Anyone hear that? The BIG bang. Last Post.

 So as this semester comes to a close, i would like to thank all of you readers, who have been keeping up to date with what has been occuring throughout this semester. This course has probably been one of the most time consuming courses out of my first year at Mount Allison University. But hard work and dedication pays off in the end!

 Last week i finished my last lab in this course ,which was pretty interesting and nice because it did not take very long to complete. I am hoping to continue my studies into the spring session and  further my credits, to hopefully complete my degree in a faster fashion. This semester has been rather interesting and very cold, as Sackville does not really warm up too significantly in these first few months of the year.  Today the weather has granted us with warmth of about + 10 C. There is still some snow on the ground in Sackville and across the maritime region. This snow hopefully will disapear as the sun forces its heat upon the ground and people of the maritimes, as we move into Summer ( i personally cannot wait till summer).

 The Eastern Region of Canada has now been affected by the inflation of gas prices. When i left British Columbia, gas prices where $1.30/ litre, and when i hit Alberta on my journey across Canada to come to lovely Sackville NB, gas prices where $.93/ litre and $.96/litre in Sackville. This month we have now reached the $1.20/litre mark in NB and $1.30 in NS. Which is scary as i own a truck haha. Maybe its time to sell it and get a car :(.

 This semester has deffintely been very interesting and informative. I am sorry to have to leave you so soon, but there is only 3 more classes left to the end of this semester and we will be going  to write our final exam in April, how lovely. I hope you all a happy summer and hopefully the Sun will come out in Sackville and across the maritimes and give us a very warm summer, that involves a lot of time spent at the sandy beaches. I cannot wait to go to the Beach Again!

Before i sign off for the LAST time, i would like to give you a brief overview of the Big Bang Theory.

The Big Bang theory is basically the explanation of how our Universe was created. Our Universe is said to be around 13.7 billion years old, and  is still expanding. The Big Bang theory is said to be the most scentifically backed and reasonable expanation of how our universe was created. Below is a picture that will kind of give you an idea of how this all advanced since this event occured.

Here is the picture that can sort of describe visually, how the Big Bang started and how it evolved throughout the billions of years.

 What other theories where scientists viewing and considering in the past?

 There was a point in time(history), when many sceintists in the science community were drawn between two different ways of explaining how exactly the Universe came to be. These scientists were drawn between the Big Bang theory and different alternative cosmological models.  Through more advanced observations and evidence, most scientists in the sceintific community, see the Big Bang theory as the most viable explanation of how our Universe started and advanced. The data that continues to support this theory has been gathered and collected throughout the years, which continues to give stronger support to this particular theory/explanation

 This was my last post on this blog. I hope you all have enjoyed the posts and have found them both entertaining and interesting to read. Have a great summer people!

Friday Night and the Hubble Space Telescope.

 This week has been rather interesting to say the least. I was finally able to complete my constellation testing on the 23rd. Didn't do as well as i would have wanted, but i was unable to reschedule due to my weeks schedule, which we will touch base on later in this post. When i went down for the testing, the sky was nice and clear, but that quickly changed to our demise.  I arrived at the constellation testing spot at around 850-9pm at night. At around 930-45, the clouds started to overtake the sky, starting with the constellation of Cassiopeia and the star Capella, working itself down towards the constellation of Orion.

 As the week came to a close on Friday, i had to report for duty at 1900 in Moncton. As we left the Tim Hortens in Sackville NB, our convoy headed for CFB Aldershot on a weekend Ex. At around 20:45 our convoy experienced the effects of Nova Scotia black ice. The lead vehicle slid and flipped off the highway, during the same time my police car also got dragged off the highway, ending up sideways in a ditch, with our trailer flipped over and totaled. After coming to a stop we confirmed everyone's safety, including other civilian drivers., who also went off the main Highway. After 5 hrs of outside weather, 4 hrs in a Hospital, and another 4 hrs before we headed home, it was the most eventful weekend Ex, i have ever participated in. And a day after, i am entering this blog, before the deadline hits. For this blog entry i would like to touch on the Hubble Space Telescope.

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The only Vehicle that didn't crash)

 As for the Hubble Space Telescope.

