I was reading recently that they have found something called a Dwarf Star in a system somewhat near by orbiting another regular star? ... can anyone please...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 2, 2010 1:53 pm
A brown dwarf is a "failed star". It never got hot enough to fuse hydrogen and helium. Multiple star systems are quite common. One sun circles the other....
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Michael Sliwinski
slowman211
Sep 2, 2010 1:54 pm
 Hi ya i had a Good Four Days !    that high pressure Over Buffalo was Unbelivebale!!    I tweeked my telescope to the n,th Degree! LOL it was...
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Megan Wadesauer
huntinwolfrider
Sep 2, 2010 1:54 pm
That would be a binary system, where two stars effectively orbit each other. Every two massive bodies, including a star-planet pair, have a center point of...
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Megan Wadesauer
huntinwolfrider
Sep 2, 2010 1:54 pm
Sorry, wasn't paying attention. A brown dwarf is a star that is too small to have fully ignited. I once read that Jupiter may in fact be a failed brown dwarf,...
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Amy Evans
capricornamy...
Sep 2, 2010 1:59 pm
Thanks ... wow So, they are a failed Star, for whatever reason, can they have moons or planets of their own, or do they just orbit the parent star? Sincerely, ...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 2, 2010 3:18 pm
Think of them as just stars with no or little luminosity. They may or may not have planets. They may or may not have a parent star. ...
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Stefan da Silva Billi...
stefanbillieri
Sep 2, 2010 5:22 pm
Shefali, where is located the gravity center between the Earth and its Moon?...
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Stefan da Silva Billi...
stefanbillieri
Sep 2, 2010 5:22 pm
Megan, where is located the gravity center between the Earth and its Moon?...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 2, 2010 6:32 pm
The center of gravity of the earth-moon system is inside the earth on the line between the centers of the two bodies. This center of mass proceeds around the ...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 2, 2010 6:33 pm
You might want to do a search for these items. They're readily available. http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/ast99/ast99525.htm. Just one example. Karen ...
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Charles Johnson Sr
c_johnsonsr
Sep 2, 2010 11:34 pm
Hi Amy, Yes, a brown dwarf is a "failed" star. As a previous reply noted, it didn't gain enough mass to begin fusion. (However, they don't fuse hydrogen &...
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Amy Evans
capricornamy...
Sep 2, 2010 11:38 pm
Thank you .. the replys are very interesting ... I will checkout the sites you mentioned my friend. Sincerely, Amy Evans Follow your Heart  Goddess Bless ......
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Michael Sliwinski
slowman211
Sep 3, 2010 6:37 am
 hi Gary ( old Biker Too! ) or Wont to Be ! LOLOL    A Rock Muscian 30 years / sound Teck God Loving Persion!!   I love it , Buffalo is tough the...
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Michael Sliwinski
slowman211
Sep 3, 2010 8:13 am
 Hi Ava   Yes your Are right !!!  but it is Only A TOOL !! to see Up Closer!!    I would never wont to Deterat the Consept of Two Eyes!!!! ...
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Ava Farokhi
af_1994_74
Sep 4, 2010 2:36 pm
i agree ,but for me who can't afford buying a good telescope,binoculers are a perfect choice,but ofcourse i love to see through telescopes & here recently a ...
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Ava
af_1994_74
Sep 4, 2010 2:39 pm
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SriDutt
sridutt_3
Sep 8, 2010 2:12 am
Can some one tell me about ghost face hubble spotted..?and whether the stars r really linked in some way or not?...
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Michael Sliwinski
slowman211
Sep 8, 2010 4:39 am
 hi   Thats a Tough one ! my telescope dosent git what your asking For !!  my heighest Magnification is 1200 Times !! with a 150mm Apiture!  and...
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slowman211
Sep 8, 2010 5:51 am
What a paine in But !!!!!! first I Need a day where No bodey Botheries Me AT ALL !! LOL its a long hard Prosses of PATIENCE!! and Nervs Of STIEAL!!! First I...
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Rogelio
rogerrustad
Sep 8, 2010 7:17 pm
Last weekend, I went to Glacier Point and stargazed with the San Jose Astronomical Association. Straight across from us was the backside of Half Dome. One of...
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James Takac
penndragonwau
Sep 9, 2010 1:04 am
Hi Guys ... I Assume the following link is what is being asked about? ...
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Loart Kelt
loartkelt
Sep 13, 2010 7:22 pm
Hi all. could someone give me a simple explanation of parallax..I have asked people and google' d and know generally the concept but still i would like to have...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 13, 2010 7:31 pm
It's really used for distances to other stars. ________________________________ From: Loart Kelt <loartkelt@...> To: wannabeastronomers@yahoogroups.com ...
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Jeff T
jefftibb
Sep 13, 2010 7:46 pm
Parallax is the use of trigonometry to calculate distances. If one knows the length of one side of a triangle, and two angles he can calculate the remaining...
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Loart Kelt
loartkelt
Sep 13, 2010 9:05 pm
Hi Karen but some how before modern apparatuses the distance to the moon was determined.. ... From: Karen Mermel <kmermel@...> Subject: Re: [Wanna be...
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Karen Mermel
kmermel
Sep 14, 2010 6:39 pm
Check this out. It's how the Challenger Center teaches how to do the distance. http://www.challenger.org/tmitn_activities/18.pdf ...
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Ava Farokhi
af_1994_74
Sep 15, 2010 4:09 am
thanks,the link was really helpfull...
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brewers_2150
Sep 25, 2010 5:27 pm
Hello, My name is Stan and I'm a wanna be astronomer. I've got my first telescope, a 4 inch reflector (I know bigger IS better) with 6mm 12mm and 18mm lens....
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jodycross@...
jodycross...
Sep 30, 2010 7:20 pm
Hi, i am very interested in doing some sort of Astronomy course as well as learing about physics etc, can anyone reccomend any distance learning courses ? My...
