Santa Fe,
New Mexico 87505, just north of Siringo Road and south of St. Michael's Drive.

You are welcome to visit me and share your comments as I share these images at
home on a 4X8 foot screen.

Anyone may view and download for free 91 images, presenting the HUDF in eight 20
MB pieces at rmforall at www.FlickR.com -- #86 is about 20% of the HUDF in their
red and blue colors, as leaving out the green greatly simplifies interpreting
the overlapping layers of transparent fractal webs of gas with a wide range of
sizes of rather distant sources, beyond z = 5.

#1306

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Fri Dec 5, 2008 3:58 pm
Subject: What was the Star of Bethlehem?

makirk37@...

Father Timothy Martinez, of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, will speak about religious aspects of astronomy at the next general meeting of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society. The meeting will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, December 6, and it will be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico Albuquerque Campus. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. Visit the http://www.taas.org Web site to obtain a map.

#1305

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:39 am
Subject: FW: Escape to Space

makirk37@...

Correction: Sid was the Pilot of STS-40 and the Commander of STS-59.

From: Melissa [mailto:makirk37@...]
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2008 1:24 AM
To: Melissa
Subject: Escape to Space

The November general meeting of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) will feature retired U.S. Air Force colonel and former astronaut, Sid Gutierrez. Sid was the commander of Space Shuttle missions STS-40 and STS-59. The topic of his presentation will be "Escape to Space." The meeting will be held on Saturday, November 8, at 7:00 p.m., and it will take place in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. The TAAS Web site, http://www.taas.org has meeting details and a downloadable map to Regener Hall. Call 505-254-TAAS for information.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1304

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:23 am
Subject: Escape to Space

makirk37@...

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1303

From: "Karen Keese" <skywriter@...>
Date: Wed Oct 22, 2008 11:22 pm
Subject: Event at Natural History Museum - Friday night

skywriter@...

Planetarium Lecture and Observing Series
MESSENGER Mission to Mercury
Friday, October 24th 7pm - 10pm Observing following the lecture
(weather permitting)

The MErcury Surface, Space ENvironment, GEochemistry, and Ranging
(MESSENGER) spacecraft mission to Mercury offers a new opportunity to
explore this intriguing solar system body. Fascinating new results
from the rapid flyby trajectories only whet our appetites for the data
that will be obtained when MESSENGER goes into orbit around Mercury in
2011. Learn about MESSENGER science team's strategy for obtaining
answers to the outstanding science questions surrounding this
fascinating planet.

Dr. Daniel Baker is Director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and
Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado-Boulder and is a
co-investigator on NASA's Mercury MESSENGER mission.

For more information and to buy tickets online, visit
www.naturalhistoryfoundation.org

*********************
Visit my stargazing blog for beginners at http://whassupinthemilkyway.blogspot.com

#1302

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Sat Oct 11, 2008 8:56 am
Subject: School Star Party Mysteries Exposed and Placitas Star Party

makirk37@...

School Star Party Mysteries Exposed

At the next TAAS general meeting, members will demonstrate the activities occurring at those mysterious school star parties. According to rumors, the TAAS members use a lot of ice, finishing with more than the beginning amount. Material we see everyday gets broken into numerous pieces, and lots of adding machine tape is needed to map it all out. Groups outside use telescopes as directed energy instruments, perhaps in protest. If the meeting sounds like a political convention, come and see what it is all about.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., and it be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico Albuquerque Campus on October 11. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information and a map, visit http://www.taas.org.

Placitas Star Party

On Saturday, November 1, the Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) and Las Placitas Association will host the annual star party to promote dark skies in the Placitas community. The party will begin around sunset, which will occur this year at 6:11 p.m. The event will be held at the Homestead Village Shopping Center (Merc). Telescopes will be setup along the dirt road leading toward the Homestead subdivision. The Moon will be slightly past new and will set at 8:35 p.m. Arrive early to catch Jupiter and its four bright moons setting in the west, and stay late to see the Milky Way. Alcoholic beverages and pets are not allowed in the telescope viewing area. For information, visit http://www.taas.org or call 505-254-TAAS. The party is free of charge, and it is open to the general public. Take Highway 165 east from Interstate Highway 25 for approximately 4 km. Homestead Village Shopping Center is on the north side of the road.

Earnestly,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Officer

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1301

From: "David Penasa, PE" <dpenasa@...>
Date: Thu Oct 2, 2008 4:59 pm
Subject: IES Mtg, Tues, Oct 14 - Status of Outdoor Lighting Ordinances in NM

davidpenasa

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-------forwarded-----------

The IES Rio Grande Section (Albuquerque, NM)

Topic:  Status of Outdoor Lighting Ordinances in New Mexico
Speaker:  Peter Lipscomb
                 Director of New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance's
                 Night Sky Program

Location: El Pinto World Famous Restaurant
(505) 898-1771    10500 4th St. NW Albuquerque

Tuesday, October 14 from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM
Lunch is $12.00 for IES members and $15.00 non-members
Cash or Visa, MasterCard, Amex accepted

For reservations and further information contact Jorge G�mez our IES Rio
Grande Secretary at:
tel: (505) 345-0888 X 3105, e-mail: jgomez@...

For more information see our website:
www.iesriogrande.org

See you there!

Jorge G�mez
Design Engineer
JG�mez@...

4341 Fulcrum Way NE
Rio Rancho NM 87144
Ph: (505) 345-0888
Fax: (505) 345-3838

#1300

From: lewis42public-astronomy@...
Date: Tue Sep 23, 2008 1:31 pm
Subject: Arriving Cloudcroft

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Hi Jackie,

I am going to put your thorough rundown of so many places

of interest to amateur astronomers to the test. Because I am

heading out to your territory, all the way from Norway. This time

I am coming to your part of NM on an educational tour with some

very astronomy-interested HS girls + teacher, whom I have selected to

sponsor to further their interest in this field of science.

If all goes as planned, we will be visiting the VLA facility on Mon. 29 Sept, then head for Cloudcroft, Apache Point & Sunspot for the evening.

It is my hope we could find a spot for observing and a local astronomer, to test your excellent seeing conditions. So, here is hoping we can get some clear skies once we are finally there!

I will probably be in touch to let you more specifics, and I hope you

don't mind if we contact you if we run into some dead ends or need

some advice (besides all the excellent info you have already provided,

below).

Keep up the good work!

Lewis

----- Original Message ----
From: "jdiehl@..." <jdiehl@...>
To: nm_astronomy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 10:15:31 PM
Subject: [NM Astronomy] Re: Cloudcroft

Hi Lewis (and all other interested parties),

I've been contemplating all morning on how best to answer your inquiry
without sounding like the Chamber of Commerce. So, before I start, I want to
say that I'm going to attempt to post viable information on astronomy here
in the Southern Sacramento Mountains without bias. And admittedly, I belong
to, am involved with or employed by several of the groups listed below. As a
stanch supporter of amateur astronomy here in Southern New Mexico, I
encourage you to contact each of the groups below for further information.

