Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well this week we are revisiting some spectroscopy work done way back in January 2018 for the purpose of preparing a presentation at the OCA Astrophysics SIG.
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Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well this week we are revisiting some spectroscopy work done way back in January 2018 for the purpose of preparing a presentation at the OCA Astrophysics SIG.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
We watched the first orbital launch attempt of the SpaceX Starship online. It didn't make it to orbit, but that story is told elsewhere. Here we want to discuss the optical illusion displayed in the launch videos where the rocket seemed to be made of rubber and was wildly bending in all sorts of directions.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Stars are powered by fusion and the potential benefits of fusion power here on Earth are of interest and some latest results by TAE, formally Tri-Alpha Energy, as described at the April 17 CSULB Physics Colloquium are covered here.
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Well last evening we missed two of planets in alignment, but did go out to take a look at Mars.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well with the upcoming 5 planet alignment coming up later, we wanted to do some DSLR imaging practice of capturing Uranus, which is is very close now to bright Venus.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well this week we have had a lot of local rain and a lot of snow in nearby mountains, so keep your scopes inside.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
This week we were reminded of the Moonbow phenomena and will comment and look into the physics and then finish up with fun with some jokes.
Sad Greetings from Palmia Observatory,
Astronomer Assistant Willow has been part of the observatory staff for about 17 years and passed away today.
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Well, this lazy astronomer had to go out in early evening in city lights viewing and try to capture the comet again.
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Well, we will report on our first attempt to capture Comet ZTF (C/2022 E3), which is predicted to reach magnitude 6.2 and then review some observatory news and finally comment again on AAS41 meeting.
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Well here we are and the American Astronomical Society (AAS241) meeting is over in Seattle and we can report on a couple of key findings.
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The use of artificial intelligence systems and machine learning is being applied to many astronomical observations. These techniques are especially valuable for large datasets and many papers report good success while a few identify some of its spectacular failures also.
Greetings from Palmia Observatory
Well its been a while since we last posted. It has just been a trying time of year, but let's mention a few items hopefully of interest to the physicist wannabes.