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STAR FLEET
COMMUNICATIONS
Official Newsletter of StarJleet Command
ISSUE #: 50
JANUA~Y, 2001
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Admiralty Board Reports
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Chief of Fleet Operations Report
Hailing Frequencies
Starfleet Command Awards 2000
Current SFC Vacancies
Chief of Finance Report
Chief of Personnel Report
Starfleet Command Renewal Form
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Reading Point to Water on Jovian Moon
How Suite It Is
Upcoming Conventions
Fast Break: Light Can Exceed Its Own Speed Limit
Amazing the Heavens: The mapping of... a Universe
Star Light... Star Bright, A Spinning Star in the Night Sky
Admiralty Board - Quadrant
FADM Paul A. Sundstrom
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Chief of Fleet Operations
PO Box 33565, Indpls, IN 46203-0565
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ADM Mark A. Bischoff
Deputy Chief of Fleet Operations
65 N. Tremont, Indpls, IN 46222-4243
indybambam@iquest.net
ADM Russell Simson
1815 S. Olive St., Indpls, IN 46203-4037
Chief of Records
rrsimson@yahoo.com
ADM Andrew Sams
Chief of Personnel
PO Box 356, Carmel, IN 46032
admandysams@startrekmail.com
ADM Roseann Packer
2696 N. 300 East, Greenfield,
Chief of Staff
IN 46140
roea@prodigy.net
ADM Jo Kirby
Chief of Communications
925 N. 13th St., Bismarck, ND 58501-4219
trekki@qwest.net
ADM Sandra Sundstrom
Commandant, Starfleet Academy
PO Box 33565, Indpls, IN 46203-0565
dustydragon@iquest.net
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Chief of Fleet Operations Report
Greetings, everyone and welcome to the 21st Century! At the Annual Starfleet Command Meeting on November 26,2000, it was announced
that the Year 2001 is designated "The Year of Fun" so I hope you will catch
the spirit intended here and share the fun with your shipmates and others.
We have a lot to be happy about including the publishing of the 2000 Fleet
Awards in this Newsletter. A lot of people and units have been recognized
for their achievements. In recognition of that, I have created a file known as
the SFC Personnel Awards files and, to make that information available online, I have created a file for each unit that shows who has won awards or
recognition using the SFC Personnel Awards file as a guide. If you have
web access, visit my website located at: http://www.geocities.com/Area51/
Station/3327/main.html
and go to the various Starbase pages to find the
unit you serve on. If an award has been presented (other than local knowledge only), then those persons will be listed with that information. If the unit
has won awards, those will also be listed. People who are surfing the web
can now see some of the history of those units. I figure it could be a positive
recruiting tool and, besides, everyone has the right to have those awards
and recognitions displayed. We didn't give them to you to hide in the attic!
So, if you have received recognition or awards, give yourself a pat on the
back. Congratulations! If you have not received awards or recognition, then
attempt & achieve great things & make sure your CO passes on the information so we can recognize you.
The updated renewal form is in this Newsletter with the new rates
effective January 1, 2001. I have also put the current application form and
SFC Brochure on my website so if you need those forms, go there and print
them out. If you don't have web access, write me at my address below and
request them and I will be happy to send you an original for you to make
copies as needed.
FADM Paul A. Sundstrom
Chief of Fleet Operations
P.O. Box 33565
Indianapolis, IN 46203-0565
The Year of the Recruit Revisited was a success. In contrast to
1999 when we had 71 recruits, that number more than doubled with 147
recruits. CAPT Cassandra C. Stevenson led the way with an astonishing 60
recruits, easily winning the Recruiter of the Year award while also building
three additional units and getting a Starbase started. She embodied the
spirit of the Year of the Recruit Revisited. Our thanks to her as well as our
congratulations.
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The USS Bishop, NCC-2705D (Corvette class) has returned to
active status after an extended away mission. She is commanded by FCAPT
Joseph Campbell and is located in the Atlanta, Georgia area, Starbase 04
region. You can reach him at bishop4@mindspring.com.
Welcome back
to the Fleet!
The USS Arcadia, NCC-1873 (Light Cruiser class) has gotten underway also. She is located on the Southside of Indianapolis, Indiana and is
commanded by LT William Ash. Welcome Aboard!