Also as a prelude (and more importantly to recognize astronomy in our area)
as the former co-chair of the Cloudcroft Dark Skies Ordinance committee, I'd
like to brag a bit. Astronomy (both on an amateur and professional level) is
big business for Otero County. In 2006, when we rewrote the Cloudcroft Dark
Skies Ordinance, we estimated that Astronomy �industry� easily generated
more income that the cattle industry here in Otero County. That�s a lot
of money. Some of it is generated through the professional observatories,
some through specific astronomy-based tourism and real estate industries,
and yet it is important to recognize the more than 300 �serious� amateur
astronomers we estimate that are located in and around the Cloudcroft areas
(Cloudcroft, Mayhill, Sunspot). Why is that? The answer is easy. We protect
and preserve our dark New Mexico skies (estimated at between 1-3 dependent
on atmospheric conditions on the Bortle scale). What that means, is that the
southern Sacramento Mountains provide some of the most pristine skies in the
world.

I want to apologize for the length of this email. But to fairly give you an
idea about �Cloudcroft� astronomy I�m going to attempt to list some
contact information on �some� of the astronomy industry here in the
mountains. By no means is this an all-inclusive list. And for those I forget
to place on this list I apologize. It is difficult to collate a list like
this without missing someone. So if I miss you, please post your own
information.

Astronomy Clubs/Groups:

The Alamogordo Astronomy Club - (http://www.zianet. com/aacwp) meets on the
third Friday of each month at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center
Conference Rooms 1 & 2 at 7 p.m. More than half of the membership resides in
the Sacramento mountains. The club also co-hosts and sponsors the annual
White Sands Star Party (http://www.zianet. com/wssp) every year.

The New Mexico Museum Amateur Astronomers Group �
(http://www.astronom ersgroup. org/ ) based at the New Mexico Museum of Space
History. Please contact 575-437-2840 for more information.

There is also an unorganized group of amateurs that meet on Thursday
mornings at the Barn Door Restaurant (just outside of Mayhill). I don�t
have any further information at this time.

The Professional Observatories

NOTE: A common public misconception is that the professional observatories
are open for public viewing. That is a false hope. Valuable telescope time
is allocated based on professional, scientific value. Visually there is
little to �see� through the telescopes, as the telescopes are equipped
with specialized equipment and CCD cameras to record the data collected by
these scopes. Also amateurs continually contact the observatory for access
to the grounds for private viewing. That is also not available. Please, if
you need a recommendation of �where� to set up, feel free to contact me
and I will direct you to some public accessible dark sky sites.

The National Solar Observatory (http://www.nso. edu) in Sunspot, NM is open
to the public for free self-guided tours throughout the year. The
observatory also has the Astronomy and Visitors Center
(http://nsosp. nso.edu/pr/ visitors_ center.html) which houses a small museum
and gift shop. A virtual tour is available here:
http://nsosp. nso.edu/pr/ virtual_tour. html Among instruments located at the
observatory they include: the Dunn Solar Telescope, the Evans Solar Facility
and Hilltop Dome. The Air Force also operates its OSPAN facility onsite.
Guided tours can be arranged by contacting me: jdiehl@... for groups of
10 or more persons. Please call 575-434-7190 for hours and road condition
information. Educational resource information and academic research
assistantship information can be obtained on our website: http://eo.nso. edu

Apache Point Observatory (http://www.apo. nmsu.edu). Apache Point is
co-operated by the Astrophysical Research Consortium and New Mexico State
University, It�s telescopes include the 2.5 meter Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Telescope (http://www.sdss. org) the 3.5 meter telescope, a 20-inch
Photometric Telescope and a 1 meter telescope. Apache Point does not offer
public tours. Visitors may walk the grounds from 7 a.m. until 5 p.m.
Information on operations is displayed at the Astronomy and Visitors Center
in Sunspot.

New Mexico Skies Guest Observatory (http://www.nmskies. com) is owned and
operated by Mike and Lynn Rice near Mayhill, NM. The observatory offers not
only guest accommodations, but also equipment/dome rental. The observatory
has also recently partnered with Software Bisque to offer remote controlled
observing through its iBisque at New Mexico Skies program
(http://www.nmskies. com/webpage/ ibisque.html).

The The Tzec Maun Observatory, located at the former NASA Liquid Mirror
Telescope site (http://www.tzecmaun 2.org/) near Cloudcroft also offers free
internet access to telescopes for students. Please visit the website for
information.

The J. Milburn Smith Memorial Observatory
(http://www.imagingt heheavens. com/index. html) located near Mayhill, NM also
focuses on being an internet controlled facility. Please visit the website
for additional information.

Other sites of interest:

Skyhound Software (formerly Capella Soft) � Owned and operated by Greg
Crinklaw of Cloudcroft, NM. (http://www.skyhound .com) Skyhound Software
produces �Sky Tools 2� and �Planet Vistas� as well as offers
additional services.

The Earthrise Institute (http://earthriseins titute.org/) is operated by Dr.
Alan Hale (Co-Discover of the Comet Hale-Bopp). This non-profit organization
is dedicated to: �use astronomy, space, and other related endeavors as a
tool for breaking down international and intercultural barriers and for
bringing humanity together.� Contact the website for further information.

Sacramento Mountains Astro Park
(http://www.sacramen tomountainastrop ark.com/) Remote observing site is
available for rental fee. See website for additional information.

The Remote Astronomical Society
(http://www.remote- astronomical- society.org/) The RAS �is a virtual
community of amateur and professional astronomers who use the world-wide
facilities of Global Rent-A-Scope (GRAS) to gather scientific data.� See
website for additional information.

Andy Homeyer�s Place (http://www.intint. com/andy/ build.html). Andy builds
and sells motorized filter wheels and flip mirrors. Contact him for
additional information.

It is also interesting to note that the June 2002 of Astronomy Magazine also
featured a very nice story on Cloudcroft Astronomy.

Again, this site is not �all-inclusive� but it should give everyone some
insight on astronomy here in the Sacramento Mountains.

And so that I may bring �full disclosure� of my involvement � I am
currently employed by the National Solar Observatory (AURA Inc.), am a
member and former president of the Alamogordo Astronomy Club, co-chair of
the Cloudcroft Dark Skies Ordinance Committee and the charter chairperson of
the White Sands Star Party. I am also a former staff member of the New
Mexico Museum of Space History. None of the information provided here
suggests endorsement of any kind by my current or former employers or my
associates.

Jackie
============ ========= ========= ========= ========= =
Jacqueline "Jackie" Diehl

Sunspot, NM 88349

jdiehl@zianet. com (personal mail please)
jdiehl@... (Work-related mail only please.)

"Equipped with his five senses, man explores the universe around him and
calls the adventure Science"

#1299

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Thu Sep 11, 2008 2:20 pm
Subject: UNM Campus Observatory Friday Nights and TAAS General Meeting

makirk37@...

