What's Up For Nov. 2009? Crab Nebula
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what would be a neat idea would be take a picture of crab nebula each month for 5 years and then put those photos in sequence and watch it expand , that would be awesome
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John D Hooker funded the big mirror, so they named the telescope after him. He was a millionaire, in the hardware business and president of Western Union Oil Company. He was also a great friend of naturalist John Muir.
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Yes, your own local time. So where ever your live, try looking up well after midnight! Between 2 a.m. and close to dawn are the best times to see meteors. There are 2 showers - 12th Taurids, 17th Leonids. that means in the nights before, during and after those dates you'll see meteors! (if it is not raining, that is)
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so i heard rumors.
I heard the crab nebula sends out gamma rays
shadowburninggundam 2 years ago
According to Spitzer Research Scientist Varoujan Gorgian: Yes, the Crab Nebula does emit Gamma Rays. Their source is the same as the source of most of the other emission from the Crab which is generated by particles that are accelerated by the pulsar at the center of the nebula and the interaction of those particles with the magnetic fields inside the nebula. This is called synchrotron radiation and this process can generate light from radio waves all the way out to Gamma Rays!
JPLnews 2 years ago
@JPLnews So have scientist have found use for the crab Nebula's Gamma Rays?
shadowburninggundam 2 years ago
The main use of the Gamma Rays is to help us understand what is going on in the Crab Nebula. Since Gamma Rays are very energetic wavelengths of light, they tell us that there are very energetic processes going on inside the nebula to generate that very energetic light. But besides helping increase our knowledge of the Crab, the amount of Gamma Rays reaching Earth is too little to do anything else with.
JPLnews 2 years ago
Thanks Jane!
ekovv 2 years ago
You're welcome! Working on December now. Orion nebula (one of my favorites!!)
JPLnews 2 years ago