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Originally posted by Spiramirabilis
reply to post by Astyanax
Mr. Astyanax -
but since the word censorship is in use here...
whether or not Google is "censoring" our view of the heavens - I have no way of knowing
it does seem like you could probably still see it - the old fashioned way
at least until the SOBs figure out a way to block out the sky
[edit on 3/2/2009 by Spiramirabilis]
No, you can't directly see Earth-like planets 8.4 light years away with Hubble.
Originally posted by forddavidjuniorWith lets say with the hubble telescope and some land based telescopes you would be able to see Earth like Planets that are only eight point four light years away.I believe it is kept a secrete for it is so close yet so far away.We can see but we cannot get there,How depressing.
In photographic terms, you could say that its image occupies just one pixel... just like the vast majority of stars that are imaged.
Originally posted by GaryN
So most stars are only one pixel in size. Not a lot of detail then.
And if we can not prove that Sirius is a star
We know much about the stars around us even if we can't directly resolve them as more than point light sources.
Originally posted by prevenge
Esoteric schools are expecting the "Chintamanti stone" to come to us from the Dog Star of Sirius.
To bless us with immortality and bring in a global world order.....
www.bibliotecapleyades.net...
freaky deaky baby
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Originally posted by GaryN
reply to post by ngchunter
We know much about the stars around us even if we can't directly resolve them as more than point light sources.
And what is it that we "know" about the stars around us? There are interpretations of data collected by instruments that detect spectral lines of ionised elements, and instances of magnetic fields, but planets can have magnetic fields too. The nearest 'stars' need to have the full resources of all available sciences focused on them, rather than telling us about stars they think they are seeing thousands or millions of light years away. The structure of the cosmos based on present astronomy 'facts' is either an honest misinterpretation of the data, or a huge con job that dates back to Galileo and is perpetrated to this day by the Vatican.
Or, look here, and learn that that's not true
Originally posted by GaryN
reply to post by drakus
Or, look here, and learn that that's not true
So you are a PhD astrophysicist? I'm impressed. All of that gobbledygook looks like assumptions based on assumptions about stuff so far away we'll never know the truth. I want to see Sirius ejecting CMEs and x-ray flares, then I'll believe it is a Sun.
Originally posted by GaryN
reply to post by ngchunter
We know much about the stars around us even if we can't directly resolve them as more than point light sources.
And what is it that we "know" about the stars around us? There are interpretations of data collected by instruments that detect spectral lines of ionised elements, and instances of magnetic fields, but planets can have magnetic fields too. The nearest 'stars' need to have the full resources of all available sciences focused on them, rather than telling us about stars they think they are seeing thousands or millions of light years away. The structure of the cosmos based on present astronomy 'facts' is either an honest misinterpretation of the data, or a huge con job that dates back to Galileo and is perpetrated to this day by the Vatican.
Originally posted by GaryN
reply to post by drakus
I want to see Sirius ejecting CMEs and x-ray flares, then I'll believe it is a Sun.
Originally posted by GaryN
reply to post by drakus
Or, look here, and learn that that's not true
So you are a PhD astrophysicist? I'm impressed. All of that gobbledygook looks like assumptions based on assumptions about stuff so far away we'll never know the truth. I want to see Sirius ejecting CMEs and x-ray flares, then I'll believe it is a Sun.
You wanted proof that you can see stars without looking through earth's atmosphere. I gave it to you, you ignored it.
Do this:
Take a picture of the Sun,
Open in computer
Zoom out
Zoom out
Zoom out
...
(repeat as many times necesary to simulate galactic distances.
Look at it
You have a star.
Make a spectrographic analysis of the Sun's light.
Notice the spikes in spectra, compare it to the spectra of different elements
Hidrogen and helium (mostly), good.
Intervening matter. Contrary to common belief interstellar space is not a perfect vacuum. Dust and gas between stars can absorb and scatter starlight leading to a reduction in brightness and a reddening in colour.