Monday, August 31, 2015

THREE Category FOUR Hurricanes Plague the Pacific!

Full Earth View of the Three Pacific Hurricanes 2015 
Full Earth View of the Three Pacific Hurricanes 2015
1(Full-Earth View of Three Category 4 Pacific Hurricanes)
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                                         Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. It is not often when I share meteorological information and images here at The Other Shoe. However, with the greatly increasing ocean temperatures (the Indian and Pacific oceans featured in this article) and the rapid progression of 'Global Warming' I image that this will become a more and more frequent event. First, My Dear Shoevians, I simply must apologize for my absence the past three days. I have spent the past seventy-two hours engulfed in some of the most horrific pain I have ever experienced in my entire life. Yes, it is my neck, and I have found new meaning to the expression 'Pain in my neck'!
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Now, with that aside, I take you back one day to Sunday and I take you to the Center/Eastern region of the Pacific ocean. On Sunday; weather channels, NASA, NOAA and (virtually) every news agency was made aware of what I am about to explain to you, MY Dear Shoevians. As most of you are aware, the ocean temperatures in the Indian and Pacific oceans have increased drastically over the past five to ten years. In just the past year they have risen two degrees!
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This is all a part of our 'Global Warming' problem resulting from drastically increased amounts of carbon Di-oxide (CO2). Trapping this gas causes earth's atmosphere and oceans to warm. This has, now, become most evident in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Resulting in Sunday's news.
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3 Pacific Category 4 Hurricanes B&W Radar Image 3 Pacific Category 4 Hurricanes B&W Radar Image
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The image, above, comes from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and clearly shows the THREE category FOUR hurricanes in the central and eastern Pacific ocean. They are named, from lef to right, Kilo, Ignacio and Jimena. When this image was taken all three were category four hurricanes. According the the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale a category four hurricane = 130-156n mph winds resulting in “Catastrophic Damage will Occur”3
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Well-built framed homes can sustain severe damage with loss of most of the roof structure and/or some exterior walls. Most trees will be snapped or uprooted and power poles downed. Fallen trees and power poles will isolate residential areas. Power outages will last weeks to possibly months. Most of the area will be uninhabitable for weeks or months.”4
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Now, My Dear Shoevians, this is a historic event, meaning that at not time in recorded history have three category four hurricanes occurred in the Pacific ocean. EVER!
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In a historic development this weekend, three major hurricanes were recorded over the Pacific Ocean for the first time since records have been kept.
Hurricane Kilo, Hurricane Ignacio and Hurricane Jimena were all classified as Category 4 storms on Sunday, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC), the second highest classification on the Saffir-Simpson scale. It was the first time on record that there were three Category 4 hurricanes in the Pacific at the same time, and the first time three major hurricanes—defined as Category 3 or higher—were recorded over the Pacific, according to Weather.com”5
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 Three Pacific Hurricanes Wind Speed Color Images)  Three Pacific Hurricanes Wind Speed Color Images
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Now, for all my; readers, friends, Facebook friend/followers and others that are (currently, I have hope for everyone) are members of the '21st Century Flat-Earth Society' = people that (as of yet) do not understand 'Global Warming' science this event is a direct result of rising ocean temperatures and the 'Super El Nino' in the Pacific ocean. In other words, this historicevent of three category FOUR hurricanes forming at the same time in the central and eastern Pacific ocean is a direct result of 'Global Warming'. Now, if you don't want to take my word for this science, here is a quote from meteorologist Chris Robbins, a former NHC forecaster and founder of Robbins Meteorological Consulting.
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“Sea surface temperatures are extremely warm, averaging 2 to 5 degrees above normal,...”
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Color Image of the Three Category Four Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean Color Image of the Three Category Four Hurricanes in the Pacific Ocean
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My Dear Shoevians, all Americans need to come to grips with this reality. The reality that is 'Global Warming'. From the research that I have conducted, regarding 'Global Warming',Americans are behind the rest of the world in acceptance of the science of 'Global Warming'. Whereas Europeans have, generally, accepted this science and acted accordingly America has the largest group of 'Climate Change Deniers' of the western world. Even I have faced the uninformed and ill-informed Americans (generally self-identified'Conservatives/Republicans') within my circle of friends on Facebook. Granted, the large majority of my Facebook friends accept the science of global warming I too even experience the arrogant ignorance of this small minority. It is unfortunate that America finds itself to the the home of these 'Science-Deniers'. However, it seems to go hand-in-glove with the 'bury-your-head-in-the-sand mentality that is all too common among America's current conservatives and viewers of Fox (faux snooze).
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Hurricane Kilo Pacific 2015 Hurricane Kilo Pacific 2015[/caption]
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Since their discovery, on Sunday, Hurricane Ignacio, weakened Monday to a Category 2 storm with winds of 105 mph. While Kilo and Jimena has kept their category four status, as of the publication of this article. Hurricane Ignacio is set to pass northeast of Honolulu through Wednesday and slowly decrease to a category one status. The other two will be tracked, but are not expected to make landfall at any point. I will do my best to keep following this story and make all of you, My Dear Shoevians, aware of any changes or if any of these three make landfall.
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That about wraps it up for this Monday's historic weather news. As always, My Dear Shoevians, if you have enjoyed this article? I ask that you 'Like' and 'Share' it with all your; family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances via your social media. This is the best way for more and more people to learn about The Other Shoe and likewise enjoy and become informed.
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Adieu!
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Thank you!