The USS Quindar in SB03 has a new Commanding Officer.
CAPT Dee Horn takes over for CAPT David C. Kastle and will be assisted by CMDR Steven J. Finch as the Executive Officer. CMDR Finch
was the Commanding Officer of the USS Dream Catcher, which has been
dry-docked. He served aboard the Quindar prior to the commissioning of
the Dream Catcher so this represents a return to his original ship. CAPT
Horn can be reached via e-mail at: XOQuindar@webtv.net
and CMDR
Finch can be reached at: Dreamer276@aoJ.com.
I and other Admiralty Board Members will be attending several conventions
throughout the year. (See article on page 13) We hope to see as many of
you as possible in the coming year. Best wishes for the New Millennium!!
FADM Paul A. Sundstrom
Chief of Fleet Operations
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Hailing Frequencies
Greetings to all. We here on the Newsletter staff hope that you had a
wonderful holiday season. Time now to go ahead with "normal" (if there
is such a thing!) life. If you live in a location where winter weather and
cold can be extreme, and if winter tends to get you down, just remember
this: The official date for the beginning of winter (December 20 or 21) also
marks the date when the days start getting longer and the sun begins its
climb back to its summer position.
For those of you who have not yet been made aware, I have been unable
to spend as much time on the N/L as I would like because of "real-life"
commitments. During this time, my Deputy, Kim Huff, is filling in and
doing most of the work. She has been doing a superb job, and as a
result she has been promoted to the rank of Captain. Congratulations,
Kim!
We would also like to welcome ADM Dee Harrington of the USS Magellan
and LTCDR Hilary Winiarz of the USS Magellan to our staff. Dee is going
to be assisting with proofing/editing and Hilary will be assisting with
editing and layout design. Both have experience with this type of work
and will help with the quality of our publication.
Please note some articles on space exploration, etc., were taken from
COMM Sharon Boren's "Perihelion" N/L. We will have some others in
future issues. Thank you, Sharon, for these excellent additions.
Live long and prosper,
Admiral Jo Kirby, COC
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Awards for 2000
Large Ship of the Year
1st place
USS Adventure
2nd place
USS Searcher
3rd place
USS Yorktown
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
USS Eagle
USS Halsey
USSMagellan
Small Ship of the Year
1st place
USS Melbourne
2nd place
USS Cochrane
3rd place
USS Callisto
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
USS Hastings
USS Quindar
Starbase of the Year
1st place
Starbase 03
2nd place
Starbase 11
3rd place
Starbase 04
Senior Officer of the Year
1st place
CAPT Cassandra C. Stevenson
2nd place
(tie) ADM J. Andrew Sams
2nd place
(tie) CAPT Peg Feldhaus
3rd place
FCAPT Mike Riley
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
COMM Christina F. Boehm
VADM Jerome D. Eller
FCAPT Teresa Remaly
Junior Officer of the Year
1st place
ENS Rusty Harrell
2nd place
CAPT Kimberly S. Huff
3rd place
CMDR Chris Lipscombe
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
LTCDR Steven Beltz
LT Deborah A. Raleigh
LTCDR Franklin D. Rogers
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Newsletter
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
of the Year
Sensor Readings (USS Melbourne)
Explorer (USS Magellan)
Hailing Frequency (USS Yorktown)
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
The Collective (USS New Jersey)
Bismarck's Remarks (USS Bismarck)
Searcher's Encounters (USS Searcher)
Website of the Year
1st place
(tie) USS DeGaulle
http://www.prowebsites.net/ussdegaulle/
1st place
(tie) USS Adventure
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Novan190/
2nd place
Chief, Space Activities Committee
http://www.prowebsites.net/SAC/Default.htm
3rd place
Deputy Chief of Staff
http://www2.50megs.com/csstaff/index.html
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
Official Starfleet Command
http://www.atmosphere.belfantasy/starfleetcommandlindex.html
Starfleet Academy
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/3327/csfa.html
USS Halsey
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Nova/6708lhalsey.html
Recruiter
1st place
2nd place
3rd place
3rd place
