Jodrell Bank

[marval]

For those who didn't know there was talk of closing down Jodrell Bank Observatory, which would have been a crying shame. So many wonderful things happen there, as anyone interested in astronomy will know.

The good news is it is saved.

http://www.number10.gov.uk:80/Page17123


Margaret

 

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha Dame Margaret,

'Tis superfantabulous news indeed!!! Yahooooooo

Cheerio,

CD

 

[marval]

It is indeed CD, it should be preserved and used for ever.


Margaret

 

[Contratrombone64]

enough to tickle a star-gazers' deepest feelings I'm sure.

 

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha CT64,

Jodrell Bank is the forefather to modern radio-astronomy. Its mission was not to produce lurid astrophotography :grin::grin::grin:

Cheerio,

CD

 

[Contratrombone64]

*grapples with lurid astrophotography*

 

[Corno Dolce]

TeeeHeee @ CT64 :grin::grin::grin::grin::grin:

 

[Tûrwethiel]

That's great news, Marval.

"Lurid astrophotography? Now there's a concept!

 

[Corno Dolce]

Aloha Tûrwethiel,

Yes indeed! Anything that tickles(dazzles) the optical nerve is lewd(lurid).

Cheerio,

CD

 

[Tûrwethiel]

Golly gosh! I've been meaning to go to my local observatory. Must push it forward a little.

 

[marval]

I found this interesting, but not too lurid I'm afraid.


http://www.astrocruise.com/

 

[Tûrwethiel]

I want to see a nebula. Don't care how.

 

[Contratrombone64]

I think Nebulas are incredibly big and far away, not sure, must ask Lord Google, PhD.

 

[Tûrwethiel]

Ha, CT. I've read and watched far too much sci-fi and think I could get there in a par-sec.

 

[Contratrombone64]

a par-boiled par-sec?

 

[toto]

Is that like an undercooked parsnip?

 

[Corno Dolce]

*Get there in a parsec*??? 3.26156 Lightyears away??? Ummm - ermmm, not in your lifetime, ergo, using the best methods we have today for space travel you will die before you reach that distance.

Alot of the *lewd* astrophotographs with phantasmagorical colors are really *false color images*, especially those from X-Ray observational platforms. The simple reason being that X-Rays belong to the *invisible* light spectrum. The colors are chosen to help illustrate details not otherwise apparent.

Here's are samples of false color astro-images:

http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/chronological.html