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Danny Hanning Writer, Editor, Research Staff and Publisher at The Other Shoe Danny Hanning Writer, Editor, Research Staff and Publisher at The Other Shoe
© 2010 – 2015 Hanning Web Wurx and The Other Shoe

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Friday, August 28, 2015

Republican McCarthyism Then and Now

Sen. Ted Cruz as Sen. joe McCarthy Sen. Ted Cruz as Sen. Joe McCarthy
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                           Welcome back MY Dear Shoevians to The Other Shoe. . Today I share 'Republican Party McCarthyism - Then and Now'  about the current state of our Republican Party. Over the past decade we have seen a shift in tactics and rhetoric used by elements of the Republican Party. Looking back, over the shoulder of our national political dialogue, we can see that this shift actually started with (R) Rep. Newt Gingrich of Georgia and his ‘Contract with America’. But, I get ahead of myself and my story line. . First; a word of warning and an explanation. My Dear Shoevians, in the real world I have many; family, friends, and acquaintances that are Republicans. It is not now, nor has it every been, my intention to write and publish works that are derogatory of the Republican Party for the mere sake of being derogatory. I have genuine and legitimate concerns about the direction and motivations for the most outspoken members of the current ideation of the Republican Party. 
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Republican Attack on Democratic Party Republican Sen. Joe McCarthy's Attack on Democratic Party
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 Next, I know that a great many of you, My Dear Shoevians, are not Americans. I know (I read my Google Analytics) I have a ton of Shoevians from all around the globe. For that reason, I will be explaining a lot of American history that, we Americans, have no need for explanation. However, it works for me because I want to build a timeline for all of you, My Dear Shoevians. Our story starts on February 9th, 1950 in the city of Wheeling, West Virginia. Yes, right there about 15% of my American audience just got where I am going and who I am about to write… about.   
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The date is February 9th, 1950. The place is Wheeling, West Virginia and the person is one Senator Joseph R. McCarthy. It was on this very day that an (unfortunate and hurtful) ‘American Movement’ was born. America could still, clearly, see the Second World War in our rear-view mirrors. We saw it in our injured soldiers, returned home with less than they left. We saw it in the elected President, Ike Eisenhower, sitting in the White House’s Oval Office. We saw it in the ‘Ration Stickers’ that still appeared in many car windows, and we saw it on the front doors of the families that had lost sons in Europe and the Pacific. The war was still very much a part of our day-to-day lives. Senator McCarthy was up for reelection, and he had (what he thought was) a brilliant idea for reelection. Here are the first shots fired in this war against the ‘Other’ party in America’s Two-Party system: 
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        “I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party and who nevertheless are still working and shaping policy in the State Department. . . .”[1] 
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Sen. Joseph McCarthy List 205 Names Sen. Joseph McCarthy List 205 Names
  My Dear Shoevians, at the time of this speech our President was (Democrat) Harry S. Truman and Senator McCarthy was a Republican. The Cabinet position, of Secretary of State, and head of the State Department was a Democrat appointee. As with most administrations (then and now) high positions (Cabinet level and directly below) are generally given to party loyalists. With these 28 words, Senator Joseph McCarthy started a war on the Democratic Party and gave real life of the (upcoming) ‘Red Scare’. These are the 28 words: 
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  “I have here in my hand a list of 205 . . . a list of names that were made known to the Secretary of State as being members of the Communist Party…”[2]
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Sen. Joseph McCarthy List 205 Names Sen. Joseph McCarthy List 205 Names
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 This speech is, now, commonly known as the “Enemies Within” speech. With these few words Senator Joseph McCarthy assured his reelection, and started a hysteria that would sweep our nation, and sweep thousands of good and genuine Americans; out of jobs, into disrepute and into ruin. To this day, now in 2015 some sixty-five years later, the “list of 205 names” has never been seen. The list was never submitted to Congress or any government agency. Nobody but Senator Joseph McCarthy ever saw the “205 names” on this historic list. . Nevertheless, Senator McCarthy had given ample fuel to the single greatest Witch Hunt of the twentieth century. America was already on a path of self-destruction with the House Committee on Un-American Activities. This committee was made a standing committee in 1945, Senator McCarthy was using this communist paranoia to catapult his reelection in 1950. Suddenly every American was examining their neighbors, and looking for the “communists all around us”. '
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 Sen. Joseph McCarthy State Dept INFESTED with Communists Sen. Joseph McCarthy State Dept INFESTED with Communists
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 This ‘Red Scare’ came to Hollywood and attacked many of our national entertainment icons. Few Americans, today, realize the scope of the harm and hurt that this man, and his paranoid delusions, did to our great Republic. The image, below, captures just how heinous this disease became and who was damaged by this Witch Hunt. 
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 Lucy Ball As Red 
Lucille Ball As Red
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 Yes Lucille Ball, of ‘I Love Lucy’, was attacked by the baseless and paranoid delusions. I could go on for pages and pages… talk about The Hollywood Ten’[3] who took a courageous stand against this terrible Witch Hunt. However, that is not the point of today’s article. Today I want to make all of you, My Dear Shoevians, familiar with ‘McCarthyism’ the disease and the real and substantive damage this disease did to our Republic. Then, I want to take a few moments to point out… that this disease did not die back in 195e, they way we were lead to believe. That this disease has remained alive within one political party here in America. 
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Free The Hollywood Ten 
Free The Hollywood Ten
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McCarthyism did reach its peak, and Senator Joseph McCarthy did meet his end. As you, My Dear Shoevians, can clearly see from this headline in the New York Times December 3rd, 1954.