of the Year - Individual
CAPT Cassandra C. Stevenson, SB11
LTCDR Jeremy Mills, USS New Jersey
(tie) LT Barbara McCardell, USS Cochrane
(tie) LT Kelly Fenner, USS New Jersey
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
CMDR Debra K. Henderson
LT Deborah A. Raleigh
Recruiter of the Year - Unit
1st place
USS Magellan
2nd place
(tie) USS Defiant
2nd place
(tie) USS Hippocrates
3rd place
Admiralty Board
Honorable Mentions go to the following in no particular order:
USS Adventure
USS Yorktown
Lifetime Achievement Award (one time only)
COMM Christina F. Boehm, CO, USS Yorktown, 14 years
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Current SFC Vacancies
Command Staff Support
Director, Fleet Archives
(Send applications
to FADM Sundstrom,
they will be forwarded to FADM D.H. Dailey, CINC)
Fleet Public Affairs Officer
(Send applications
to ADM Jo Kirby, COG)
Operations Information Officer
(Send applications
to ADM Mark A. Bischoff, DCFO)
Starfleet Academy Newsletter Editor
(Send applications
to ADM Sandy Sundstrom,
CSFA)
Deputy Command Staff Support
Deputy Fleet Webmaster
(Send applications
to FCAPT Mike Riley, FWEB)
Deputy Chief of Finance
(Send applications
to RADM Mary A. Bischoff, COF)
Deputy Fleet Listserve Administrator
(Send applications
to CMDR Chris Lipscombe,
FLSA)
Deputy Fleet Resource Officer
(Send applications
to CAPT Peg Feldhaus, FRO)
Deputy Operations Information Officer
Deputy Director, Fleet Archives
Deputy Fleet Public Affairs Officer
If you apply for any of the last three positions, it will be considered as an
application for the senior unfilled position. Please indicate in writing what
your qualifications are for the position, your background, both real life and
Fleet, and what you intend to bring to the position. Your application should
be sent to the officer that has responsibility for filling the position. (Usually,
that is not me!) If you need the address of that individual, whether e-mail or
ground mail, write me and I can provide it for this purpose .
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StarflC!l!t Communications.
Chief of Finance Report
Greetings! I hope that everyone is having a wonderful holiday period.
On the business front, CAPT Denise Wyatt has resigned as the Deputy
Chief. Anyone who's interested in taking her place (and possibly
subsequently mine when the new Board comes into place) should drop
me an e-mail or line to let me know. The e-mail address is:
berengaria@juno.com
or by real world mail: RADM Mary Bischoff, 65 N.
Tremont, Indianapolis, IN 46222.
Here's the figures for this last quarter:
Balance as of 7/1/00:
$ 814.34
Deposits (memberships):
Expenditures (NIL's):
Balance brought forward:
- 493.39
304.00
$624.95
Hope everyone has a wonderful rest of the year and see you in the New
Year!
RADM Mary Bischoff
CO, USS HALSEY NCC-2698
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Chief of Personnel Report
Greetings everyone! What a year for COP! We've had lots of
fun this year doing orders and meeting as many as we can at the conventions. We did over 350 orders this year! Next year I would like to double
that number. I know everyone can help us do this by telling us about
promotions and recruiting new members!
All of us on the Admiralty Board enjoy recognizing the BEST of
the best with awards at our annual meeting in Indy every year! The
biggest challenge we have in the awards process is to ensure that the
Admiralty Board has all the information it needs to make the best possible
vote. I am in the process of designing an awards packet that would go
out to all ship and starbase commanders to submit recommendations for
all annual awards; especially for Ship/Starbase, Website, Newsletter and
JR/SR Officer of the Year. The recruiting awards are decided on by the
actual number that individuals and ships recruit. I need the help of
everyone from Admirals to Ensigns for ideas on what would be good
criteria for each category. Regarding Website of the Year, for example,
would having the SFC logo, a link to our main site and all the links
functioning be important? You have my commitment that I will work with
the Chief of Staff and her Command Support Staff that are responsible
for their area to get their input. I need your commitment to write or email
me with your ideas on what you look for in deciding the BEST of the best!
