Images From Spitzer Space Telescope

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Jeepnut's Slave

THose are great! I love astronomy stuff... I wanted to be an astronaust when I was little, then I found out that you can't if you've had prolonged exposure to second hand smoke. Space is a pretty cool thing...

I also love space...I wanted to be an Astronaut when I was a kid too. I didnt know what you said about Second-hand smoke...but if it is indeed true, than that pretty much eliminates me from ever being an astronaut.

But I wouldnt mind being a earth based astronomer. Space is fascinating. Ive done a lot of research into it...and not just heavenly bodies...I actually looked up formulas so that I could measure how far away stars and nebuleas and stuff are. Its not to difficult...you use things like parsecs and perspective to figure it out. Some formulas also require the use of magnitude...and most of them use trigonometry.

Back when I was in eigth grade, I actually got first place in astronomy at a regional science team competition. Like half the state of Kentucky was there.

If it would quite snowing, I would get out my telescope and go outside one of these nights over christmas vacation...Im in the nothern hemisphere, and the season is winter, so if I remember correctly, Orion should be visible from where I live.