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Date: 06 Aug 2007 16:11:19
From: MiKe2
Subject: The galactic center
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http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2007/images/phot-33b-07-normal.jpg
shooting a laser at the galactic center.
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Date: 06 Aug 2007 16:17:42
From: Sam Wormley
Subject: Re: The galactic center
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MiKe2 wrote:
> http://www.eso.org/public/outreach/press-rel/pr-2007/images/phot-33b-07-normal.jpg
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> shooting a laser at the galactic center.
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Yup--Astro Pic of the Day at the end of last month.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap070731.html
Explanation: Why are these people shooting a powerful laser into the
center of our Galaxy? Fortunately, this is not meant to be the first
step in a Galactic war. Rather, astronomers at the Very Large
Telescope (VLT) site in Chile are trying to measure the distortions
of Earth's ever changing atmosphere. Constant imaging of
high-altitude atoms excited by the laser -- which appear like an
artificial star -- allow astronomers to instantly measure atmospheric
blurring. This information is fed back to a VLT telescope mirror
which is then slightly deformed to minimize this blurring. In this
case, a VLT was observing our Galaxy's center, and so Earth's
atmospheric blurring in that direction was needed. As for
inter-galaxy warfare, when viewed from our Galaxy's center, no
casualties are expected. In fact, the light from this powerful laser
would combine with light from our Sun to together appear only as
bright as a faint and distant star.
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Date: 06 Aug 2007 18:10:33
From: MiKe2
Subject: Re: The galactic center
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As for
> inter-galaxy warfare, when viewed from our Galaxy's center, no
> casualties are expected. In fact, the light from this powerful laser
> would combine with light from our Sun to together appear only as
> bright as a faint and distant star.
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LMAO...
ahh come on..I was hoping for interstellar warfare...
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Date: 06 Aug 2007 23:17:15
From: KL&M
Subject: Re: The galactic center
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MiKe2 wrote:
> As for
> > inter-galaxy warfare, when viewed from our Galaxy's center, no
> > casualties are expected. In fact, the light from this powerful laser
> > would combine with light from our Sun to together appear only as
> > bright as a faint and distant star.
> >
>
> LMAO...
>
> ahh come on..I was hoping for interstellar warfare...
You have it. Bush.
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