The cut-off to submit/postmark your ideas is 28 February 2001, which
would achieve my goal to have it all done and approved by the Admiralty
Board by the next newsletter. Then later in the year the final packet will
go to all starbase and starship captains to complete and return to this
office in time for the Admiralty Board to vote on the annual awards.
Please email.admandysams@yahoo.com.
or mail, PO Box 356,
Carmel, IN 46082, with your ideas
ADM Andy Sams, COP
VADM Lillian Habeck, DCOP
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Starfle!e!t Communications.
Readings Point to Water on
Jovian Moon
(Taken from "Perihelion")
Magnetic readings of Europa, a moon of Jupiter, strongly suggest
that it has an ocean of liquid water covered by ice, a finding that strengthens the possibility for the presence of life, experts say.
Margaret G. Kivelson, a space physics scientist, said the evidence from a magnetic field detection device on the Galileo spacecraft
gives the strongest evidence yet that Europa is awash with liquid water
below a thick outer layer of ice.
"This is not absolute proof that there is a salty ocean there," said
Kivelson, a researcher at the University of California, Los Angeles. "The
evidence is indirect. But nobody has been able to come up with another
sensible explanation."
Kivelson is the first author of a study in the journal Science
Today. Proof of liquid water on Europa "is a good first step" toward
finding life on the Jovian moon, she said, "but it certainly makes it a more
intriguing possibility." If Europa was dry or frozen solid, she said, "it would
certainly reduce the possibility" of life there.
Many experts consider Europa and Mars as the most likely
places to find life in the solar system beyond Earth. Earlier studies of
Europa showed it was covered with a thick layer of ice. Planetary experts
suggested there might be water beneath the ice, but until now there was
little evidence to support that idea.
The Associated Press & The Kansas City Star
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How Suite It Is
By: VADM Lillian Habeck
The USS Adventure delved into
unknown territory over Thanksgiving weekend by hosting a Con Suite at Slanted
Fedora's Indy Con. Although exhausting, it
proved to be well worth it. In addition to
many familiar Starfleet faces, the Suite was
well trafficked by Star Trek enthusiasts from
across the country, exemplifying the appreciation of diversity that lies at the core of the
Star Trek philosophy. The highlight of the
Suite, a life-size replica of a portion of the
Voyager Bridge, showcased the talents of the
Adventure's Chief Engineer Officer, LTjg
Rusty Harrell.
Special kudos are due to Capt Kim
Huff as well, who inflicted consequential sleep deprivation upon herself
before the Con preparing a Starfleet slide presentation and re-designing
the Starfleet photo ID badges. The wonders of digital photography
allowed us to produce laminated badges on the spot, with LTjg Harrell's
handiwork as the backdrop and new personalized features such as a
choice between several ship graphics, both Starfleet and alien. The new
badge design and down-Ioadable order forms can be found on the COP
website http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Shadowlands/5913/.
Photos can be submitted via email to admandysams@yahoo.com
or by
mailing a hardcopy with payment to PO Box 356, Carmel, IN 46082.
Sponsors included WXIN, the local FOX affiliate, which donated
an autographed photo of Avery Brooks obtained at a recent theatre
performance in Indianapolis. The generous gift raised $85 at silent
auction, the proceeds of which were donated to the Adventure's charities,
The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of America and The Indianapolis
Children's Bureau.
In addition to recruiting several new members to Starfleet Command, the Suite provided respite and sustenance to many a weary
Trekker who availed themselves the opportunity to kick back, chat, and
grab a snack. Members of the Adventure crew found the experience of
preparing for and hosting the Suite so enjoyable, that the Suite will return
next year and may even grow into a tradition. So if you are in the neighborhood of Indy Con next Thanksgiving weekend, stop by and make
contact!
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Starfleet Communications'
Upcoming Conventions
Here is a list of conventions one or more Admiralty Board Members
are planning on attending in 2001:
Love Trek 2001 (Slanted Fedora) - no official meetings planned
Location & Dates: Champaign, Illinois, February 9-11,2001.
For more information, go to this site: http://www.sfedora.eom
Millennieon 2001 - no official meetings planned
Location & Dates: at King's Island, Ohio, March 23-25, 2001
For more information, go to this site: http://www.millennieon.orgl
MARCON - SFC Midyear Fleet Meeting
Location & Dates: Columbus, Ohio, May 25-27, 2001
For more information, go to this site: http://www.mareon.org!
