This is an exercise in the different ways to observe planets, moons and other stellar objects inside and outside of our galaxies.
*Fun Fact there are 5 such Observatories right here in TN, owned and operated by the Universities and local Community Colleges.
Stargazing in TN
Highlights from the Observatories in the State
Clarence T Jones in Chattanooga TN-Reflector By Brian Stansberry – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9933037
Dyer in Brentwood-Initially refracting now reflecting
MTSU(Middle Tennessee University) Observatory located in Murfreesboro refractor , And the Uranidrome -the naked eye
observatory is made up of 12 columns surrounding a scale model of the sun (32 feet). Each column has inscribed on it, in granite, a picture of a planetary object with facts about the object underneath it, and are all made to scale with the thirty-two-foot sun. The columns are also aligned with the spring and fall equinoxes. The naked eye observatory is an essential part of the star parties, as it allows users to map and see celestial bodies as they move across the sky.
Tamke Allan-Roane County Refractor Owned and operated by Roane State Community College
Cordell-Lorenz owned and operated by the University of the South in Sewanee TN refractor
Dope Black Women in STEM…Highlight Jedidah Isler PhD
| Jedidah C. Isler Ph.D. | |
|---|---|
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Norfolk State University (B.S.) Fisk University (M.A.) Yale University (M.S., Ph.D.) |
| Known for | Yale University’s first African-American woman to earn a PhD in Astrophysics |
| Awards | Kavli Foundation Fellowship (2016), Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship (2012), National Science Foundation (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | Vanderbilt University, Syracuse University, Dartmouth College |
| Thesis | In Like a Lamb, Out Like a Lion: Probing the Disk-Jet Connection in Fermi Gamma-Ray Bright Blazars |
| Website | jedidahislerphd.com |
Star Trek Corner
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What Old Nerds with Disposable Income Purchase…
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Fun Facts…There are over 500 waterfalls concentrated in the Eastern Part of the State TN with a majority on private property. All the astronomical observatories currently in the state are owned and operated by community colleges, state universities and private universities.
What does an multi-billionaire computational astrophysicist(Felicity Lundgren) and a quantum mechanical physicist (Dahl Lundgren) fix and eat in their chef grade professional kitchen? Ramen, Cup of Noodles. This is their exact midday meal eaten is the Japanese instant noodle topped with chopped boiled eggs and scallions grown in their hydroponic garden when they receive a holographic like image from a galaxy over 40,000 light years away. (Full Post Pending)