 The Hubble Space Telescope was built by NASA and brought into orbit within the 1990's. The Hubble Space Telescope was not the first telescope to have been put into space, but it has been known as one of the most vital and important telescopes to scientists.

 Unique features about the Hubble Space Telescope:

 - First ever telescope to be designed to be serviced in space.
 - The mission duration of this telescope was set at around 20 years ( which is overdue right now)
 - Had four servicing missions to date ( 1993, 1997, 1999, and 2000)
 - The Hubble Space telescope was about 43 feet in length, weighed approx 24,000 lbs, and had a diameter of 14 feet.


 This telescope was able to provide us with unique photographs and the ability to provide imaging possibilities to view distant and far away galaxies, that were not viewable to ground telescopes at the time. This telescope was a big step forward in its versatile design and imaging systems, which delivered advancement and knowledge to not only the space community, but to public in general.

 Stay tuned for next weeks blog, hopefully it doesn't include anymore accidents haha.

 

Spectral Lines

 So another week went by, school is coming to a close for this semester. Our class had its second midterm the other week. Cold Sackville is starting to warm up, we finally are getting temperatures in the plus, instead of minus. This means that the over amount of snow that resided outside, is slowly disappearing. This class requires a constellation test to be completed, but several weeks have passed, and there has not been a clear night, that i was scheduled on, it either rained or was to cloudy to take the testing. Our class will try again next week. Hopefully we can get this done, and not have to think about it anymore. As per this blog, i plan on touching on the topic of spectral lines.

Here is a picture of what spectral lines look like and the three types to be discussed.

First  we have Continuous spectrum which basically represents all wavelengths that are present within certain limits. Continuous spectrum usually occurs when electrons undergo free bound transitions within hot gas.

Second we have emission lines. This type of spectrum is formed by electromagnetic radiations emitted by different sources.

Third is absorption spectrum. Absorption spectrum is the spectrum that is formed by electromagnetic radiation, which has passed through a medium in which radiation of certain frequencies is absorbed, as seen in the image below.

This is where i sign off. Hopefully, you were able to grasp the definitions of these spectrum and lines. Till next week. Hopefully the snow will be gone by the end of this month.

Lightspeed..... Ever wanted to explore the galaxy?

Star Trek Voyager if anyone is a star trek fan.... (I'm not)... Can go Warp 9.7 which equals to almost 900 x the speed of light.

How fast is light speed?

299 792 458 m / s

 That's pretty fast eh.... 

The speed at which light travels in a vacuum; the constancy and universality of the speed of light is recognized by defining it to be exactly 299,792,458 meters per second (dictionary.com 2011). We have mastered the concept of the speed of sound which is 340.29 m / s, this is approximately 299,732, 118 slower then the speed of light.. ( if you ever wondered). 

There is a example of a F-18 going the speed of sound. Now to take that for instance in context with speed of light.... well there is no comparison.  

  Just wanted to pause and talk about how the class is going. Well, interesting fact... about 30% of the class bombed the exam....... Pretty bad huh... We spent a whole tutorial discussing the test. Every class it seems, 1 less person attends (i personally have not missed a class yet!). It has almost have made it through a full University Year. Physics class has been probably the hardest class in regards to math and science ( which i said i was not very good in, earlier), but i will push through.  When i finish this year, i will probably go on a field school or work for a little bit( gotta pay off this student loan haha). It is still cold here, there were dump trucks and heavy equipment here the other day, removing snow from campus, i know its crazy. 


 Well, anyways back to this speed of light thing. 

haha, yea not really.... ( ever notice how i give you guys a lot of photos and stuff to look at, haha, well its because it makes this blog  more interesting, for you and me)

That gives you an idea of how fast light speed really is.  Eventually one day we will master the art of going that fast, but for tonight, i am logging off. Cya.

Types of Binary Star Systems. Find waldo anyone?

Kinda the same concept with stars, don't you agree?
Here are the three Binary Star Systems, i would like to talk about on this post.

That's the Sirius Binary System.                                     Not the RADIO!!! HA!




1ST!!!!!!!!!!( Trying to make this entertaining, work with me)


VISUAL BINARY!