The Women of Star Trek Voyager (Make It So Productions) - no official
meeting planned
Location & Dates: Cleveland, Ohio, May 26th & 27th, 2001
For more information, go to this site: http:www.makeitsoproductions.eoml
trek.html
InConJunetion - no official meetings planned
Location & Dates: Indianapolis, Indiana, July 13-15, 2001
For more information, go to this site: http://www.ineonjunetion.orgl
ConGlomeration - SFC meeting planned
Location & Dates: Clarksville, Indiana, August 10-12, 2001
For more information, go to this site: http://members.iglou.eoml
shadowr/eonglomeration.htm
Viva, Viva Las Vegas (Slanted Fedora) - no official meeting scheduled
Location & Dates: Las Vegas, Nevada, September 6 - 9, 2001
For more information, go to ths site: http://www.sfedora.eom
IndyCon (Slanted Fedora) - SFC Annual General & Awards Meeting
Location & Dates: Indianapolis, Indiana, November 23-25,2001
For more information, go to this site: http://www.sfedora.eom
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Fast Breal~:
Light Can Exceed Its Own
Speed Limit
(Taken from "Perihelion")
Scientists have apparently broken the universe's speed limit. For
generations, physicists believed there is nothing faster than light moving
through a vacuum - a speed of 186,000 miles per second. But in an
experiment in Princeton, NJ, physicists sent a pulse of laser light through
cesium vapor so quickly that it left the chamber before it had even
finished entering. The pulse traveled 310 times the distance it would
have covered if the chamber had contained a vacuum.
Researchers say it is the most convincing demonstration yet that
the speed of light - supposedly an ironclad rule of nature - can be
pushed beyond known boundaries, at least under certain laboratory
circumstances.
"This effect cannot be used to send information back in time,"
said Lijun Wang, a researcher with the private NEC Institute. "However,
our experiment does show that the generally held misconception that
'nothing can travel faster than the speed of light' is wrong."
The results of the work by Wang, Alexander Kuzmich, and Arthur
Dogariu were published in the journal Nature. The achievement has no
practical application right now, but experiments like this have generated
considerable excitement in the small international community of theoretical and optical physicists.
"This is a breakthrough in the sense that people have thought this
was impossible," said Raymond Chiao, a physicist at the University of
California at Berkeley who was not involved in the work. Chiao has
performed similar experiments using electric fields.
In the latest experiment, researchers at NEC developed a device
that fired a laser pulse into a glass chamber filled with a vapor of cesium
atoms. The researchers say the device is sort of a light amplifier that can
push the pulse ahead.
Previously, experiments have been done in which light also
appeared to achieve such so-called superluminal speeds, but the light
was distorted, raising doubts as to whether scientists had really accomplished such a feat. The laser pulse in the NEC experiment exits the
chamber with almost exactly the same shape, but with less intensity,
Wang said.
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The pulse may look like a straight beam, but actually behaves
like waves of light particles. The light can leave the chamber before it
has finished entering because the cesium atoms change the properties of
the light, allowing it to exist more quickly than in a vacuum. The leading
edge of the light pulse has all the information needed to produce the
pulse on the other end of the chamber, so the entire pulse does not need
to reach the chamber for it to exit the other side.
The experiment produces an almost identical light pulse that exits
the chamber and travels about 60 feet before the main part of the laser
pulse finishes entering the chamber, Wang said. He said the effect is
possible only because light has no mass; the same thing cannot be done
with physical objects.
The Princeton experiment and others like it test the limits of the
theory of relativity that Albert Einstein developed nearly a century ago.
According to the special theory of relativity, the speed of particles of light
in a vacuum, such as outer space, is the only absolute measurement in
the universe. The speed of everything else - rockets or inchworms - is
relative to the observer, Einstein and others explained. In everyday
circumstances, an object cannot travel faster than light.
The Princeton experiment and others change these circumstances by using devices such as the cesium chamber rather than a
vacuum. Ultimately, the work may contribute to the development of faster
computers that carry information in light particles.
Not everyone agrees on the implications of the NEC experiment.