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END of McCarthyism 12-1954 END of McCarthyism 12-1954[/caption] 
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My Dear Shoevians the return of McCarthyism, to America, came with Congressman (and short-time Speaker) Newt Gingrich. In 1994 (R) Rep. Newt Gingrich started a Republican initiate called ‘The Contract with America”. Republicans sought to end the forty year alienation of Republicans from the Majority in the House of Representatives. However, my concern is not with the contract, but rather with the language Newt Gingrich brought to Republicans in 1996. . In a GOPAC memo Newt Gingrich defined the Language: A Key Mechanism of Control[4] In this memo Newt Gingrich sought to change the way Republicans spoke about: government, governance and the Democratic Party! Here is an excerpt that, directly, pertains to the Democratic Party: 
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  • bosses
  • bureaucracy
  • cheat
  • coercion
  • "compassion" is not enough
  • destroy
  • destructive
  • devour
  • disgrace
  • endanger
  • excuses
  • failure (fail)
  •  hypocrisy
  • ideological
  • impose
  • incompetent
  • insecure
  • insensitive
  • intolerant
  • liberal
  • lie
  • radical
  • red tape
  • self-serving
  • selfish
  • sensationalists
  • shallow
  • they/them
  • threaten
  • traitors
  • unionized
  • urgent (cy)
  • waste
  • welfare[5]
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 Here is an excerpt from the memo circulated in 1996:
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 “As you know, one of the key points in the GOPAC tapes is that "language matters." In the video "We are a Majority," Language is listed as a key mechanism of control used by a majority party, along with Agenda, Rules, Attitude and Learning. As the tapes have been used in training sessions across the country and mailed to candidates we have heard a plaintive plea: "I wish I could speak like Newt." That takes years of practice. But, we believe that you could have a significant impact on your campaign and the way you communicate if we help a little. That is why we have created this list of words and phrases. This list is prepared so that you might have a directory of words to use in writing literature and mail, in preparing speeches, and in producing electronic media. The words and phrases are powerful. Read them. Memorize as many as possible. And remember that like any tool, these words will not help if they are not used. While the list could be the size of the latest "College Edition" dictionary, we have attempted to keep it small enough to be readily useful yet large enough to be broadly functional. The list is divided into two sections: Optimistic Positive Governing words and phrases to help describe your vision for the future of your community (your message) and Contrasting words to help you clearly define the policies and record of your opponent and the Democratic party. Please let us know if you have any other suggestions or additions. We would also like to know how you use the list. Call us at GOPAC or write with your suggestions and comments. We may include them in the next tape mailing so that others can benefit from your knowledge and experience.”[6]
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 From this day forward members of the “Democratic Party” became “liberals”! Other Republican representatives, both in the House and Senate, sought to “speak like Newt’! In addition, My Dear Shoevians, it was in 1996 that the Fox ‘News’ network premiered on cable. Thus began the concerted effort to repaint the Democratic Party as; “communists”, “socialists”, “liberals” and the arch enemy of the American people. Sound familiar? Just four short years before the turn of the century, and five before the terrorist attack on America, Republicans had given up on politics played ‘by the rules’ and sought to breath life back into McCarthyism!
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 From this day forward the goal was not the “fair and equal access and control of the levers of government for the betterment of the nation and its citizens”. No, now the goal was to put the Republican Party in power and keep it there! The demagoguery of the Democratic Party had started, and today it is in full swing! I have showed you how it all started, let me now wrap up this article by showing you how far this disease has spread.
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At a town hall, in Jensen Beach Florida, Republican Allen West lambasted Congressional Democrats as: .  
“"It's a good question. I believe there's about 78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party who are members of the Communist Party. ... It’s called the Congressional Progressive Caucus."[7]
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Granted, the Town Hall was highly biased, as we can tell by me sharing the question Rep. West answered: .
  “"What percentage of the American legislature do you think are card-carrying Marxists or International Socialist?"
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 A concerted effort to paint Congressional Democrats as “members of the Communist Party…”This is how it starts! FYI the “Congressional Progressive Caucus” is made up of only Congressional members of the Democratic Party. . IN 1950 Joseph McCarthy pointed to the elitists within America and the American government that were the problem and the source of Communism in government.
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  “. It has not been the less fortunate, or members of minority groups who have been traitorous to this Nation, but rather those who have had all the benefits that the wealthiest Nation on earth has had to offer . . . the finest homes, the finest college education and the finest jobs in government we can give.”[8]
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  “Republican smear campaigns often make use of this “elites vs. real Americans” theme. Here’s Curt Levey of the Committee for Justice, speaking to senators about then-Judge Sonia Sotomayor’s nomination to the Supreme Court: “Remember the values of the regular folks who sent you to Washington. Don’t vote for a Supreme Court nominee whose values are closer to those of the intellectual elite than to those of your constituents.”[9]
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 For all of us old enough to remember the 2000 election, we can clearly remember how the Republican Party regularly painted (then) Candidate Sen. John Kerry as an elitist and not someone like you’. Even though the, then, Republican candidate, George W. Bush, came from a EXTREMELY Wealthy family! A family that could trace its wealth all the way back to the turn of the 20th century! However, as we can now clearly see the Republicans are devoted to their rhetoric in a way that Democrats just cannot accomplish.
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 Now, let me bring this puppy full circle. Today we, Americans, are bearing witness to a rebirth of McCarthyism in our politics and our governance. While claiming that they are of the ‘common people’ they slash subsistence benefits to the ‘least among us’ and route billions in ‘tax breaks’ to the top; 10%, 1% and 0.1%. All the while sticking to the tired and true rhetoric about; Democrats and the Democrat(ic) Party.
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Now, I have brought you the material, showed you the parallels. It is up to us, My Dear Shoevians, to spread these words. To ‘Share’ this understanding with everyone! . The only way we can hope to stop the rape of our nation’s treasury, the funneling of funds from programs meant to help ‘the least among us’ to the Wealthiest-10%-1% and 0.1%! We now have the information. 
