patrickumsted.com » Astronomy http://patrickumsted.com Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:07:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 I Am Definitely On A Space Kick Today—-Cosmological Fantasia http://patrickumsted.com/2011/04/i-am-definitely-on-a-space-kick-today-cosmological-fantasia/ http://patrickumsted.com/2011/04/i-am-definitely-on-a-space-kick-today-cosmological-fantasia/#comments Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:53:28 +0000 Patrick Umsted http://patrickumsted.com/?p=1313  

[hattip: Geeks Are Sexy]

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]]> http://patrickumsted.com/2011/04/colliding-galaxies/feed/ 0 Photo of the Sun Taking By An Amateur Astronomer http://patrickumsted.com/2011/03/photo-of-the-sun-taking-by-an-amateur-astronomer/ http://patrickumsted.com/2011/03/photo-of-the-sun-taking-by-an-amateur-astronomer/#comments Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:36:48 +0000 Patrick Umsted http://patrickumsted.com/?p=1118 For the massive full size photo, click here.

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Scale from Brad Goodspeed on Vimeo.

[hattip: Laughing Squid]

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[hattip: National Geographic]

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[hattip: tor.com]

]]> http://patrickumsted.com/2010/12/sunset-on-mars/feed/ 0 Can I get an Earth with a side of Saturn rings, please? http://patrickumsted.com/2009/11/can-i-get-an-earth-with-a-side-of-saturn-rings-please/ http://patrickumsted.com/2009/11/can-i-get-an-earth-with-a-side-of-saturn-rings-please/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:39:11 +0000 Patrick Umsted http://patrickumsted.com/?p=208

]]> http://patrickumsted.com/2009/11/can-i-get-an-earth-with-a-side-of-saturn-rings-please/feed/ 0 50 Years of Space Exploration http://patrickumsted.com/2009/10/50-years-of-space-exploration/ http://patrickumsted.com/2009/10/50-years-of-space-exploration/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2009 06:34:26 +0000 Patrick Umsted http://patrickumsted.com/?p=144 4002050596_867a1c880e

50 years of Exploration map from National Geographic.

It really is amazing how relatively few missions failed considering the use of what we now see as antiquated and, at the time, untested technologies being used to perform such daring missions.  Kudos to every scientist, engineer, astronaut, cosmonaut, astronomer, factory worker, mathematician, physicist, and bureaucrat that made these missions possible and more successful than we could imagine.

[hattip: Laughing Squid]

]]> http://patrickumsted.com/2009/10/50-years-of-space-exploration/feed/ 0 Absolutely awesome http://patrickumsted.com/2009/08/absolutely-awesome/ http://patrickumsted.com/2009/08/absolutely-awesome/#comments Mon, 17 Aug 2009 08:41:03 +0000 Patrick Umsted http://patrickumsted.com/?p=84 3D rendering of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field.

“We pointed the most powerful telescope ever built by human beings at absolutely nothing, for no other reason than because we were curious.”

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