Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Astronomy. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2016

I got a unexpected call from

the other job yesterday. They want me back for September after the labour day weekend and the office has relocated to the South Side, one bus ride away from Southgate. With this job its going to not only get me enough hours for a ei claim but its steadier work. I might not get the hours but the pay is better and its steadier. I'll be working right up to mid January. There's no breaks in between projects, type thing and its easy to get to. Hop on the lrt to Southgate and the #52, which lets me off across the street from the office. Cool.

I'm having so much fun watching this 3 ring circus America calls the Presidential election. Both of these candidates are fun to watch because you never know what they're going to say next. Our federal elections here in Canada are lame by comparison. On the Democrat front, their candidate has trouble with emails and the Clinton Foundation. The Republican candidate shoots off the cuff so much the media has a field day. The Republican candidate would be good for Alberta, however and that's a deal breaker for me.

Oops, almost forgot about the new Earth size planet that was discovered in Proxima Centauri b, Alpha Centauri triple star system yesterday. Proxima Centauri is a red dwarf star. The new planet is apparently a rocky type planet. The planet was detected by the subtle change in light of the parent star. The problem with getting a actual photo of the planet is the light of the star. Enter project Starshade being worked on at JPL. Once Starshade gets up and running then a clearer image of the object could be realized. The new planet is in the habitable area of the star where water might exist. Its actual composition of course cant be confirmed totally at this time but it is exciting stuff

Before I got the call yesterday, I thought the start date for the upcoming campaign at work was September 1st but because the office is moving, it wont be ready until after the Labour Day long weekend. This means that I'll be able to attend Lodge next Thursday and still have a long weekend off. So I'm happy about that. I'm still working on my oas but that's going out after the labour day weekend. Because we could have a postal strike, I can just drop my oas form off at Service Canada on my way to work. I don't know what to do about my market research job though. I might put that on hold until I get pension, we'll have to wait and see. Anyway, that's all for now.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Monday afternoon I got out of the house to

check in at the job hung around for a bit and left out of there about 5:30pm for home. It was a drive by basically. I'll be getting my haircut before lodge after I get up.

Planet X. Does it exist? Planet X isn't the 10th planet but the X stands for another planet. Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun. Through mathematical modeling and computer simulations the Caltech researchers have made this discovery. Astronomers have been looking for planet X for a long time. So what do we all this 9th planet? Pluto 2? Interesting stuff. The other theory is from Zecharia Sitchin and the "Anunnaki" in Sumerian mythology. The differences between the two theories/planets are their orbits are vastly different. The Caltech people believe the 9th planet is on a orbital trajectory 10-20,000 years out and could be part of a binary star system or a brown dwarf. Sitchin believes that the planet "Nibiru" is on a 3,600 year old journey. Sitchin wrote a series of books called "Earth Chronicles volumes." There's also, Nancy Lieder, David Icke, among others that are all over the place on the topic. Personally I believe the Caltech theory over Sitchin's work but for entertainment value Lieder and Icke are most amusing and at the same time thought provoking. I wont dismiss Sitchin's work because he has some great stuff. I have a lot of it on cd, cool stuff
Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun.
- See more at: https://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523#sthash.k8JTOujz.dpuf
Caltech researchers have found evidence of a giant planet tracing a bizarre, highly elongated orbit in the outer solar system. The object, which the researchers have nicknamed Planet Nine, has a mass about 10 times that of Earth and orbits about 20 times farther from the sun on average than does Neptune (which orbits the sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles). In fact, it would take this new planet between 10,000 and 20,000 years to make just one full orbit around the sun.
- See more at: https://www.caltech.edu/news/caltech-researchers-find-evidence-real-ninth-planet-49523#sthash.k8JTOujz.dpuf

I'm hoping to get my haircut across the street before I head out to lodge this afternoon. They are serving cocktails are at 6pm, dinner at 6:30pm (free for me because I'm a guest) we tyle at 7:30pm. Should be a good night. Anyway, that's all for now.