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Now, all we need is the WILL to make change! . As always I am deeply flattered that you come here and read my work. If you have enjoyed your stay and what you have read?  All I ask is that you ‘Like’ and ‘Share’ my work via your social media outlets. Have a great weekend!
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  P.S. - In the past, I have tried (desperately) to share my concerns but found more luck in offending than explaining. Thereby forcing away those I had wished (desired) to warn. Over the past year I have worked very hard to change/improve my methods so that I might write/publish my genuine concerns, and that they be heard and not dismissed. My Dear Shoevians, I was; born, raised and reared ‘Deep in the Heart of Texas’. 
Yes, one would not have necessarily guessed that fact from just reading my works but it is the truth. Where I have left ‘The Great State of Texas’ many of my family, close friends and loved ones are still living and working in Texas. . It is these very Texans that I wish to reach with my thoughts and words. This article is the culmination of that effort, manifest with new tactics and tools.

Here is my words of warning: The current ideation of the Republican Party is NOT what you think. History is repeating itself, and it is a part of history America is NOT proud… of. 

With this article series I hope to explain those words of warning and in so doing, empower those I love and cherish. Much like trying to warn a dear tharn (a la “Watership Down’) by the headlights of an oncoming car, I set out on this task today.
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“Rhetoric is, like, the ‘sugar coating’ of politics. And, right now, there are a lot of ‘sugar junkies’ cluttering up our national political dialogue.” – Daniel Hanning.
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Now you have a clear understanding of the situation we, as Americans, face. Which leaves U.S.with a choice, My Dear American Shoevians. We can either; choose to stick our heads in the and sand an ignore the situation (or in some cases, wallow in  the self-aggrandizing rhetoric), or we can have the courage (of our nation’s citizens sixty years ago) and stand-up against this harmful divisive narrative. Stand-up by turning off these ‘New-Age-McCarthyists’, take back control over our national political dialogue and narrative, and show this ilk what America really stands for!”
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Adieu!
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Thank you!
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Danny Hanning Writer, Editor, Research Staff and Publisher at The Other Shoe Danny Hanning Writer, Editor, Research Staff and Publisher at The Other Shoe
© 2010 – 2015 Hanning Web Wurx and The Other Shoe

 

Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Lost in Space - Chandra - August 26th 2015


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Welcome back My Dear Shoevians to The Other ShoeI present to all of you, in this xtra-edtion of 'Lost in Space' for August 26th, 2015. Of course this xtra-edition is just a way for me to get my 'Chandra' onChandra being NASA's flagship of X-ray astronomy, and the source of all the images in this xtra-edition' for your weekend viewing pleasure! For all our new Shoevians, the Chandra space telescope is an X-Ray Telescope launched in 1999 by NASA. The images you will see here, today, are combinations of observations by; theChandra X-Ray Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. These two NASA wonders of modern technology and science. Quite honestly, My Dear Shoevians, this article has been 'In the Works' for the better part of two weeks. It all started the way many of my articles start, wandering the internet looking for something different to write!
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I had visited the NASA-Curiosity web site and found that the One Year Anniversary had just passed and their was a LOT of material I have to sift through, before I can put together areal tribute to the first year of Curiosity on Mars! So, My Dear Shoevians, look for a One Year Anniversary Edition of The Mars Report coming the first part of next week (August 31stor September 1st, 2105). Not wanting to surmount that particular journey, yet today, I shifted my focus to another of NASA's projects I had my eye on, Chandra! Chandra is an X-Ray Telescope launched, by NASA, in 1999.
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I have seen some pretty incredible images, in the past few months, coming from the Chandra telescope. So, I headed over to the Chandra site at NASA. Much to my surprise, and my happiness, I found TONS of incredible to awe-inspiring images right at my finger tips. Soon, I became overwhelmed with the number and creative reach of these images. Rather than drown, in the imagery, I downloaded; nine of the most recent images, links for footnotes, and some detail of the images written by the good people at NASA. I put this all into a folder for... TODAY! Today, or rather tonight, it is Tuesday night August 25th, 2015 at about 11:30PM.
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I have all the images uploaded to my four different blog locations, I have all the links to reference the image origins in footnotes, and I have rather long descriptions of the images that I can use to help me write my own content, or use parts to supplement my writing with quotes from NASA. All told, I am now 'as ready as I am going to be' to write and publish this article of incredible images from an all NEW source! I do hope that all of you, My Dear Shoevians, enjoy these new images and our newest source for spectacular space images. If all goes well? I will be visiting the Chandra web site several times a month, and we will have another offshoot of 'Lost in Space' from Hubble to Chandra! Here goes my best effort at providing you,My Dearest Shoevians, with; more, better and different material, images and scientific exploration.
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Our first image of this edition of 'Lost in Space' is/was the image at the top of the page. However, I am going to explain that image when it comes up latter in this article. Therefore, the actual very first image of this edition will be the one right below this paragraph. This is an image of a 'Super-Massive Black Hole” at the very center of our Milky Way Galaxy. Not everyone knows that the very center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, has a super-massive black hole! I had suspected, for many decades, that this was (in fact) the situation. That, if, our entire 'reality' (all of the galaxies, universes and everything) started with a black hole? Then it would stand to reason that the very center of our galaxy would be black hole. Now, quite honestly, My Dear Shoevians, I did not anticipate that this black hole would be Super-Massive. That took me off guard.