For immediate release:

University of New Mexico Campus Observatory Friday Nights

Format 1:

The University of New Mexico (UNM) Campus Observatory will be open to the public many Friday evenings during the Fall 2008 Semester. September 12 is the next date in this series. The observatory will be closed on October 17 and November 28. In addition, it may be closed on December 12, because this will be the last day of classes. The hours of operation are 7-9 p.m. during Standard Time and 8-10 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time. Perhaps you will see moons reappear from behind Jupiter. The observatory is on the Albuquerque Campus and is located northwest of the Physics and Astronomy Building and the University Hospital. For information and a map, visit http://panda.unm.edu/observatory/. Staff members decide when to close the observatory due to inclement weather. The decision is posted to their Web page by 3 pm every Friday.

Format 2:

Friday 7 | 7:00 pm
The University of New Mexico (UNM) Campus Observatory will be open to the public many Friday evenings during the Fall 2008 Semester. The observatory will be closed on October 17 and November 28. In addition, it may be closed on December 12, because this will be the last day of classes. The hours of operation are 7-9 p.m. during Standard Time and 8-10 p.m. during Daylight Savings Time. Perhaps you will see moons reappear from behind Jupiter. The observatory is on the Albuquerque Campus and is located northwest of the Physics and Astronomy Building and the University Hospital. For information and a map, visit http://panda.unm.edu/observatory/. Staff members decide when to close the observatory due to inclement weather. The decision is posted to their Web page by 3 pm every Friday.

The UNM website is Copyright 2005 The University of New Mexico. All Rights Reserved. You may print, reproduce and use the information in, and retrieve files containing publications or images from, The University of New Mexico's WWW documents for non-commercial, personal, or educational purposes only, provided that you (i) do not modify such information, and (ii) include any copyright notice originally included with such information and this notice in all such copies.

Unless otherwise noted, the information provided by the UNM http server does not represent the official statements or views of the University of New Mexico. The University of New Mexico is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity institution. In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the information in this site is available in alternate formats upon request.

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) General Meeting

This month's meeting will feature informal talks by three TAAS members. Mike Pendley will discuss the Amateur Telescope Making program. Bob Havlen will talk about some of the astronomy tool kits received from the Night Sky Network. Kevin McKeown will speak about his personal UFO experiences. Join us for an evening of entertainment.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m., and it be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico Albuquerque Campus on September 13. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information and a map, visit http://www.taas.org or call 505-254-TAAS.

Enjoy clear skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1298

From: "Chris Jones" <fooie@...>
Date: Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:20 pm
Subject: White Sands Star Party

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A beautiful dark sky and glistening white sand dunes await you at the 2008 White Sands Star Party. Participants enjoy activities and two nights of observing deep in the heart of the dunes, as well as observing at 9,000 feet in the Sacramento Mountains.

Sponsored by White Sands National Monument, the Alamogordo Astronomy Club, the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces, and the New Mexico Museum of Space History, the WSSP provides the chance to meet other astronomers, and share astronomy with the public. Registered participants with viewing equipment and astronomy knowledge are allowed to camp in the dunes and view all night. On Saturday evening, the public is invited. Daylight activities include workshops, a visit to the museum and an IMAX film.

More info: http://www.zianet.com/wssp/

Funds benefit Project Astro in New Mexico

Project Astro pairs teachers with astronomers, and trains them at an annual workshop at the National Solar Observatory in Sunspot, NM. They work together in the classroom at least four times annually to get students interested in science. Log onto www.nmspacemuseum.org. Click on Education Programs, then Project ASTRO for registration forms.

Area information: Climate Data for late SeptemberAverage High: 70 Average Low: 40

Please Note:

Registered participants attending White Sands Star Party should note that this event is intended to share astronomy. Therefore, participants are asked to make their viewing instruments available, on Saturday night, to the general public. Friday night is for participants only, and astronomers stay up through the night to view and photograph the dark sky. This is a family event; federal regulations are in effect at WSNM. Water is unavailable within the dune field. There will be porta-potties. Electricity is unavailable. Generators can only be used between noon and 3 p.m. There will be no tables or picnic shelters in the astronomical area. Open fires are prohibited except in grills; all charcoal must be removed from WSNM and not dumped in trash cans. Containerized fuel can be used for cooking. Alcohol is permitted, but glass bottles and beer kegs are prohibited. Pets must be kept on a leash when outside the vehicles. Please clean up after your pet. Failure to abide by Star Party regulations will result in being asked to leave without refund. Failure to abide by park regulations could result in federal charges and fines.

#1297

From: rmforall@...
Date: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:21 am
Subject: ubiquitous bright blue 1-12 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in five 2007.09.06 IR and visible light HUDF images, Nor Pirzkal, Sangeeta Malhotra, James E Rhoads, Chun Xu, -- might be clusters of earliest hypernovae in recent cosmological simulations: Rich Murray 2008.08.17

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ubiquitous bright blue 1-12 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in five
2007.09.06 IR and visible light HUDF images, Nor Pirzkal, Sangeeta Malhotra,
James E Rhoads, Chun Xu, -- might be clusters of earliest hypernovae in recent
cosmological simulations: Rich Murray 2008.08.17
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.htm
Sunday, August 17, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/25
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/85

www.flickr.com/photos/rmforall/1349101458/in/photostream/

The 5 closeups are about 2.2x2.2 arc-seconds wide and high, about 70x70 pixels.
The HUDF is 315x315 arc-seconds, with N at top and E at left.
Each side has 10,500x10,500 pixels at 0.03 arc-second per pixel.

Click on All Sizes and select Original to view the highest resolution image of
3022x2496 pixels, which can be also be conveniently seen directly at their
Zoomable image:

www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/zoomable/heic0714a.html

Notable in the deep background of the five closeups are ubiquitous bright blue
sources, presumably extremely hot ultraviolet before redshifting, 1 to a dozen
or so
pixels, as single or short lines of spots, and a few irregular tiny blobs,
probably, as predicted in many recent simulations, the earliest massive,
short-lived hypernovae, GRBs with jets at various angles to our line of sight,
expanding bubbles, earliest molecular and dust clouds with light echoes and
bursts of star formation, and first small dwarf galaxies, always associated with
a subtle darker 3D random fractal mesh of filaments of H and He atomic gases.

As a scientific layman, I am grateful for specific cogent, civil feedback, based
on the details readily visible in images in the public domain.


www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/heic0714a.html

Hubble and Spitzer Uncover Smallest Galaxy Building Blocks

In this image of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, several objects are identified
as the faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant
Universe.
They are so far away that we see them as they looked less than one billion
years after the Big Bang.
Blazing with the brilliance of millions of stars, each of the newly
discovered galaxies is a hundred to a thousand times smaller than our Milky
Way Galaxy.

The bottom row of pictures shows several of these clumps (distance expressed
in redshift value).
Three of the galaxies appear to be slightly disrupted.
Rather than being shaped like rounded blobs, they appear stretched into
tadpole-like shapes.
This is a sign that they may be interacting and merging with neighboring
galaxies to form larger structures.

The detection required joint observations between Hubble and NASA's Spitzer
Space Telescope.
Blue light seen by Hubble shows the presence of young stars.
The absence of red light from Spitzer observations conclusively shows that
these are truly young galaxies without an earlier generation of stars.