What is a visual binary??? Hmmm. Lets put it this way. If you where to look through a telescope, an visual binary star system would look like a double star, due to the angular separation between two components, becomes great enough, which would result in the observer seeing a double star. Which star is brighter in the two?? The primary, of course :/ !! So that would make the other the secondary, hierarchy sucks huh.

2ND!!!!

 ECLIPSING BINARY

These binaries are so close to the observer can see them orbit in their line of sight. Pretty cool stuff huh.  Some of their light is blocked as one star eclipses the other. Kinda like hide and seek. :P. Famous eclipsing star is the Algol or aka "Demon Star".

Final one i want to discuss, then maybe ill tell you about some interesting times in University.

Spectroscopic Binary.

 What is this ??? Oh its what you would have, if you can not class a binary system as neither Visual or Eclipsing. The world is coming to a end, but not right now. You have to learn about this.

This type of binary system is usually to far away to be distinguished, by a telescope.  Their Binary nature thus can usually be defined by one of two ,  First: Through Doppler Shift or Two: Their spectral lines.


That's the types of Binary Systems i wanted to touch base on this post. 

Spectroscopic Binary.

Fun Fun Fun.... Where is my Sun???? Want to see where i am?

HAHAHA.... YEA RIGHT!!! I'm in New Brunswick........ 3 More years.....

That's more like it. Cold Cold Cold.

Corona anyone? Sure. Whats that? Science. HAHA sucker!

IS that what you were thinking? Me too! But, apparently that doesn't have much to do with the topic of discussion.  The corona that we are going to be discussing is the type of plasma or atmosphere of our Sun or other Celestial Body!

Pretty cool eh? Next time you're out on the town , ask for that loop to go with your Corona. Bartender will prob give you a lemon. But, anyways, this is a Corona LOOP. Sounds like some kinda party game. Apparently a corona loop is a kind of basic structure of a magnetic solar Corona. What does that mean??? Great, lets get into it. Corona loops can precede solar flares or a CME ( Corona mass ejection). Enough on our lemon addition.

 One of the remarkable qualities of the Corona is its high temperature. The outer atmosphere of the sun is the Corona, and this corona is formed by loops of hot gas arching thousands of miles in height.
 The unique thing about this corona is that it is so delicate, that one can only see it during a solar eclipse .

That's an eclipse if you didn't know haha.

Not The CAR!!!

 The sun is a pretty bright place, without it, life could be really dark haha. Thanks to dark matter. If you are interested in dark matter, please reference yourself to my first blog post, in which i discuss this particularly unique kind of matter, which is the reason outer space is the dark cold place, we see at night, and not as bright as the sun.  We are into February now within  this physics class. The first midterm has passed, and now we proceed into the further chapters. Mount Allison University , actually closed down for a day the other week, amazing, i know! University tip to staying alive within a full class schedule and while taking distribution courses you have little interest in , the answer is.... Coffee. haha.  I lived in New Brunswick for only several months, but this is certainly a winter province. Very Very cold and snowy. But, the other day it was 0 degrees C , so i know consider that warm. We have had some very clear nights for star gazing. But , i had to work instead haha. The fun life. Stay tuned for more of this adventurous blog. Ill try to keep it interesting. Thanks for tuning in.

Dear Newton, what do you mean by Universal Law of Gravitation?

 Oh Newton, what are we going to do without you. Well i know ill be fine, but lets try to explain your law.

Okay lets break this down shall we, that way non science oriented people can understand this.
So the concept basically entails that every particle of matter in the universe, attracts ever other part of matter. Confusing?? I know. I feel the same way. Lets blame it on the Apple! But, lets continue. 

So here is the equation!!



What is all these numbers and letters mean you must ask yourself, i know i did!

• F is the force between the masses,
• G is the gravitation constant
• m₁ is the first mass,
• m₂ is the second mass, and
• r is the distance between the masses.

A formula still used today, but if you don't understand this, well to make you feel better, Newton did not know how gravity actually works! But, Einstein did! Check this video out!

Our textbook features 3 simple statements that are suppose to help summarize this law!

Here it goes!

---- " Every mass attracts every other mass through the force called gravity"
--- " The strength of gravitational force attracting any two objects is directly proportional to the product of their masses. For example, doubling the mass of one object doubles the force of gravity between the two objects"
-- Finally!!! I know, i know! " The strength of gravity between two objects decreases with the square of the distance between their centers. We therefore say that the gravitational force follows an inverse square law. For example, doubling the distance between two objects weakens the force of gravity by factor of 2^2, or 4.