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.NASA's Chandra Detects Record-Breaking Outburst from Milky Way's Black Hole
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Oh, FYI, I am writing this article on my other computer... not the laptop that I usually; write, edit, upload and publish with and on. There is nothing wrong with that computer, it is just that I am in way too much pain to use that computer, today. What you, My Dear Shoevians, see above is a combination of images. The Chandra X-Ray Telescope took the originalimage of the x-rays emitting from this supermassive black hole, that is how we find these puppies... radiation found by x-ray searching. Then, they point Hubble at the exact same point, take images, and then overlay the Hubble image over the Chandra image and WaLa! You have the incredibly revealing image that we see, above.
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This is the very center of our Milky Way Galaxy. There we find a “Super-Massive Black Hole” and it is really busy! It is busy blasting “X-Ray Flares”! I could try to put all this into my own words, but the people at NASA really do seem to have a handle on the science that I just don't Therefore, I will share the quote (below) that was part of the description given on the page with this image. Then, My Dear Shoevians, I will catch you on the other side!
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On September 14, 2013, astronomers caught the largest X-ray flare ever detected from the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way, known as Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). This event, which was captured by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, was 400 times brighter than the usual X-ray output from Sgr A*, as described in our press release. The main portion of this graphic shows the area around Sgr A* in a Chandra image where low, medium, and high-energy X-rays are red, green, and blue respectively. The inset box contains an X-ray movie of the region close to Sgr A* and shows the giant flare, along with much steadier X-ray emission from a nearby magnetar, to the lower left. A magnetar is a neutron star with a strong magnetic field. A little more than a year later, astronomers saw another flare from Sgr A* that was 200 times brighter than its normal state in October 2014.”2
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Well! That really does help with the explanation of what we are all seeing. The larger image is of the entire central region of the Milky Way. Then, we see two PIPs (Pictures in Pictures)in the lower right corner. The first one, going from left to right, is the earlier image insert showing the 'Normal' x-ray radiation output of this super-massive black hole. Then, the second image (to the right of the first) show the increased output NASA scientists noticed starting in September of 2013. The whole affair is now over, and the black hole has returned to its normal output of x-ray radiation. However, this sighting has helped Sir Stephen Hawking to solidify his theory on black holes, x-ray radiation (the x-ray radiation of black holes was once named/called 'Hawking Radiation”) at the event horizon. This was in the news just this week, too!
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3(NASA's Chandra Suggests Black Holes Gorging at Excessive Rates)
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Our next image, My Dear Shoevians, (above) is evidence of another super-massive black hole that is gorging on space materials at excessive rates! Chandra has studied dozens of these super-massive black holes and have found that quasars are, frequently, found at the center of these areas. That quasars and super-massive black holes form in/around each other. However, as I mentioned the three quasars and super-massive black holes in this image are consuming matter at “excessive rates”! Here, let me (again) quote the scientists at NASA for a better and clearer understanding of the science.
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Astronomers have studied 51 quasars with NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and found they may represent an unusual population of black holes that consume excessive amounts of matter, as described in our latest press release. Quasars are objects that have supermassive black holes that also shine very brightly in different types of light. By examining the X-ray properties with Chandra, and combining them with data from ultraviolet and visible light observations, scientists are trying to determine exactly how these large black holes grow so quickly in the early Universe.
The quasars in this study - including the three shown as Chandra images in the bottom of the graphic - are located between about 5 billion and 11.5 billion light years from Earth. These quasars were selected because they had unusually weak emission from certain atoms, especially carbon, at ultraviolet wavelengths. Also, about 65% of the quasars in this new study were found to be much fainter in X-rays, by about 40 times on average, than typical quasars.
The weak ultraviolet atomic emission and X-ray fluxes from these objects could be an important clue to the question of how a supermassive black hole pulls in matter. Computer simulations show that, at low inflow rates, matter swirls toward the black hole in a thin disk. However, if the rate of inflow is high, the disk can puff up dramatically into a torus or donut that surrounds the inner part of the disk.”4
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Next, is an artist representation of the excessive rates of matter gorging taking place in and around these super-massive black holes and their neighboring quasars. Again, this is not an image taken by either Chandra or the Hubble space telescopes. The top ornage image is the artist representation, and below is actual images taken by the Chandra x-ray telescope. You can clearly see, in the upper image, just how much and how vast the reach and amount of matter these super-massive black holes are pulling into themselves! I simply cannot image being in the space near or around these super-massive black holes. They are completely capable of sucking down the entirely of our solar system in a matter of... … weeks, months, years! Here is the next image, I will catch all of you on the other side!
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(Artist Representation of Super-Massive Black Holes Gorging)
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Now, My Dear Shoevians, there are not a whole lot of places you can go to see this kind of imaging with all the science explained nice and neat, eh? Oh, bye-the-bye if you are viewing this article at the Blog dot Com web site? Just what do you think of these images with the new theme? Don't these images just jump off the page?!?! I previewed this new theme a lot,before picking this one, and I really thought that it as just perfect for all my; 'Lost in Space' , 'The Mars Report' and all the wonderful and incredible articles I write and share that have dozens of images, like these! I hope that you, My Dear Shoevians, really appreciate the change and how the images look with the new theme! Here is a quote, from NASA Scientists, about the image above:
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A new Chandra study indicates the existence of a population of black holes that is consuming extremely large amounts of material.
  • Thick, donut-shaped disks may be surrounding the black holes, blocking much of the light that would otherwise be emitted.
