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by Thuban
Sat Oct 28, 2017 9:56 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Remote observatory view from above
Replies: 18
Views: 7426

Re: Remote observatory view from above

Ha that was really fun to watch. What a cool set up.
by Thuban
Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:46 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Cosmic Background Radiation
Replies: 7
Views: 3951

Re: Cosmic Background Radiation

To mrgizmo65 : The evenness is attributed to two factors generally 1) the relatively equal amounts of matter and antimatter involved in the big bang. Which means there will not be a lot of normal matter left over and 2) The rapid rate of inflation which spread the contents of the matter evenly throu...
by Thuban
Wed Dec 09, 2015 4:36 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Cosmic Background Radiation
Replies: 7
Views: 3951

Re: Cosmic Background Radiation

Well an interesting thing is that if time was created in the Big Bang as essentially a spatial dimension then essentially the universe is eternal. Because there was no time before it's creation. Just saying, so while you could say the universe had a fixed point of origin we can call this time = 0 th...
by Thuban
Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:27 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Cosmic Background Radiation
Replies: 7
Views: 3951

Re: Cosmic Background Radiation

My understanding is that if the steady state model was correct there would be no CMB to begin with. The CMB as I understand it is basically the decaying echo of the big bang without the bang there would be no CMB. The problem as I understand it if you did try to explain the CMB with the steady state...
by Thuban
Sun Dec 06, 2015 11:00 am
Forum: The Imager's Studio
Topic: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 925
Replies: 9
Views: 4622

Re: Barred spiral galaxy NGC 925

wow very well done.
by Thuban
Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:35 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: Arunah Hill Days, 2015
Replies: 7
Views: 4070

Re: Arunah Hill Days, 2015

wow seems like a great time. I am going to have to schedule things better next year so that I can attend.
by Thuban
Sat Sep 19, 2015 9:33 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: "Almost Impossibly Awesome" Pluto Images
Replies: 3
Views: 2385

Re: "Almost Impossibly Awesome" Pluto Images

Yes I have been really blown away by how dynamic and interesting both Pluto and Charon have been. It makes me excited for how many more treasures might be in the Kuiper belt and Oort cloud.
by Thuban
Thu Jul 30, 2015 4:21 pm
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: $ 100M SEARCH FOR E.T.
Replies: 13
Views: 5730

Re: $ 100M SEARCH FOR E.T.

I totally agree with Jerry if a civ was able to travel here to do us harm there is nothing we could do about it against that kind of technology. I just can't think of anything we have that you couldn't get elsewhere easier and cheaper. If it's metal then go get an asteroid. If it's water go get a co...
by Thuban
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:57 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: A very deep shower thought found online
Replies: 3
Views: 2248

Re: A very deep shower thought found online

according to this article http://www.fvza.org/science2.html vampires have a body temperature of 60 F way above the 2.7 Kelvin of surrounding space. They should easily show up on an infrared spectrum. Kind of like how when they cloak the klingon bird of prey you can still see it's exhaust.
by Thuban
Mon Jul 27, 2015 10:40 am
Forum: Galileo's Gabfest
Topic: $ 100M SEARCH FOR E.T.
Replies: 13
Views: 5730

Re: $ 100M SEARCH FOR E.T.

I still remain skeptical of the idea of extraterrestrial contact. For instance one of the main techniques that SETI has always focused on is listening for radio signals. However what if they don't communicate through radio then we will never find them. Maybe they have some kind of hyperspace transmi...