The way i understand this science law is that 1. its not in our constitution, so you can't get arrested if you don't want to follow it! Always a good fact. Lets take the planet and stars for example, we rotate on our axis, revolving. But, what stops us from flying away into the cold dark galaxy, is the kinda formal space agreement between planets, stars, etc, that says everyone has their own boundary, you may not cross! If we did not have this agreement or "gravity", nothing would stay in place. You put that bike down and it would fall through the ground into the obis, how happy would you're parents be then? Like to magnets when you put the wrong side together, they push away from each other, but they can also attract each other, that's kinda like this gravity thing, hopefully haha. So much explanation, hope this all made sense if not,  take a social science degree, no math really required!

Maybe archaeology? Can find some of these haha.Their working that gravity haha.

Milky way galaxy, NO its not full of milk!

So where are we you ask yourself? Well, one can say that their on planet Earth, but where is Earth you ask? In a galaxy, our particular galaxy, is the Milky Way. Before we get started on the Milk, i wanted to touch base on how this class is going. Well, science, math, and memorization is the key to success within this course. So if you're not into that, try Science 1001. So far i am pushing through, no such thing as failure in my books. Take it and go with it, is my motto. Do you learn anything in this class? TONS!, you're always learning, what you thought you knew, can be challenged and apparently science has an answer, sorry philosophy! Well, lets get back to the milky way on the this Saturday afternoon. Earth, humans, the sun, the moon, the stars we see, our all in the Milky Way Galaxy. How many planets are there in this milk path? Hundreds of Billions! That's probably a good indication, that we are not alone! Aliens could be out there, or maybe where the aliens :P.

Haha, funny eh. They can have the planet once where done. In the meantime, the games on.

Back to the seriousness grrr.

 The milky Way Galaxy you say?

There it is! Approximately 100,000 light years in Diameter! WOW, Can you run that fast?  I know i can!  Thickness ohhh, only about 1,000 light years!! Need's to get on that new A&E show , Heavy. Could lose a few light years :P.  The milky way is about 13-15 billion years old.

 Puts this galaxy into context, our galaxy is part of the local grouping of galaxies, which contains 50 other close net galaxies including the Andromeda galaxy.  The local group of galaxies is part of the Virgo Super cluster of galaxies.

Pretty Cool Eh. Check out this cool Pic :P.

Orion, where art thou?

During my previous lab, me and my colleagues were exploring the universe on star gazer, while exploring the constellations, we came across the constellation, Orion. This week i would like to touch on the significance and meaning of both an constellation, and in particular, Orion.   Constellations in our night's sky, where created by Greek's and a earlier world, which found meaning through the prominent stars in our night's sky, which they thought to represent an object or person (in Orion's case, the hunter).  Orion is an prominent constellation in the celestial sphere,and  one can see Orion throughout the world, within the night's sky on a clear day.  Orion is the most apparent constellation in our night's sky.  Orion the hunter originated from Greek Mythology. Greeks have played a very significant role in naming our worlds night sky, and explaining the meaning and actuality of the stars and objects within our sky.  One must wonder how confusing the stars, constellations, etc,  would have been for those individuals and the ones before them, at least we have physics class to help us explain it. If you can understand and memorize all the terms haha.

Litte video on Orion found on youtube. Stay in touch. Physics class isn't over yet!

Starting weeks of the Journey

 An Anthropology student has finally took it one step closer to discovering the ways in which people first originated on this planet we call "Earth", as a anthropologist, you study the way human's live and operate within different societies, but through taking this unique course, hopefully i can get one step closer to understanding the concept to how we became "us" in a sense.  Through this semester you can follow my exploration of space and the parts of the universe in which we have little to no knowledge of, much alike "Dark Matter" for example.  This is Physics 1031 (Stars, Galaxies, And the Universe)

Dark Matter:

Interesting fact:  The Earth is not still, it rotates around its axis once a day and the world is moving in our solar system, as it rotates on its axis once a day, it orbits the sun at a distance of 1 A.U or a 150 Million kms.

You never know if you can reach your goal, if you never try!