Aephraim Steinberg, a physicist at the University of Toronto, said the light
particles coming out of the cesium chamber might not have been the
same ones that entered, so he questions whether the speed of light was
broken. Still, the work is important, he said: "The interesting thing is how
did they manage to produce light that looks exactly like something that
didn't get there yet?"
The Associated Press & ABC News.com
Analyzing the Heavens:
The Mapping of... a Universe
Reported by: RADM RM Wey, COSR: SFS - SFC
In a slice
stellation
to billions
universe.
of the night sky, a mere 15 percent, and centered on the conSculptor, there are some three million galaxies, each one home
of stars. Here, we continue the updates on the mapping of the
As we have done in other papers during our tenure.
The very effort to map the universe is a rather daunting one. And though
much progress has been made, as the technologies become available,
we are [as yet] far from the knowing of it all.
In past papers, we have reported in our findings that galaxies tend to form
clusters [or super clusters], containing hundreds if not millions of galaxies
within. Yet, there is a paradox, for such 'clumpiness' as we have reported
goes against a most fundamental tenet of cosmology, that of the cosmological principal [Le., the concept that the universe is a homogenous and
isotropic place].
In the last several years, technological advances have made it possible to
observe the 'universe' at great distances. But instead of finding a uniform
structure, where the matter of the universe was neatly distributed, a
fractal arrangement existed on the order of up to 100 million light years.
In research conducted by the Office of Scientific Research (OSR),
cosmo-cartographers have systematically begun to unwrap the veil that is
our universe and give us an inside look at its very structure.
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In simple laymen's terms, the first order of universal magnitude is
the individual galaxy [which is composed of lumps of stars, gas,
dust, and 'hereunto' yet to be found conclusively ... Dark-matter],
at 105 light-years.
The next: At 106 light years [or 10 times wider or 1000 times
more voluminous than the previous] is the 'group of galaxies'.
At 107 light years comes the 'cluster' of galaxies', the single
largest body in the universe to be held together by gravity.
At 108 light years exists the 'super cluster' a collection of clumped
together galaxies separated by large expanses of void.
At 109 light years one reaches a point of homogeny, where the
expanse of the universe becomes more uniform.
At 1010 light years, the whole of the universe itself .
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Several steps were taken to accommodate such an undertaking. The
survey required photometric observations [using a charge-coupled device
(CCO) camera mounted on a one-meter telescope in which the auto drive
had been switched off]. Using drift-scan photometry, computers read
information at the same rate as rotation of the earth, thereby producing a
single, continuous image at a constant celestial latitude.
Then came the analyzation of the objects to determine inclusion. From
there, the objects selected were observed using a spectrograph [used to
measure the red-shift of objects]; since observing such phenomenon
individually would have been impossible, a multiple fiber-optic system
was developed.
So called cold dark matter models are used to explain the 'structure' of
the observable universe, however, such models break down at scales
approaching the 600 to 900 million light year mark. Up to that point the
models and the findings hold true, yet it is these very inconsistencies that
allow the walls and voids observed to be classified as structures.
Finding a sound explanation for why this apparent discrepancy exists
remains for future surveys of the night sky.
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cartoons parodying Star Trek.
Buy the Sev Trek cartoon book
and other cartoon merchandise
from the Sev Trek web site or ask
your club about group discounts!
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Star Light... Star Bright,
Spinning Star in the Night SII\Y
Reported by: F. Comm. DL Wey, DOSR: SFS - SFC
Research conducted by the astronomical department at the OSR on a
stellar body designated Wolf-Rayet 104, in the constellation Sagittarius,
has discovered one of a class of hot, massive interstellar bodies that, at
first glance, look more like a spiral galaxy.
Some one hundred thousand times brighter than earth's sun, this body
[some four thousand eight hundred light years distant], with a spiral some
eighteen billion miles across, is created in what is termed the 'lawn
sprinkler' effect. In other words, it is spewing out gases while at the same
time, rotating around an [as yet] unseen stellar companion.
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Though unseen, it is known that its companion is a luminous blue
stellar body with a strong stellar wind of its own. This binary pair completes a rotation once every 220 days.
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Household of 3 or more .. $24.00
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