The black holes in these quasars may be growing at an extraordinarily rapid rate.”5
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I mean, that is great and all, but really I included this image because I was just taken aback by the orange image and how they have represented the gorging of these quasars and black holes so accurately! Really. Isn't that image with all the orange just awesome? Now, on to our next image for today. WOW! It is only page 8, and I am already 1/3 the way through writing this article! At this rate I should be publishing this article at about 3AM! That is not really bad for a article of this size and scope! I just hope that nobody needs to call and talk to me, tomorrow, until about noon! :)
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6(NGC 5813: Chandra Finds Evidence for Serial Black Hole Eruptions)
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Awww... purple!!!! The image, above, is of the group of galaxies names NGC-5813. This group of galaxies have been the focus of immense study and have brought scientists to the conclusion that this super-massive black hole has been responsible for repeated (or Serial) eruptions, over the past 50 million years, and that his has permanently rearranged the galaxy around. It is science, and discoveries, like these that make me a very grateful human being living in a quite docile solar system in a very docile galaxy, the Milky Way. No galaxies colliding with other galaxies. No super-massive black holes erupting x-rays, or gorging on matter from our solar system. Our solar system, and our Milky Way Galaxy, are a lot like Southern California's weather. Sun goes up, sun goes down. Sun goes up, sun goes down. Repeat. Now, for more of the scientific explanation of the image we see above.
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Astronomers have used NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory to show that multiple eruptions from a supermassive black hole over 50 million years have rearranged the cosmic landscape at the center of a group of galaxies.
Scientists discovered this history of black hole eruptions by studying NGC 5813, a group of galaxies about 105 million light years from Earth. These Chandra observations are the longest ever obtained of a galaxy group, lasting for just over a week. The Chandra data are shown in this new composite image where the X-rays from Chandra (purple) have been combined with visible light data (red, green and blue).
Galaxy groups are like their larger cousins, galaxy clusters, but instead of containing hundreds or even thousands of galaxies like clusters do, galaxy groups are typically comprised of 50 or fewer galaxies. Like galaxy clusters, groups of galaxies are enveloped by giant amounts of hot gas that emit X-rays.
The erupting supermassive black hole is located in the central galaxy of NGC 5813. The black hole's spin, coupled with gas spiraling toward the black hole, can produce a rotating, tightly wound vertical tower of magnetic field that flings a large fraction of the inflowing gas away from the vicinity of the black hole in an energetic, high-speed jet.”7
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Well, My Dear Shoevians, it looks like there is going to me more like ten images today and not the nine I had previously mentioned. I had left out one of the images; link, narrative and name. I have, since I found the problem, added the link, name and information for out next image for this edition of 'Lost in Space'. really cannot think of a better group of people to get 'Lost in Space' with, or better stars and images to share whilst we are lost! Now, let me share our next image, and I will catch you on the other side!
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8(NGC 2276: NASA's Chandra Finds Intriguing Member of Black Hole Family Tree)
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Our image, above, is of the galaxy NGC-2276. It is located 100 million light-years from our earth here in the Milky Way. Now, the reason for its inclusion in this article, and the reason that NASA has found it “Intriguing” is that NGC-2276 contains a black hole in a state of evolution not previously seen before! The discovery of this black hole, at this time, helps to fill in the holes in the evolution of black holes. Much like the finding of Cro-Mangon man helped scientists fill in a hole in man's evolutionary chain. As usual, my abilities to share this scientific information are adequate, but let me give the scientists at NASA a swing! I will catch you on the other side! :)
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A newly discovered object in the galaxy NGC 2276 may prove to be an important black hole that helps fill in the evolutionary story of these exotic objects, as described in our latestpress release. The main image in this graphic contains a composite image of NGC 2766 that includes X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) combined with optical data from the Hubble Space Telescope and the Digitized Sky Survey (red, green and blue). The inset is a zoom into the interesting source that lies in one of the galaxy's spiral arms. This object, called NGC 2276-3c, is seen in radio waves (red) in observations from the European Very Long Baseline Interferometry Network, or EVN.
Astronomers have combined the X-ray and radio data to determine that NGC 2766-3c is likely an intermediate-mass black hole (IMBH). As the name suggests, IMBHs are black holes that are larger than stellar-mass black holes that contain about five to thirty times the mass of the Sun, but smaller than supermassive black holes that are millions or even billions of solar masses. The researchers estimated the mass of NGC 2766-3c using a well-known relationship between how bright the source is in radio and X-rays, and the mass of the black hole. The X-ray and radio brightness were based on observations with Chandra and the EVN. They found that NGC 2276-3c contains about 50,000 times the mass of the Sun.”9
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50,00 TIMES the mass of our sun, Sol! WOOF! That is incredible, to say the least. I am just learning so much, in this edition of 'Lost in Space'. Oh, bye the way, did I tell you, My Dear Shoevians? Tell you that a couple of school teachers (here in the states) have picked up (via PintrestMY 'Lost in Space' as/for a TEACHING TOOL?!?!? YES! I received notification, via pintrest, that two Middle School teachers, right here in America, are using my editions of 'Lost in Space' to TEACH about the stars and our solar system! Amazing, I have always wanted to be a teacher... Now, my writing is used in teaching of dozens of students all over America! That makes me really feel like I have reached a benchmark in my writing and publishing career! Drop me a message, or comment, and tell me what you My Dear Shoevians think about my article series 'Lost in Space' being used to teach Middle School students about the stars and galaxies around us! Just cool enough for school! :)
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10(NGC 1333: Stellar Sparklers That Last)
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At 780 light-years from Earth the galaxy group named NGC-1333 is our next subject. The image, above, is really quite incredible because of the way it has been created for our viewing pleasure. This image is not just done with the imaging capabilities of Chandra, or any other one space telescope. No, rather, this image is the combination of many space and earth based telescopes, and a a testament to the capabilities, and potential, of many scientists and scientific groups working together. Again, let me have the good people as NASA explain this, better.
