Hadar, also known as Beta Centauri, is the 10th brightest stars (11th as viewed from Earth). Hadar is a blue-white super giant in the constellation Centaurus (Cen). In about 4,000 years, the motion of Alpha Centauri, who’s proper name is Rigel Kentaurus, will carry it close enough to Hadar that they will appear to be a magnificent double star. Because of the distance away from Earth that Alpha and Beta Centauri are (approximately 90 parsecs), they will be an optical double. As they sit today, the
Over 11 million light-years away from our tiny home planet is a massive galaxy named Centaurus A. This galaxy is one of the many located within the constellation, Centaurus. The image that I chose is of the center of Centaurus A but in this paper I will focus on the whole galaxy as well as the nucleus. In this paper I will be stating why I chose this image, sharing background information on this galaxy, what makes this galaxy so unusual, and the different stars and formations that have been discovered
Centaurs are creatures from Greek mythology who have the lower body of a horse and the upper body of a man. They come from a child of Ixion and a cloud image of Hera (Zeus created this image out of jealousy) named Centaurus. They are usually depicted as wild, unruly beasts residing in forests who are particularly susceptible to getting drunk without large amounts of alcohol. The centaur Chiron was an exception to this description because although he lived in a forest around Mt. Pelion, he was much
To begin, a very similar aspect shown in both Orwell’s 1984 and Dick’s Minority Report is the representation of the main protagonists in both texts and how their action have a huge impact on their own lives. First, due to Winston’s actions as a child, he loses both his mother and sister. He suppressed his memories about both them for a very long time until he remembers his mother saying “‘Come back! Give your sister back her chocolate’ he stopped, but he did not come back… something in the gesture
perfect sphere, one with a radius spanning approximately 2.5 light-years. Hercules belongs to the Hercules family of constellations, along with Sagitta, Aquila, Lyra, Cygnus, Vulpecula, Hydra, Sextans, Crater, Corvus, Ophiuchus, Serpens, Scutum, Centaurus, Lupus, Corona Australis, Ara, Triangulum Australe and Crux. Constellations directly bordering Hercules are Draco, Bootes, Corona Borealis, Serpens Caput, Ophiuchus, Aquila, Sagitta, Vulpecula and Lyra.
advised as an asterism. The largest recorded constellation is Hydra or “water snake.” This constellation takes up 3.16%of the sky. The smallest constellation is Crux. It takes up .17% of the sky. The Constellation with the largest amount of stars is Centaurus with a total of 101 stars. Canis Major contains the brightest star in the celestial heavens, named
three stars in the system: Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Alpha Centauri C or Proxima Centauri. To the unaided eye, Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B look like one of the brightest stars in the night sky to help form the constellation Centaurus. This star system resides at 4.37 ly (1.34 pc) away from us. But
You see the star sparkling in the night and then you spot multiple stars that look like they are meant to form a shape, you connect the stars together and then you slowly get the picture. The pattern or shape in the night sky is called a constellation. There are many constellations, all different shapes and sizes. For example, there are horoscope constellations, or zodiac constellations, Big Dipper, Small Dipper, Pegasus, and etc. These constellations are all different shapes and sizes. But in this
measurement of the electron mass and charge 3) Thomson, George Paget. (1964) J.J. Thomson: Discoverer of the Electron. Great Britain: Thomas Nelson & Sons, Ltd. 4) Navarro, Jaume, 2005, "Thomson on the Nature of Matter: Corpuscles and the Continuum," Centaurus 47(4): 259-82. 5) Nobel Lectures, Chemistry 1901-1921, Elsevier Publishing Company, Amsterdam, 1966
The year is 2061. Ordinary astronomy enthusiasts and seasoned astrophysicists alike flock to the darkest, most obscure corners of the Earth to witness the return of what is arguably the most famous near-Earth object in history. This celebrated occurrence is known as the perihelion of Halley’s Comet, and though its observance dates back to at least 239 B.C., the man responsible for accurately analyzing its repeated occurrences and calculating its seventy-five year orbit is no other than Edmond Halley
The ones fighting against Lord Voldemort’s army are not only the Hogwarts guards and professors, as seen in the film, but also the Centaurus and the spiders from the forbidden forest. In the movie, Neville is on the bridge when the battle begins, but in the novel he is busy killing Nagini. Also, killing Nagini is easier and more straightforward in the book. Neville breaks a curse that
The birthing process. Not everything in Mythology has to make sense, and over half their births are nothing like what we consider “child” birth. Two different beginnings to how centaurs became about, but both lead to the same conclusion. Ixion is either the son of Ares, who is the God of War (which explains the aggression the centaurs demonstrate), or he is the son of Plegyas of Lapithis, who was also the son of Aries was also. From there it briefly discusses how Ixion has killed his father-in-law
many could not in his time, making him a great thinker and a revolutionary in the field of science. Works Cited Darrigol, Olivier. "The Analogy Between Light And Sound In The History Of Optics From The Ancient Greeks To Isaac Newton. Part 1." Centaurus 52.2 (2010): 117-155. Academic Search Complete. Web. 11 Apr. 2014. Newton, Isaac, Andrew Motte, Florian Cajori, and R. T. Crawford. Sir Isaac Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy and His System of the World. Berkeley: University
Black Holes Every day we look out upon the night sky, wondering and dreaming of what lies beyond our planet. The universe that we live in is so diverse and unique, and it interests us to learn about all the variance that lies beyond our grasp. Within this marvel of wonders, our universe holds a mystery that is very difficult to understand because of the complications that arise when trying to examine and explore the principles of space. That mystery happens to be that of the ever elusive, black
Introduction to the physics of fluids and solids (New York: Pergamon Press). Wallis, J. (1666) Hypothesis on the flux and reflux of the sea, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1, 263–294. © 2011 John Wiley & Sons A/S Copyright of Centaurus is the property of Wiley-Blackwell and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual
The Man Behind Hubble: Bob Williams Four weeks after space-walking shuttle Endeavour astronauts repaired the Hubble Space Telescope in December 1993, an ecstatic Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski waved a Hubble picture of the core of the spiral galaxy M100 at her naysaying colleagues. Today, Mikulski could host a Capitol Hill star party: The orbiting telescope has generated more than 100,000 photos of celestial objects, including a cemetery of dying stars, elephant trunks of dust and hydrogen