Credit: NASA, ESA, and N. Pirzkal (European Space Agency/STScI)

Id: heic0714a
Object: HUDF, UDF, Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Type: Cosmology
Instrument: ACS
Width: 2750
Height: 3312
Downloads
Images

www.spacetelescope.org/images/original/heic0714a.tif
Fullsize Original 17.085 MB

www.alternatiff.com/
view with free software AlternaTIFF

alternatiff-1_8_4.exe for Firefox browser


Large JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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www.spacetelescope.org/images/html/zoomable/heic0714a.html
Zoomable

Copyright-free material (more info).


www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMCGRMPQ5F_index_1.html

hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/31

hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/31/image/

www.spitzer.caltech.edu/

www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0714.html

www.spacetelescope.org/news/text/heic0714.txt

HEIC0714: EMBARGOED UNTIL 18:00 (CEST)/12:00 PM EDT 06 September, 2007
www.spacetelescope.org/news/html/heic0714.html

News release:
Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes find �Lego-block� galaxies in early
Universe

06-September 2007 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope and the NASA
Spitzer Space Telescope have joined forces to discover nine of the
smallest, faintest, most compact galaxies ever observed in the distant
Universe. Blazing with the brilliance of millions of stars, each of the
newly discovered galaxies is a hundred to a thousand times smaller than
our Milky Way Galaxy.

The conventional model for galaxy evolution predicts that small galaxies
in the early Universe evolved into the massive galaxies of today by
coalescing. Nine Lego-like �building block� galaxies initially detected
by Hubble likely contributed to the construction of the Universe as we
know it. �These are among the lowest mass galaxies ever directly
observed in the early Universe� says Nor Pirzkal of the European Space
Agency/STScI.

Pirzkal was surprised to find that the galaxies� estimated masses were
so small. Hubble�s cousin observatory, NASA�s Spitzer Space Telescope
was called upon to make precise determinations of their masses. The
Spitzer observations confirmed that these galaxies are some of the
smallest building blocks of the Universe.

These young galaxies offer important new insights into the Universe�s
formative years, just one billion years after the Big Bang. Hubble
detected sapphire blue stars residing within the nine pristine galaxies.
The youthful stars are just a few million years old and are in the
process of turning Big Bang elements (hydrogen and helium) into heavier
elements. The stars have probably not yet begun to pollute the
surrounding space with elemental products forged within their cores.

�While blue light seen by Hubble shows the presence of young stars, it
is the absence of infrared light in the sensitive Spitzer images that
was conclusive in showing that these are truly young galaxies without an
earlier generation of stars,� says Sangeeta Malhotra of Arizona State
University in Tempe, USA, one of the investigators.

The galaxies were first identified by James Rhoads of Arizona State
University, USA, and Chun Xu of the Shanghai Institute of Technical
Physics in Shanghai, China. Three of the galaxies appear to be slightly
disrupted -- rather than being shaped like rounded blobs, they appear
stretched into tadpole-like shapes. This is a sign that they may be
interacting and merging with neighbouring galaxies to form larger,
cohesive structures.

The galaxies were observed in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF) with
Hubble�s Advanced Camera for Surveys and the Near Infrared Camera and
Multi-Object Spectrometer as well as Spitzer�s Infrared Array Camera and
the European Southern Observatory�s Infrared Spectrometer and Array
Camera. Seeing and analysing such small galaxies at such a great
distance is at the very limit of the capabilities of the most powerful
telescopes. Images taken through different colour filters with the ACS
were supplemented with exposures taken through a so-called grism which
spreads the different colours emitted by the galaxies into short
�trails�. The analysis of these trails allows the detection of emission
from glowing hydrogen gas, giving both the distance and an estimate of
the rate of star formation. These �grism spectra� -- taken with Hubble
and analysed with software developed at the Space Telescope-European
Coordinating Facility in Munich, Germany -- can be obtained for objects
that are significantly fainter than can be studied spectroscopically
with any other current telescope.

# # #

Notes for editors
The Hubble Space Telescope is a project of international cooperation
between ESA and NASA.

Pirzkal�s main collaborators were Malhotra, Rhoads, Xu, and the GRism
ACS Program for Extragalactic Science (GRAPES) team.

Image credit: NASA, ESA and N. Pirzkal (European Space Agency/STScI)

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AST HUDF Spitzer IR 9 galaxies z 4-5.7, N Pirzdal, S Malhotra, JE Rhoads, C Xu,
2007.05.01 28p

www.spacetelescope.org/news/science_paper/0612513.pdf


arXiv:astro-ph/0612513v2 1 May 2007
Optical to mid-IR observations of Lyman-a galaxies at z about 5 in the HUDF: a
young and low mass population
N. Pirzkal 1,2,
S. Malhotra 3,
J. E. Rhoads 3,
C. Xu 4

ABSTRACT

High redshift galaxies selected on the basis of their strong Lyman-a emission
tend to be young ages and small physical sizes.

We show this by analyzing the spectral energy distribution (SED) of 9 Lyman-a
emitting (LAE) galaxies at 4.0 < z < 5.7 in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field (HUDF).

Rest-frame UV to optical 700A < wavelength < 7500A luminosities, or upper
limits, are used to constrain old stellar populations.

We derive best fit, as well as maximally massive and maximally old, properties
of all 9 objects.

We show that these faint and distant objects are all very young, being most
likely only a few millions years old, and not massive, the mass in stars being
about 10E6 to 10E8 M sun.

Deep Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) observations of these objects, even in
cases where objects were not detected, were crucial in constraining the masses
of these objects.

The space density of these objects, about 1.25 x 10E-4 per cubic Mpc is
comparable to previously reported space density of LAEs at moderate to high
redshifts.

These Lyman-a galaxies show modest star formation rates of about 8 M sun per
year, which is nevertheless strong enough to have allowed these galaxies to
assemble their stellar mass in less than a few 10E6 years.

These sources appear to have small physical sizes, usually smaller than 1 Kpc,
and are also rather concentrated.

They are likely to be some of the least massive and youngest high redshift
galaxies observed
to date.

Subject headings: galaxies: evolution, galaxies: high redshift, galaxies:
formation, galaxies: structure, surveys, cosmology

1 Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218,
USA
2 Affiliated with the Space Science Telescope Division of the European Space
Agency, ESTEC, Noordwijk, The Netherlands
3 School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
4 Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics, 500 Yutian Road, Shanghai, P.R. China
200083
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notable bright blue tiny sources on darker 3D fractal web in HUDF VLT ESO
28 images from 506 galaxies, z about 6 , RJ Bouwens, GD Illingworth,
JP Blakeslee, M Franx 2008.02.04 draft 36 page: Rich Murray 2008.08.17
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_08_01_archive.htm
Sunday, August 17, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/26
groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/86


bright blue 1-4 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in IR and visible light
HUDF images -- might be the clusters of earliest hypernovae in the
Naoki Yoshida and Lars Hernquist simulation: Rich Murray 2008.07.31
rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.htm
Thursday, July 31, 2008
groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/24
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#1296

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2008 5:36 am
Subject: Resent: Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

makirk37@...

