I have always been interested in mathematical shapes and surface which is the main reason for the Mobius Loop appearing below (I don’t really think it has anything to do with the structure of spacetime). However there have been a … Continue reading
I came across this print of M42 while looking through some old notes. Print you note – not data – the data has long gone. So why a print? Because when this first came out of the Hyperstar I and … Continue reading
So why not buy a copy of Star Vistas for the budding astronomer in your family? Also – with Forewords by Sir Arthur C Clarke, Sir Patrick Moore, and Dr. Brian May – this first edition is likely to become … Continue reading
Got today’s EPOD with a panoramic (4-frame) view of Hurst Spit, the Isle of Wight, Hurst castle and Hurst lighthouse – plus Keyhaven salt marshes and the Solent. There’s lots to see in this image 🙂 Thank you Jim for … Continue reading
Is our Universe a 4-dimensional Mobius Loop giving the appearance of an infinitely large structure? Mathematica produced 3-dimensional surface with x= (1+0.5 v * Cos(0.5u))*Cos(u) y=(1+0.5 v * Cos(0.5 u))*Sin(u) z=0.5 v * (Sin 0.5u)
For some reason an incident that happened when I was 19 years old entered my mind twice today (early signs maybe?). Perhaps this account will be of some use to somebody out there, you never know, it might even save … Continue reading
I took a look at the star map to see if there were any nicely coloured pairs of stars in close proximity to one another. The “super Albireo” pair of Algol and Rho Persei stood out like a sore thumb, … Continue reading
You can read more about the Starmus Festival – Tenerife March 21 – 26 2011 – here 🙂
An extremely interesting APOD today – and I wonder if this means that we are unlikely to find complex life-forms near Galactic centres. Indeed – could this go some way to explain why the Ape descendants appeared in the quiet … Continue reading
I connected up the Paramount ME to its 48V power supply which in turn goes to a 1000W uninterruptible power supply (UPS) in my attempt to protect the delicate Paramount motor boards and electronics from anything nasty coming down the … Continue reading