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This new composite image combines X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (pink) with infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope (red) as well as optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey and the National Optical Astronomy Observatory Mayall 4-meter telescope on Kitt Peak (red, green, blue). The Chandra data reveal 95 young stars glowing in X-ray light, 41 of which had not been identified previously using infrared observations with Spitzer because they lacked infrared emission from a surrounding disk.
To make a detailed study of the X-ray properties of young stars, a team of astronomers, led by Elaine Winston from the University of Exeter, analyzed both the Chandra X-ray data of NGC 1333, located about 780 light years from Earth, and of the Serpens cloud, a similar cluster of young stars about 1100 light years away. They then compared the two datasets with observations of the young stars in the Orion Nebula Cluster, perhaps the most-studied young star cluster in the Galaxy.”11
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Even if Republicans refuse to work with Democrats in the House of Representatives? It IS good to know that scientists from five different space observation organizations from five different locations around the United States all worked together to make this image an incredible image to behold, and an incredible image to hold-up as a testament to the potential of Americans working TOGETHER!
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(NGC 2207 and IC 2163: Galactic Get-Together has Impressive Light Display)
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Again, in the spirit of working together we see two galaxies working together to create an impressive light display! LOL, not really. It is an impressive light display, to be sure, but I am pretty darn sure that the inhabitants (f there are any) are not working together to collide their galaxies just for our entertainment! NGC-2207 and IC-2163 are, roughly, 100 million light-years away from our Earth. They are, both, spiral arm galaxies just like our Milky Way! They are in the process of colliding into each other, and making an incredible light display, in the process. The galaxy to the right, IC-2163, appears to be a much older galaxy. See how the arms are more spread out? How the lines of stars do not wrap around each other? Now, look to the galaxy to the left, NGC-2207. In this galaxy we can clearly see it is much younger. The arms are still wrapped tightly around the galactic center. The star, within the arms, are close and compact. It is a shame that these two celestial giants will meet their doom in a spectacular display of lights. Here is some more information from the scientists at NASA:
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Located about 130 million light years from Earth, in the constellation of Canis Major, this pair of spiral galaxies has been caught in a grazing encounter. NGC 2207 and IC 2163 have hosted three supernova explosions in the past 15 years and have produced one of the most bountiful collections of super bright X-raylights known. These special objects - known as "ultraluminous X-ray sources" (ULXs) - have been found using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
As in our Milky Way galaxy, NGC 2207 and IC 2163 are sprinkled with many star systems known as X-ray binaries, which consist of a star in a tight orbit around either a neutron star or a "stellar-mass" black hole. The strong gravity of the neutron star or black hole pulls matter from the companion star. As this matter falls toward the neutron star or black hole, it is heated to millions of degrees and generates X-rays.
ULXs have far brighter X-rays than most "normal" X-ray binaries. The true nature of ULXs is still debated, but they are likely a peculiar type of X-ray binary. The black holes in some ULXs may be heavier than stellar mass black holes and could represent a hypothesized, but as yet unconfirmed, intermediate-mass category of black holes.
This composite image of NGC 2207 and IC 2163 contains Chandra data in pink, optical light data from the Hubble Space Telescope in red, green, and blue (appearing as blue, white, orange, and brown), and infrared data from the Spitzer Space Telescope in red.12
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That image is going to be hard to beat! However, don't worry yourself too much, because I do believe that I have it beat (and still keeping the best for last, as always!) with this next image. So far, today, we have witnessed; gorging super-massive black holes, stellar sparklers that last, and two spiral arm galaxies in the process of colliding. Now, My Dear Shoevians, I have to share... … … (drum roll, please)... an 'Exploded Star Blooms Like a Flower'! Check it out, and I will see you on the other side!
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13(G299.2-2.9: Exploded Star Blooms Like a Cosmic Flower)
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WOOF! Sorry about my linguistic digress, but My Dear Shoevians, WOOF! This is an incredible image of a stellar phenomenon that, strangely, resembles a simple and basic feature of plant life here on Earth! Our cosmic explorations certainly do take us to places unknown, that appear to us as known! This star, G229.2-2.9, is only about 100,000 light-years from Earth. So close, and yet so far... in time, too! The explosion, that created this blossom-like cosmic array, happen (roughly) 4,500 years ago, or about the time that the Egyptians were building their very first pyramids in the sands of Egypt. Now, My Dear Shoevians, this is not a nebula (the factory for stars), this is not the remnants of a galaxy. This is just the remnants of a exploded star! A star that went super-nova about 4,500 years ago and left us with a wondrous and incredible image to view, to enjoy and to learn from. Here is a bit more of the science from the good people at NASA:
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G299 was left over by a particular class of supernovas called Type Ia. Astronomers think that a Type Ia supernova is a thermonuclear explosion - involving the fusion of elements and release of vast amounts of energy - of a white dwarf star in a tight orbit with a companion star. If the white dwarf's partner is a typical, Sun-like star, the white dwarf can become unstable and explode as it draws material from its companion. Alternatively, the white dwarf is in orbit with another white dwarf, the two may merge and can trigger an explosion.
Regardless of their triggering mechanism, Type Ia supernovas have long been known to be uniform in their extreme brightness, usually outshining the entire galaxy where they are found. This is important because scientists use these objects as cosmic mileposts, allowing them to accurately measure the distances of galaxies billions of light years away, and to determine the rate of expansion of the Universe.
Traditional theoretical models of Type Ia supernovas generally predict that these explosions would be symmetric, creating a near perfect sphere as they expand. These models have been supported by results showing that remnants of Type Ia supernovas are more symmetric than remnants of supernovas involving the collapse of massive stars.”14
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Well, My Dear Shoevians, I wasn't going to mention this until the end of the article... but I just cannot wait. As of that last image credit, this edition of 'Lost in Space' qualifies of'Gargantuan' status by The Other Shoe publication rules! It is over a dozen pages in length (content, we are currently on page 18), and contains at least 14 footnotes. That was #14 footnote for the last image. Thankfully, I am nearly done with the writing of this article. It is 1:46AM and I am in horrific pain, and really need to get some rest... sleep. Now, for our nest-to-last image for the day. See you, My Dear Shoevians, on the other side!