Sorry for sending this multiple times. The date of the meeting is not August 12, as stated in the previous email. The date of the meeting is August 16. Again, I apologize for the many emails.

Earnestly,

Melissa

From: Melissa [mailto:makirk37@...]
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 8:12 PM
To: Melissa
Subject: Resent: Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

The speaker for the August general meeting of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society will be Dr. Larry Crumpler. The title of his talk will be "Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera". Since Dr. Crumpler is on the science teams of two active Mars missions, this presentation will portray recent results from both missions. He will discuss the interesting results, current status of the rovers, and plans for the coming field season. Also, he will show some highlights of the HiRISE camera and the image the camera captured of the descent of the Phoenix spacecraft.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on August 16, 2008. It will be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. To obtain a map, visit http://www.taas.org. Expand your horizons. Join us for an evening of entertainment and socialization.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

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#1295

From: rmforall@...
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2008 4:11 am
Subject: bright blue 1-4 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in IR and visible light HUDF images -- might be the clusters of earliest hypernovae in the Naoki Yoshida and Lars Hernquist simulation: Rich Murray 2008.07.31

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bright blue 1-4 pixel sources on darker 3D fractal web in IR and visible light
HUDF images -- might be the clusters of earliest hypernovae in the Naoki Yoshida
and Lars Hernquist simulation: Rich Murray 2008.07.31
http://rmforall.blogspot.com/2008_07_01_archive.htm
Thursday, July 31, 2008
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/24
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rmforall/84
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http://csaweb.yonsei.ac.kr/~sjyoon/JuniorSeminar/S_and_T/Stars_FirstStar_C2/014%
5Bbromm%5Ddark_ages_first_stars.pdf
Out of the Dark Ages the First Stars, Volker Bromm,
Sky & Telescope, 2006 May, 7 pages pdf

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/080731-first-stars.html
Jeremy Hsu, www.space.com How the first stars were born 2008.07.31

http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/arxiv/pdf/0807/0807.4928v1.pdf
Protostar Formation in the Early Universe, Naoki Yoshida,
Kazuyuki Omukai, Lars Hernquist, Science 2008.08.01 13p

http://www.physics.uci.edu/Cosmology/Yoshida_Naoki.pdf
From the first stars to the first galaxies, Naoki H Yoshida,
27 slides show

http://online.kitp.ucsb.edu/online/stars_c07/yoshida/
Second-Generation Star Formation in Proto-Galaxies, Naoki H Yoshida
2007.08.17  20 slides show
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Hubble Infrared Ultra Deep Field clearly reveals deep cosmic background
fractal 3D mesh of H filaments lit by hypernovae: Murray 2006.11.21
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AstroDeep/20

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/image/b/

http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/07/images/b/formats/full_tif.tif
7.34 MB tiff

http://www.flickr.com/photos/rmforall/
to access 62 deep sky astrophotos with texts

#33. Hubble Ultra Deep Field infrared view,
brightness +20, and both red and blue colors increased,
and green reduced, softness set to 3 of 12 levels, 4.07 MB png,
1600X1600 pixels. 4.07 MB png

The colors have been adjusted to reveal a few faint distant red
sources, as well as a background of tiny blue sources, 1-2 pixel size,
which are always on the background of dark tangled Murray mesh.
Click on All Sizes to view the Original.

static.flickr.com/42/121113050_6b7c705fcb_o.png

The number of the myriad minute blue sources varies noticeably,
for instance,from higher south of the bright foreground star,
just left of center at the bottom, to lower towards the lower right.
This indicates that simple surveys can collect much detailed
information. (Use the All Sizes button and select Original.)

The value of this simple approach is evident,
if we take the tiny blue sources to be
the earliest massive hypernovae and GRBs,
markers that highlight the 3D fractal network distribution of mostly H
gas filaments, condensing by gravitational attraction,
as the universe bubble continued its expansion.
It became cool enough at 380,000 years to allow atoms to form within
the former ionized plasma.
Transparency emerged from opacity.
The intense ultraviolet radiation at 3,000 deg K was redshifted and
cooled with the thousand-fold expansion of space-time to
comprise our era's Cosmic Microwave Background at just 2.7 deg K,
ubiquitious, and uniform to a few parts in a hundred thousand.

See for yourself, Observer,
the deep tapestry of our astrophysical history,
hung hugely against the uniform red background
downshifted cosmic ultraviolet),
the wooly open knit of cooled and condensed H filaments
(darkly silhouetting the background),
lit like Christmas trees with generations of tiny blue sources,
(the downshifted ultraviolet of immense fast-burning, short-lived
hypernovae,
and a few GRBs,
while some twin sources may be the two jet lobes of active galaxies),
with vistas of closer and cooler galaxies,
ranging from red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and white,
from early small clump cluster galaxies to far larger irregular,
spiral, and elliptical galaxies,
and the little kid in our own neighborhood,
the red foreground star with its diffraction spikes
from the Hubble Space Telescope,
just left of center at the bottom.

I used an excellent low cost image processing program,
MGI PhotoSuite 4.0,
to adjust the colors to bring out the subtle background details:
Touchup feature:
Soften: set at 3 of 12 levels, to slightly smooth out the pixels.
Color Adjustment: Cyan-Red +75, Magenta-Green -100, Yellow-Blue +50,
as empirically this created a pleasing, easy to view image with maximum
detail.
Brightness: increased from 0 to 20, to increase the dark background
details.
Gamma: unchanged at 1.00.


#34. HUDF ir 1/4 area in low center,
800X800 pixels. 1.02 MB png

static.flickr.com/52/121113051_12b5e3b85c_o.png


#35. HUDF ir 1/16 area in low center,
400X400 pixels. 263 KB png

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#36. HUDF ir closer view. 180 KB png about 60 arc-sec wide

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#37. HUDF ir closer view, to show levels of background structure:
distant red glow,
dark 3D fractile mesh that obscures the background red glow,
blue sources that light up the dark mesh of condensing H and He gas,
a few much closer red, white, and blue sources.
Click on All Sizes button for closeup.

static.flickr.com/44/121150409_efdb07b94d_o.png



#38. HUDF ir deepest view -- click on All Sizes button.
RTM-1 is the reddish feature that slants down to the lower right from
the center towards the bright galaxy -- not visible are the bright
objects at both ends of RTM-1, which may be a central ir source with
bipolar jets, seen from the side, that end quickly in a pair of big
expanded hot gas regions, very bright in the other HUDF
visible bands of light. See #31.

static.flickr.com/50/121150410_d95548c86f_o.png



# 19 The Millennium Simulation, announced 2005.06.02 by the Virgo
consortium,
used the largest supercomputer in Europe,
at the German Astrophysical Virtual Observatory,
for over a month to model the history of the Universe
in a cube over 2 billion light years on a side,
holding 20 million galaxies.

static.flickr.com/13/18135102_07a58fd89d_o.jpg

This image is a closeup of the results at redshift z = 0, showing a 15
MPC/h thick slice, showing the visible light distribution,
which closely follows the mass distribution.
The view is four times wider than in #18,
so that the width of the image is 1628 MLy.
The length of the central large and dense galaxy cluster
is about 60 MLy.

