December 12th, 2009
I went with my house with a couple of my friends that are not in astronomy. We went out to the celery field and sat out for about 3 hours to look at the stars. We headed out at around 11 and left two o’clock. I was extremely tired, but it was worth it to an extent. I was able to catch about 13 Geminid meteors. Only about half of them were bright, and the rest were medium. It was exciting to see them. However, a fog was developing which made the viewing experience limited. We left, but I had a good time and was able to let my friend see meteors for the first time.
December 17th, 2009 11:50 p.m.
Location: There was no moon is my view. The moon was a new moon so I suspect that is the reason.
Description: The moon was not visible tonight due to the phase of the moon.
Weather: It was minutely chilly out tonight. It was due to the fact that it was chilly outside. The clouds would not be distorting the sky based on the fact that it was not an obvious moon outside. Although I do like new moons, the stars in the sky were beautiful. I saw orions belt in the sky.
December 30th, 2009 10:30 p.m.
Location: The moon was high in the sky. It was a full moon tonight. It was I the northern portion of the sky.
Description: The moon as extremely beautiful tonight. I saw it extremely clear and bright up in the sky. I could pick up on different craters and features on the moons face.
Weather: The clouds did not hinder the full moon at all. It was kind of cold, but it did not stop me from gazing up at the moon for a while. I enjoyed the time I spent and the weather that surrounded me.
December 31st, 2009 12:00 a.m.
Location: It was the second day of the new moon. The moon appeared in the northern part of the sky, but it was more in the center this time.
Description: the new moon was beautiful. It was still as beautiful as yesterday. It seemed fuller this time compared to yesterday.
Weather: the weather was so nice. It was a bit more cold then yesterday for me, but it did not stop me from being out there for an extended amount of time. It was such a nice night, and he clouds hung n a light fog so when it covered the moon; it did not last for longer then a couple moments.
December 1st, 2010 a.m.
Location: The full moon was more towards the left this time, I believe. It was new years day and I was outside able to see the moon and the sky all around me.
Description: The moon was beautiful. I was not able to see the stars unfortunately, there was just too much light from the streets and the buildings around me.
Weather: There was a light mist that seemed to be considered a shower. The day was chilly. And there was a moderate visibility. The moon shone brightly so there was no issue there. However, the stars were very hard to see from the locations I was at the entire night.
January 14th, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Location: There is a new moon out tonight so I do not have the ability to detect that
Description: The moon is a new moon. I do not have any ability to see it. The stars are out tonight though, and they are very nice. I can see Ornion, Gemini, and Persus. I truly enjoyed the observation.
Weather: Its pretty cold out, but the weather has warmed up from the last couple of nights. I have the ability to see up into the sky, even though it appears to be a little foggy out. A few scattered clouds, but the wind pushes them past fairly quickly.
There has been a total of about 9 hours from all the observations combined. I saw my first meteor this semester, and have had a wonderful time identifying stars and the moon.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Apod 2.8
This is a very interesting photo of a roll cloud. It was shot above the Las Olas Beach in Maldonado, Uruguay. The photo was taken on January 2009. The roll clouds are rare clouds that appear very long in the sky. The clods form near advancing cold fronts. The roll cloud actually has the ability to have a circulation of air along the long horizontal axis of the cloud. The roll cloud is truly formed when a downdraft from a occurring storm causes the moist air that is warm to rise, and cool below its dew point to form this awesome spectacle. This photo had my double taking a couple times. It almost appears that these roll clouds can make people fear of a tornado occurring. However, it is reported that tornados do not form from these clouds at all. All in all I hope that I have the ability to see one of these rare roll clouds across the sky, it was surly amazing to see in a photo; it will be more awesome to see in person.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1001/rollcloud_eberl_big.jpg
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1001/rollcloud_eberl_big.jpg
Sunday, January 3, 2010
Joseph Langrang
Sheila Heiman
Mr. Percival
Astronomy
02 Jan. 2009
Joseph Langrang
Giuseppe Lodovico Langrangia was born on January 1736, more formally known as Joseph-Louis Langrang. Langrang was born in Turin, Italy which was the capital of the kingdom of Sardinia. Langrang was born to a Dad named Giuseppe Francesco Lagrangia and a mother by the name of Teresa Grosso. Lagrang’s Dad was the Treasurer of the Office of Public Workers and Fortifications in their home city. Teresa was well known from being the daughter of a doctor from Cambiano. Although Langrang’s family held some importance to the king of Sardinia, the family was not wealthy due to the Dad’s failure in unsuccessful financial speculations. Lagrang was the eldest of 11 children born to his parents; however he was one of only two children to actually reach adulthood.
