Aaltarboy
Aaltarboy
Belfast, Maine, USA
May 2017
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It might just get us thinking about.....

spirituality. Not being trained formally in physics (astro-, particle-, modern-, quantum-, etc.), just merely a wannabee dilletante, I still know which end of a telescope to look through. On a dark clear crisp night, new moon, here in the north east of the USA, with a small quality refractor, adjusting by hand for the earth's movement, sure, the solar system beckons. But all sorts of galaxies are easily resolved as well, right from the back deck of our home. Pass the Gluehwein. Galaxies! We are told that each such galaxy contains a billion stars. Billion! And that even though we can hardly see them all, even with the deep field studies, best guestimates are that there are at least a billion galaxies, of various types, ages and sizes. Billion! Light millennia apart from each other and us. Closest star to us is some two light years distant. Light years! (light, in vacuum, travels around 300,000 Canadian miles in a second.) Second! Our fastest methods of propulsion would take a ship hundreds of years to get there. Hundreds! Now think how big and powerful just ONE star is. Our little sun, for example, is just quite ordinary in size, etc. And we now believe that with so many stars, at least some (we'll never reach them), perhaps millions, have planets that could support life as we know it. Millions! It boggles the mind. Aa.
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
May 16, 2017●343 Blogs●10,584 Comments
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Consider my mind boggled!
'Course, some folks might claim it's never anything but boggled.
roll eyes

professor
BTW - Light speed is 186,000 miles/second. I b'lieve you mis-wrote 'miles' instead of 'kilometers'.

cowboy
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Elegsabiff
Elegsabiff●Motril-ish, Andalusia Spain
May 16, 2017●358 Blogs●9,358 Comments
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Stargates. We need stargates professor

Oh aye. So many, there have to be others with their own thriving or struggling or emerging or dying civilizations. And we may never know about them. moping

Okay THIS was a distracting blog. scold
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
May 16, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Thanks Mic man for the correction. Of course I quoted kilometers. Tough getting old and senile. Aa.
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
May 16, 2017●343 Blogs●10,584 Comments
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Physicses...Astro, Particle, Modern, Quantum...
and let us not forget Meta! scold
laugh

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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
May 16, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Right you are, Ms Biff. But just might be an improvement over my usual annoying distractions. Aa.
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
May 16, 2017●343 Blogs●10,584 Comments
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It's still early in the day, Aa. yawn
coffee2 pointing Have another couple cups. You'll be fine! very happy

cowboy
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
May 16, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Right you are again, M. In fact, sometimes I wonder if the meta---sorts have more hold on real "truth" than a gaggle of card carrying scientists, with their "measurements" of things they'll never really see, let alone touch, taste and smell. Aa..
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
May 16, 2017●343 Blogs●10,584 Comments
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wave buff!

I have a Star gate leading to my backyard! batting
Yep. It's made by the Star Garden Gate Co. Ltd.
Helluva fine gate! Couldn't be more satisfied! Highly recommended!
thumbs up

cowboy
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
May 16, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Is that Gate the special or general relativity model? Just searching for best value. Aa.
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Elegsabiff
Elegsabiff●Motril-ish, Andalusia Spain
May 16, 2017●358 Blogs●9,358 Comments
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Mic, I just checked their website. No linking Scottish gates. Oh NO.

sigh
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Aaltarboy
AaltarboyOP●Belfast, Maine USA
May 16, 2017●167 Blogs●468 Comments
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Not Mic man, Biffer woman. But my two cents would advise visiting any seedy Edinburgh Pub, with at least 50% of the clients dressed in leather patched elbow tweed, and to ask around about such Gates from a balding physicist type. Easy to find, just look for a half dozen empty pint glasses in fromt of her. Aa.
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ashlander
ashlander●In God's Hands, Oregon USA
May 16, 2017●3,804 Comments
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Stringman has an interesting Torah link,it describes how Persians were experts on Astronomy.no pints.
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miclee
miclee●Perla, North of the Straits of, Florida USA
May 16, 2017●343 Blogs●10,584 Comments
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'...300,000 Canadian miles.'
laugh

cowboy
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ashlander
ashlander●In God's Hands, Oregon USA
May 16, 2017●3,804 Comments
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Kind of remind me of
Carla Sagan " millions and billions" rolling on the floor laughing
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ashlander
ashlander●In God's Hands, Oregon USA
May 16, 2017●3,804 Comments
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Especially his party quote..rolling on the floor laughing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjK3Jh1S1o4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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