1024 X 768 pixels jpg 0.970950 MB

The distance measure Mpc/h has been used for decades to adjust to the
fact that the Hubble constant = H has not been exactly determined.
Mpc is megaparsecs.
A parsec is 3.26 light years.
The Millennium Simulation used the value 0.73
for the Hubble constant H.

To get the distance in Mpc,
we multiply their value by 100/H = 100/0.73 = 1.37 .

The huge, densely packed galaxy cluster,
holding thousands of galaxies,
for the greenish central region, has a length of about 60 MLy.
In contrast, the nearest large neighbor to our Milky Way galaxy is
Andromeda galaxy at 2.2 MLy distance.

The distribution of mass in the Universe is very fractile --
it looks just as complex and very much the same
at a very wide range of distance scales.

So, even though I do not know how wide this image would be in terms of
angular measures (degrees, minutes, seconds),
it is probably justified to compare it to the Capodimonte Deep Field
subtle background visible light images.

Many features are the same:
complex 3D fractal network,
with bright boundaries around both brighter (more dense) and dimmer
(more empty) regions,
and both brighter and thicker and thinner and dimmer lines,
marked by myriad tiny dense features.
I don't believe that the MS image includes gravitational lensing, which
must be a complex factor in the CDF images.

Click on All Sizes to view Original.

www.pparc.ac.uk/Nw/millennium_sim.asp The Virgo consortium

www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/millennium/

www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/millennium/galseq_D_063.jpg

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0504097
Simulating the joint evolution of quasars, galaxies and their
large-scale distribution

pil.phys.uniroma1.it/debate3.html
On the fractile structure of the universe
Sylos Labini, Montuori & Pietronero


#24 (#30) field from Hubble Ultra Deep Field 832 X 833 p tif 2.72 MB
png 1.86 MB
This field is 61 sec wide = 1 minute wide.
RTM-1 is a pair of double blue spots just above the large magenta
galaxy in the lower left.
There are six more similar blue spot pairs in this field.

static.flickr.com/13/19717874_18d6b931b4_o.png

RTM-1, closeup view in #21, is very like CSL-1,
only blue and more separated,
but with the similar equality of size and color.
It turns out that there are so many easily found pairs of all sizes,
down to single pixel bright spots separated by a pixel space,
that statistical studies are appropriate.
Views # 20 to 29 will explore the HUDF, and provide many helpful links.

The colors have been adjusted to reveal a few faint distant red
sources, as well as a background of tiny blue sources, 1-2 pixel size,
which are always on the background of dark tangled Murray mesh --
easier to see at first behind the red light scattered inside the Hubble
Space Telescope by the much nearer bright star, and also behind the
large blue white galaxy in the upper right. Click on All Sizes to view
the Original.

I used an excellent low cost image processing program, MGI PhotoSuite
4.0, to adjust the colors to bring out the subtle background details:
Touchup feature:
Soften: reduced from 3 to 0, as I wanted to maximize
the raw detail.
Color Adjustment: Cyan-Red +100, Magenta-Green +25, Yellow-Blue +50,
as empirically this created a pleasing, easy to view image with maximum
detail.
Brightness: increased from 0 to 50, to increase the dark background
details.
Gamma: reduced from 1.00 to 0.80, to increase the dark background
details.
Fix Colors: Hue: shifted 0 to -60,
to accentuate the background of myriad minute bright blue sources
without losing information from the red end of the spectrum.

www.aip.de/groups/galaxies/sw/udf/index.php# The UDF Skywalker allows
you to scan the entire HUDF with a movable magnifying glass that shows
about this scale of detail. You can discern Murray mesh with it.
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#1294

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Fri Aug 1, 2008 2:11 am
Subject: Resent: Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

makirk37@...

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. on August 12, 2008. It will be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. To obtain a map, visit http://www.taas.org. Expand your horizons. Join us for an evening of entertainment and socialization.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

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#1293

From: "Rhoda Garn" <rhogarn@...>
Date: Thu Jul 31, 2008 3:55 pm
Subject: Re: [NM Astronomy] Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

rhogarn@...

Thanks so much. Our teach wants the rest of our homework in on Monday. The good news: we got handouts and the test will be over chapter 8-15.

Have a marvelous weekend. Rhoda

----- Original Message -----

From: Melissa

To: Melissa

Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 12:40 AM

Subject: [NM Astronomy] Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

The speaker for the August General Meeting will be Dr. Larry Crumpler. The title of his talk will be "Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera". Since Dr. Crumpler is on the science teams of two active Mars missions, this presentation will portray recent results from both missions. He will discuss the interesting results and current status of the rovers and plans for the coming field season. Also, he will show some highlights from the HiRISE camera and some of the behind the scenes on how (HiRISE) got that image of Phoenix descending on its parachute.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in Regener Hall on the UNM campus. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. To obtain a map, visit http://www.taas.org. Expand your horizons. Join us for an evening of entertainment and socialization.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1292

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:54 am
Subject: Resent: Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

makirk37@...

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in Regener Hall on the University of New Mexico campus. The meeting is free and open to the public. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. To obtain a map, visit http://www.taas.org. Expand your horizons. Join us for an evening of entertainment and socialization.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

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#1291

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:40 am
Subject: Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaisance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera

makirk37@...

The speaker for the August General Meeting will be Dr. Larry Crumpler. The title of his talk will be "Latest Images from Mars: Update from Mars Exploration Rovers and the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) Camera". Since Dr. Crumpler is on the science teams of two active Mars missions, this presentation will portray recent results from both missions. He will discuss the interesting results and current status of the rovers and plans for the coming field season. Also, he will show some highlights from the HiRISE camera and some of the behind the scenes on how (HiRISE) got that image of Phoenix descending on its parachute.

The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. and will be held in Regener Hall on the UNM campus. For information, call 505-254-TAAS. To obtain a map, visit http://www.taas.org. Expand your horizons. Join us for an evening of entertainment and socialization.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1290

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 7:15 am
Subject: Reminder: Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains

makirk37@...

The July 26^th event will feature observations of Pluto. For more information visit http://home.comcast.net/~friesend/oakflatjul08/index.html

From: Melissa [mailto:makirk37@...]
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:09 PM
To: Melissa
Subject: Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains

For immediate release, TAAS events in two formats:

Format 1:

STARGAZING IN THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS - The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) and the Sandia Ranger District will co-host an evening of free public stargazing in the Manzano Mountains on Saturday, May 31st, at the Oak Flat Campground. Other 2008 event dates in this popular Saturday evening stargazing series are June 28th, July 26th, August 23rd, September 6th, and October 4th. The dark skies of the East Mountains and the large telescopes of TAAS astronomers together provide great views of planets, as well as more elusive deep-sky objects such as galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Observing begins at sunset, weather permitting, and is suitable for all ages. Picnic facilities are available for those who would like to come early, and adjacent parking is available. Alcoholic beverages and pets are not allowed in the telescope viewing area. To get there, take NM Highway 337 nine miles south of the Tijeras exit on I-40, and follow the signs to Oak Flat and Juniper Loop. For information, visit http://www.taas.org or call 505-254-TAAS.