As Joseph grew a career in the law field was preplanned for his future. Joseph accepted this keenly, and was sent to the College of Turin. While studying in this college, Langrang’s favorite subject was classical Latin. Langrang had little interest for mathematics do to the fact that Greed geometry was considered dull to him. It was not till later in his life that he cultivated an interest in math and the mathematical equations involved in astronomy. A curiosity in math began after Joseph read a copy of Halley, a 1963 work on the algebra used in optics. Langrang lived part of his life in Prussia and then another portion of his life in France; where he made most of his significant contributions to the fields of: analysis, number theory, classical, and celestial mechanics. Physics was another interest of Joseph that first got his attention after an inspiring class taught by Beccaria at his college.
Langrang dedicate himself to his love of math, but for the most part he was self-taught. His first mathematical piece of work was published on July 23rd 1754. This published piece of work drew similarities between the derivatives of functions and analogies of binomial theorem. After his first publication he began his work on the tautochrone, which is the curve which a weighted particle will arrive at a fixed point at the same independent as the initial position. Towards the ending of 1754, the discovery Lanrang made on tautochrone assisted on the new subject of calculus of variations.
Langrang was particularly interested in the math that was associated with astronomy. He is mostly known in the field of astronomy for the various problems that he did on published papers. In the year 1764 he began to work on the reason why the same side of the Moon continuously faced Earth.
Also researching the satellites of Jupiter in 1766. Most of the attributes that he had in the astronomical field was between the years of 1772- 1793. In 1772 Joseph attempted to solve the three-body problem which resulted in the finding of the Lagrangian points, which can detect the two body systems in space. He focused directly on the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Joseph wrote papers on the attraction of ellipsoids in 1772, the secular equation of the Moon written in 1773, the motion of the nodes of the orbit of the planet in 1774, and the stability of the planetary orbit in 1776. Lagrang also did work covering the orbit of a comet that he witnessed three times; as well as the determination of the secular and periodic variations of the elements of the planets in our solar system. In 1780 he proved his solution by discovering the idea of generalized equation of motion. In the years 1778 and 1783 he found a method in determining the orbit of a comet.
By the year 1786, it was known that Joseph moved to Paris where he was given the title of senator and a count in the first empire of France. This is where he became the member of the French academy of science. Langrang met his second wife Renee-Francoise-Adelaide Le Monnie and stayed married to her until his death. Napoleon in 1808 made Langrang the Grand officer of the Legion of Honor and Comte of the empire. Langrang was also awarded the Grand Croix of the Order Imperial de la Reunion. The death of Joseph Langrang is said to be caused by his frequent bouts of depression. Langrang died on April 10th, 1813 in Paris, France. He was laid to rest in the Pantheon in Paris. A street in Paris is named rue Lagrang in his honor. The street Langrang was also born on was named via Lagrang in respect as well.
Works Cited
The Coloumbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. New York: : Columbia UP, 2009.
"Joseph-Louis Lagrange Biography." Biography Base Home. 03 Jan. 2010..
"Joseph-Louis Lagrange." Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko. 03 Jan. 2010..
"Lagrange summary." MacTutor History of Mathematics. 03 Jan. 2010..
Mr. Percival
Astronomy
02 Jan. 2009
Joseph Langrang
Giuseppe Lodovico Langrangia was born on January 1736, more formally known as Joseph-Louis Langrang. Langrang was born in Turin, Italy which was the capital of the kingdom of Sardinia. Langrang was born to a Dad named Giuseppe Francesco Lagrangia and a mother by the name of Teresa Grosso. Lagrang’s Dad was the Treasurer of the Office of Public Workers and Fortifications in their home city. Teresa was well known from being the daughter of a doctor from Cambiano. Although Langrang’s family held some importance to the king of Sardinia, the family was not wealthy due to the Dad’s failure in unsuccessful financial speculations. Lagrang was the eldest of 11 children born to his parents; however he was one of only two children to actually reach adulthood.
