Thursday, September 25, 2008

The Very Large Array

c) how old the light coming into the telescope is, in light years or light minutes

a) The Very Large Array can detect all forms of light.
b)
c)
d) it uses 27 antennas that admit radio waves

Friday, September 19, 2008

Part A-
5: interactions- 36
10: interactions- 66
15: interactions- 272
20: interactions- 276
25: interactions- 346

as the number increases the interactions increase as well, the relationship is exponential because of the leaps in the numbers.

Part B-
5: interactions- 25
10: interactions- 113
15: interactions- 203
20: interactions- 403
25: interactions- 620
the numbers are more linear. They are more accurate because there are more test subjects.

Part C-
1.5ev- 828nm- sent-15 detected- 12
1.8ev- 690nm- sent-15 detected- 12
2.0ev- 621nm- sent-15 detected- 14
2.3ev- 540nm- sent-15 detected- 12
2.5ev- 297nm- sent-15 detected- 13
It's wavelength goes down and the number detected stays almost the same

Part D-
2.2eV- 565nm- H- sent- 15 detected- 8
2.2eV- 565nm- O- sent- 15 detected- 13
2.2eV- 565nm- Mg- sent- 15 detected- 11
2.2eV- 565nm- Na- sent- 15 detected- 11
2.2eV- 565nm- Ca- sent- 15 detected- 10
With all of the gases it stays about the same but with O there is a higher amount detected and with H there is fewer. I don't think you will get the same patterens because the numbers seem to vary a lot.

Notes on Stellar Spectra

1.Absorption spectra
2. closer, because the distance they are from us make them seem to move more than the further ones
3. brightness
4. the middle radiates to the rest of the star
5. intensity is how bright it looks
magnitude is how bright it really is

annie cannon

one task would like to spend my whole life doing is working with people. I just want to make a difference in at least one person's life. at this moment i really don't know what i want to do with my life.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

speed of light

Distance between the hot spots 10cm
Wavelength 20cm
Wavelength .2m
Frequency of the microwave 2500000000m
EQUATION c=λ*f .2*2500000000=c
Your calculated speed of light 500,000,000m/s

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Electromagnetic Radiation

With out a cell phone, something that uses electromagnetic radiation, my life would be very different. not only would I not be able to call my friends (or my mom when I needed a ride) I would also be unorganized because I wouldn't have the calender in it (which i use a lot). Telling time would also be a hassle because I don't own a watch, and my phone has a built in clock =3.

Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Blog 3

a. That the rotation is fairly quick
b. It lost energy between going to mars and coming back
c. The five slices are from five different points of mars that the wave hit.

Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Tunguska explosion

I think the Tunguska explosion was caused by some sort of nuclear blast. Some reasons for this are:
- No meteorite was found (perhaps it exploded into untraceable pieces)
- The trees have a similar blast pattern as Hiroshima
- There were some mutation in people and animals
- There is radiation damage in the area

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

scaling solar system

1. earth would be located 0.967 meters away
mercury would be 0.374 meters away
that's how far the planets are if Pluto was 175 miles away from the sun

2. .72 years old
the planets have diffrent orbit speeds

3. 75.6
JUPITER

if you are too heavy you will get squished because the gravity pushing on you will be too much

Tuesday, September 2, 2008



- constantly bombarded by debris
- in final stages of formation hot lava forced to surface
- iron is concentrated in mercury's center
- thin shell is on the out side caused by lava flow
- mariner 10 gave us the first photos of the surface