Format 2:

Saturday 5/31/2008 | 7:00 pm

Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains. The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) and the Sandia Ranger District will co-host an evening of free public stargazing in the Manzano Mountains on Saturday, May 31st, at Oak Flat Campground. Other 2008 event dates in this popular Saturday evening stargazing series are June 28th, July 26th, August 23rd, September 6th, and October 4th. The dark skies of the East Mountains and the large telescopes of TAAS astronomers together provide great views of planets, as well as more elusive deep-sky objects such as galaxies, nebulae, and star clusters. Observing begins at sunset, weather permitting, and is suitable for all ages. Picnic facilities are available for those who would like to come early, and adjacent parking is available. Alcoholic beverages and pets are not allowed in the telescope viewing area. To get there, take NM Highway 337 nine miles south of the Tijeras exit on I-40, and follow the signs to Oak Flat and Juniper Loop. For information, visit http://www.taas.org or call 505-254-TAAS.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1289

From: "David Penasa, PE" <dpenasa@...>
Date: Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:13 pm
Subject: Fw: Star Party Thursday June 26th beginning at 8:30PM - Hyde Park Lodge

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From: Peter Lipscomb
To: plipscomb@...
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 1:01 PM
Subject: Star Party Thursday June 26th beginning at 8:30PM - Hyde Park
Lodge

Hello everyone,

I want to invite all of you to join me for a night under the stars
Thursday evening beginning at 8:30PM. Details can be found in the
attachment and in text below.

I hope you can join us!

Sincerely,

--Peter Lipscomb
Director, Night Sky Program
New Mexico Heritage Preservation Alliance
Santa Fe, NM

505-989-3696
http://nmheritage.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  CONTACT:
Peter Lipscomb

                                     Director, Night Sky Program
                                                             New Mexico
Heritage
                                                             Preservation
Alliance
(505) 989-3696
plipscomb@...
http://nmheritage.org
NIGHT SKY PROGRAM OF NEW MEXICO HERITAGE PRESERVATION ALLIANCE ANNOUNCES
STAR PARTY FOR THURSDAY JUNE 26th AT HYDE MEMORIAL STATE PARK

June 19, 2008 (Santa Fe) - The Night Sky Program of the New Mexico
Heritage Preservation Alliance (NMHPA) and New Mexico State Parks
announce a star party for Thursday evening June 26, 2008.

Director of the Night Sky Program, Peter Lipscomb invites the public to
the lodge at Hyde Memorial State Park starting at 8:30PM. Meet on the
terrace up the steps and behind the lodge for an evening under the
stars. We will begin with activities led by New Mexico State Parks
Ranger Sarah Wood, followed by a green laser tour of major stars and
constellations and viewing of night sky objects through telescopes. Take
the short 8 mile drive from Santa Fe along Hyde Park Road (NM 475) for a
stargazing evening that is out of this world! Admission is free.

We will enjoy a nice combination of celestial treasures including: star
clusters, nebulae, interesting multiple star systems, and distant
galaxies. Come experience the beauty of a naturally dark and starry
night sky. Summer temperatures under a canopy of stars provide a
peaceful setting for this time of year.

*****
Under the leadership of the NMHPA, the New Mexico Night Sky Protection
Act was signed into law in 1999. The purpose of the act is to regulate
outdoor night lighting to preserve and enhance the state's dark sky
while considering safety and the benefit of energy and financial
savings. One of the first laws of its kind in the United States, the
Night Sky Protection Act makes dark skies a priority in New Mexico to
help preserve our natural environment, history, culture, and economy.
To compliment the state law, many concerned municipalities have passed
local ordinances that place additional guidelines on the use of outdoor
lighting. More information is available in NMHPA's publication,
"Consumer Guide to Night Sky Friendly Lighting", which provides an
introduction to the topic of light pollution and explains what New
Mexicans can do to preserve a naturally dark night sky. The booklet can
be downloaded from www.nmheritage.org or obtained by calling the NMHPA
Night Sky Program at 505-989-3696.

The Night Sky Program is an educational outreach program providing
information to individuals, businesses, and municipalities interested in
working to reduce and prevent the negative consequences of light
pollution throughout the state of New Mexico. The New Mexico Heritage
Preservation Alliance is a statewide, private non-profit organization
that promotes, protects, and advocates for New Mexico's heritage. In
1999, it declared New Mexico's night sky as one of its "Most Endangered"
cultural resources -- an annual designation of historical properties,
archaeological sites, and other cultural resources threatened by human
encroachment and neglect.

#1288

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:29 am
Subject: Mining the Transient Sky with Thinking Telescopes

makirk37@...

The speaker for The Albuquerque Astronomical Society (TAAS) General Meeting on 12 July will be Dr. Przemek Wozniak from Los Alamos. The title of his talk will be "Mining the transient sky with Thinking Telescopes". This talk will introduce the Thinking Telescopes project, its main concepts, implementation, and scientific results, with the emphasis on recent progress in studies of Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), sometimes referred to as "the largest cosmic explosions since the Big Bang". The Thinking Telescopes project at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is pushing the envelope by developing a network of fully autonomous optical imaging detectors with the purpose of continually monitoring the sky in search of rapid transient phenomena in astronomical objects on time-scales as short as one minute.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1287

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Sat Jun 21, 2008 10:45 pm
Subject: FW: Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains

makirk37@...

For immediate release:

Correction: Since Oak Flat is closed due to fire hazards, the June 28^th event has been moved to Griegos Elementary School. The other star parties are still planned to take place at Oak Flat. Here is a map to the school. http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Griegos+Elementary+School,+Albuquerque,+NM&ie=UTF8&ll=35.127069,-106.648579&spn=0.098279,0.137844&z=13&iwloc=A. The address and phone number are 4040 San Isidro St. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87107 (505) 345-3661.

Take Candelaria Rd. NW past Highway 25. Pass 12^th St. NW. Make a right turn, going north, onto San Isidro St. NW. The school is immediately past Cherokee Rd. NW. The public star party will begin at 8 p.m.

From: Melissa [mailto:makirk37@...]
Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2008 8:08 PM
To: Melissa
Subject: Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains

For immediate release, TAAS events in two formats:

Format 1:

Format 2:

Saturday 5/31/2008 | 7:00 pm

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1286

From: lewis42public-astronomy@...
Date: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:39 pm
Subject: Re: [NM Astronomy] OT: Have trailer...Will travel

lewishouck

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Greg>

Where I'm living now (Norway, an oil-producing country),

�diesel is selling for�$10 per gallon. I'll trade you any day!

So go for it, while the good times last,�

Springfield or bust!