As Joseph grew a career in the law field was preplanned for his future. Joseph accepted this keenly, and was sent to the College of Turin. While studying in this college, Langrang’s favorite subject was classical Latin. Langrang had little interest for mathematics do to the fact that Greed geometry was considered dull to him. It was not till later in his life that he cultivated an interest in math and the mathematical equations involved in astronomy. A curiosity in math began after Joseph read a copy of Halley, a 1963 work on the algebra used in optics. Langrang lived part of his life in Prussia and then another portion of his life in France; where he made most of his significant contributions to the fields of: analysis, number theory, classical, and celestial mechanics. Physics was another interest of Joseph that first got his attention after an inspiring class taught by Beccaria at his college.
Langrang dedicate himself to his love of math, but for the most part he was self-taught. His first mathematical piece of work was published on July 23rd 1754. This published piece of work drew similarities between the derivatives of functions and analogies of binomial theorem. After his first publication he began his work on the tautochrone, which is the curve which a weighted particle will arrive at a fixed point at the same independent as the initial position. Towards the ending of 1754, the discovery Lanrang made on tautochrone assisted on the new subject of calculus of variations.
Langrang was particularly interested in the math that was associated with astronomy. He is mostly known in the field of astronomy for the various problems that he did on published papers. In the year 1764 he began to work on the reason why the same side of the Moon continuously faced Earth.
Also researching the satellites of Jupiter in 1766. Most of the attributes that he had in the astronomical field was between the years of 1772- 1793. In 1772 Joseph attempted to solve the three-body problem which resulted in the finding of the Lagrangian points, which can detect the two body systems in space. He focused directly on the Earth, Sun, and Moon. Joseph wrote papers on the attraction of ellipsoids in 1772, the secular equation of the Moon written in 1773, the motion of the nodes of the orbit of the planet in 1774, and the stability of the planetary orbit in 1776. Lagrang also did work covering the orbit of a comet that he witnessed three times; as well as the determination of the secular and periodic variations of the elements of the planets in our solar system. In 1780 he proved his solution by discovering the idea of generalized equation of motion. In the years 1778 and 1783 he found a method in determining the orbit of a comet.
By the year 1786, it was known that Joseph moved to Paris where he was given the title of senator and a count in the first empire of France. This is where he became the member of the French academy of science. Langrang met his second wife Renee-Francoise-Adelaide Le Monnie and stayed married to her until his death. Napoleon in 1808 made Langrang the Grand officer of the Legion of Honor and Comte of the empire. Langrang was also awarded the Grand Croix of the Order Imperial de la Reunion. The death of Joseph Langrang is said to be caused by his frequent bouts of depression. Langrang died on April 10th, 1813 in Paris, France. He was laid to rest in the Pantheon in Paris. A street in Paris is named rue Lagrang in his honor. The street Langrang was also born on was named via Lagrang in respect as well.
Works Cited
The Coloumbia Encyclopedia. 6th ed. New York: : Columbia UP, 2009.
"Joseph-Louis Lagrange Biography." Biography Base Home. 03 Jan. 2010.
"Joseph-Louis Lagrange." Fakulteta za matematiko in fiziko. 03 Jan. 2010.
"Lagrange summary." MacTutor History of Mathematics. 03 Jan. 2010.
Apod 2.7
This beautiful photo is approximately three thousand light-years away. This photo is of a dyeing star that is producing shells of glowing gas. This image was recovered from the Hubble Space Telescope, and it shaped this photo of a Cat’s Eye Nebula. A Cat’s Eye Nebula is known as one of the most complex planetary nebulas known to man. The bright central object found in this nebula is believed to be a binary star system. These objects presented in this photo appear to be a planet like and round. However, the stars is surrounded by a cocoon of gas blown right off the late stage of stellar evolution. This is an amazing photo, and keeps my eyes captive to the colors and sure size and distance of this object from planet Earth.
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