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15(A Precocious Black Hole)
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Located 220 million light-years from our Milky Way Galaxy this black hole has grown too fast and too large for its host galaxy. The host galaxy is CID-947 and, as we can clearly see, this black hole is bursting out of the host galaxy. It makes for an incredible image, for our viewing pleasure, but calls into question many scientific beliefs about black holes and their relationship with their host galaxies. Shattering understanding is something that space and space exploration does on a regular basis. It is something that you, My Dear Shoevians, would have to get used to if you wanted to go into this field of scientific exploration. Now, as usual, let's get some more information from the good people at NASA:
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Researchers have discovered a black hole that grew much more quickly than its host galaxy. The discovery calls into question previous assumptions on the development of galaxies.
The black hole was originally discovered using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, and was then detected in the Sloan Digital Sky Survey and by ESA's XMM-Newton and NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory.
Benny Trakhtenbrot, from ETH Zurich's Institute for Astronomy, and an international team of astrophysicists, performed a follow-up observation of this black hole using the 10 meter Keck telescope in Hawaii and were surprised by the results. The data, collected with a new instrument, revealed a giant black hole in an otherwise normal, distant galaxy, called CID-947. Because its light had to travel a very long distance, the scientists were observing it at a period when the universe was less than two billion years old, just 14 percent of its current age (almost 14 billion years have passed since the Big Bang).
An analysis of the data collected in Hawaii revealed that the black hole in CID-947, with nearly 7 billion solar masses, is among the most massive black holes discovered up to now. What surprised researchers in particular was not the black hole's record mass, but rather the galaxy's mass. "The measurements correspond to the mass of a typical galaxy," says Trakhtenbrot, a postdoctoral fellow working within the Extragalactic Astrophysics research group...”16
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That, My Dear Shoevians, brings us to the final image of this 'Gargantuan' edition of 'Lost in Space'. As usual, I have saved the best for last, just as planned and just as always. Let me take a moment here to say “Thank you!” for dropping by, today. Thank you for making The Other Shoe a place you come to read, look at incredible images and (maybe) learn a little. I always hope that you have enjoyed your visit, and that you tell others of your time spent here, so that they too can come and find a nice place to read and learn, and have fun! Now, for out final image(s) of this edition. I will 'see' you on the other side!
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17(IYL 2015: Chandra Celebrates The International Year of Light)
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This is, actually, FIVE images in one place. I managed to copy the information for four of the images, and I will share that with all of you, My Dear Shoevians, below:
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Messier 51 (M51):
This galaxy, nicknamed the "Whirlpool," is a spiral galaxy, like our Milky Way, located about 30 million light years from Earth. This composite image combines data collected at X-ray wavelengths by Chandra (purple), ultraviolet by the Galaxy Evolution Explorer (GALEX, blue); visible light by Hubble (green), and infrared by Spitzer (red).

SNR E0519-69.0:
When a massive star exploded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a satellite galaxy to the Milky Way, it left behind an expanding shell of debris called SNR 0519-69.0. Here, multimillion degree gas is seen in X-rays from Chandra (blue). The outer edge of the explosion (red) and stars in the field of view are seen in visible light from Hubble.

MSH 11-62:
When X-rays, shown in blue, from Chandra and XMM-Newton are joined in this image with radio data from the Australia Telescope Compact Array (pink) and visible light data from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS, yellow), a new view of the region emerges. This object, known as MSH 11-62, contains an inner nebula of charged particles that could be an outflow from the dense spinning core left behind when a massive star exploded.

Cygnus A:
This galaxy, at a distance of some 700 million light years, contains a giant bubble filled with hot, X-ray emitting gas detected by Chandra (blue). Radio data from the NSF's Very Large Array (red) reveal "hot spots" about 300,000 light years out from the center of the galaxy where powerful jets emanating from the galaxy's supermassive black hole end. Visible light data (yellow) from both Hubble and the DSS complete this view.

RCW 86:
This supernova remnant is the remains of an exploded star that may have been witnessed by Chinese astronomers almost 2,000 years ago. Modern telescopes have the advantage of observing this object in light that is completely invisible to the unaided human eye. This image combines X-rays from Chandra (pink and blue) along with visible emission from hydrogen atoms in the rim of the remnant, observed with the 0.9-m Curtis Schmidt telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (yellow).
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That brings us to 2AM... to my very end of tolerance to my pain, and to the time when I simply must get some rest for tomorrow. I will be unable to publish this article tonight, Tuesday August 25th, 2015. However, tomorrow is Wednesday and I will have this article published by 11AM to Noon Pacific time for everyone's viewing pleasure. This really has been a'Gargantuan' edition of 'Lost in Space'. Weighing in at over TWENTY pages in length, more than 16 footnotes and TEN (Really nine + 5) images for your viewing pleasure. I hope that this article has satisfied your yen for space images and science.
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As always, it has been my pleasure to bring these incredible images to you, My Dear Shoevians. If you have enjoyed yourself? All I ask is that you 'Like' and 'Share' this work with all your; family, friends, co-workers and acquaintances via your social media! You can find me on Facebook under The Other Shoe. There are four blog locations, each with a different theme, different 'looks' and a different way of presenting images and the like. I hope everyone has a great rest of the week, and I look forward to seeing you all again, right here, soon!
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