Lewis Houck,

Oslo (ABQ every spring & fall)�

----- Original Message ----
From: Greg M <nmastro@...>
To: nm_astronomy@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 11:24:50 AM
Subject: [NM Astronomy] OT: Have trailer...Will travel

In the next few weeks I'll be pulling my 18' (10,000 gross) car
trailer from Socorro to Springfield, OH. I'll be going empty from
Socorro to Springfield but I'll be mostly loaded on the way back. I
probably will have room in the long/wide pickup bed (has canopy) on
the way back. I'm looking for someone who needs a load hauled so I
don't have to make the trip empty. This $5 a gallon diesel is a killer.

My schedule is pretty open, but I will probably wait until after the
midwest floods have gone away

PS
Selling ST-8XE here
http://www.astromar t.com/classified s/details. asp?classified_ id=568951
AO-7 here
http://www.astromar t.com/classified s/details. asp?classified_ id=568953

#1285

From: "Greg M" <nmastro@...>
Date: Sun Jun 15, 2008 3:24 pm
Subject: OT: Have trailer...Will travel

atomicsgreg

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In the next few weeks I'll be pulling my 18' (10,000 gross) car
trailer from Socorro to Springfield, OH. I'll be going empty from
Socorro to Springfield but I'll be mostly loaded on the way back. I
probably will have room in the long/wide pickup bed (has canopy) on
the way back. I'm looking for someone who needs a load hauled so I
don't have to make the trip empty. This $5 a gallon diesel is a killer.

My schedule is pretty open, but I will probably wait until after the
midwest floods have gone away


PS
Selling ST-8XE here
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=568951
AO-7 here
http://www.astromart.com/classifieds/details.asp?classified_id=568953

#1284

From: "pslipscomb" <peter@...>
Date: Wed May 14, 2008 9:52 pm
Subject: Looking to borrow an Autostar II handpaddle

pslipscomb

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working on a problem for NM State Parks and would like to borrow one,
if possible.

--Peter

#1283

From: "Bert Stevens" <blslcnm@...>
Date: Sat May 3, 2008 2:52 pm
Subject: RE: [NM Astronomy] Lasers in the Sky

whocares88012

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International Astronomy Day, May 10, 2008 -- Events Scheduled in Las Cruces:

Saturday, May 10^th is International Astronomy Day, and to celebrate this annual event the Astronomical Society of Las Cruces (ASLC) will be bringing views of the Sun, stars, and planets to our community. Earlier in the day members will have special telescopes for viewing the Sun in three locations in the Las Cruces area -- the Farmer’s Market downtown, on the Plaza at Old Mesilla, and by the Corbett Center at NMSU. These telescopes will filter out the harmful rays of the Sun allowing a safe, close look at the solar surface so that any sunspots and/or prominences can be seen. Information will be provided about our big star party that evening.

Our star-party extraordinaire will take place under the dark skies at Leasburg Dam State Park (LDSP), which is also the site of our up-coming ASLC Observatory designed for public use. LDSP is a short 20 minute ride north from Las Cruces. To get to LDSP, take I-25 north from Las Cruces about 15 miles. Exit at NM 157 (Exit 19), turn west, go about one mile, and then turn right (north) into the park. Starting after 7 pm there will be several stargazing-related activities at the park, all free - note that the usual State Park fee of $5 per vehicle applies. Parking will be available in or near the main visitor parking area by the rest rooms/playground area, past the Park Office – volunteers will assist with parking.

Before the Sun sets (8:00 pm), solar telescopes can provide a final view of the solar surface. At the amphitheater area, there will be fun and educational astro-activities for kids, including being ‘Creative with Constellations’. Then the Society will welcome all visitors with a short informative presentation entitled “Kids, Telescopes & Space: A Crucial Connection”. Next storytellers will tell “Stories in the Stars”, a multi-cultural exploration of the legends of the night sky, accompanied by lasers to point out groupings in the stories. Note that this and other activities occur after dark, so bring flashlights to find your way and also folding chairs if possible.

As true darkness falls, Society members will man a battery of hi-power telescopes (up to 8 feet long) for the evening’s climax, a rare dark-sky observing session. Scopes will be located along the path into & past the amphitheater. What celestial sights await us? The familiar 5-day-old Moon will reveal craters & mountains galore, along with Saturn and its glorious rings, stars & star clusters; other rare sights include nebulas & galaxies that cannot be seen from town.

As an outdoor activity, this event may be cancelled if the weather is bad. If it’s questionable, call ASLC president Nils Allen at (575) 522-1456 on the day of – May 10^th – for go/no-go confirmation.

Clear and dark skies!

- Bert

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Bert Stevens
Former President
Astronomical Society of Las Cruces
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#1282

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Sat May 3, 2008 6:51 am
Subject: Lasers in the Sky

makirk37@...

Dr. Ylva Pihlstrom of UNM Physics and Astronomy will be the guest speaker at the May 17^th meeting of The Albuquerque Astronomical Society. The topic will be "Lasers in the Sky". Strongly beamed emission from interstellar molecules was discovered more than 40 years ago, and it was quickly realized that the emission could only be explained in terms of maser (laser) amplification. Because of the compactness and brightness of these masers, they have provided information about the molecular gas at the highest angular resolutions currently achievable. Dr. Pihlstrom will talk about the environments where masers are detected, and the lessons learned from the observations.

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Secretary and Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society

#1281

From: "David Penasa, PE" <dpenasa@...>
Date: Tue Apr 22, 2008 3:21 pm
Subject: Mars Workshop, ABQ thru Wed, April 23

davidpenasa

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A WORKSHOP TITLED, 'Ground Truth from Mars: Science Payoff from a
Sample Return Mission,' continues through Wednesday, April 23 at the
Hotel
Albuquerque at Old Town in Albuquerque. The focus of the workshop,
hosted
by Carl Agee, director, UNM Institute of Meteoritics, Sr. Research
Scientist Charles "Chip" Shearer, UNM and David Beaty, NASA Jet
Propulsion
Laboratory, is the payoff of research from a Mars sample return mission,
which is again on the horizon.
http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/002845.html#more

#1280

From: "David Penasa, PE" <dpenasa@...>
Date: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:11 pm
Subject: 50th Anniversary of First Lighting Ordinance - Flagstaff

davidpenasa

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Yesterday marked the 50 year anniversary of the first lighting ordinance
ever enacted, which restricted searchlight advertisements from sweeping
the night skies above Flagstaff, Arizona, USA.  See Astronomy Picture of
the Day which gives tribute to Flagstaff's world-leading night sky
preservation law:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html

David

#1279

From: "doccpu" <doccpu@...>
Date: Tue Apr 8, 2008 3:57 pm
Subject: The Moon Meets the Seven Sisters

doccpu

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Don't forget,

Tonight the moon moves through the Pleiades.

Should be a good show.

#1278

From: "Melissa" <makirk37@...>
Date: Mon Mar 31, 2008 2:08 am
Subject: Stargazing in the Manzano Mountains

makirk37@...

For immediate release, TAAS events in two formats:

Format 1:

Format 2:

Saturday 5/31/2008 | 7:00 pm

Enjoy dark skies,

Melissa Kirk

Public Relations Coordinator

The Albuquerque Astronomical Society