I have a thought for the astronomy buffs among us. We are discussing the performance of the future Space Telescopes which should be capable of seeing quite a bit further into the past. It is supposed to be capable of finding the first galaxies which implies that it will therefore find older ones in a continuous stream up until the present condition.
In light of the fact that a galaxy is geometrically immense, I have long wondered why most of those seen through telescopes are so well formed. It just seems odd that they are so well formed when it must take many millions of years for a single star to complete an orbit around the center. I could understand that the star system that makes up a galaxy would be able to reach some reasonable form of equilibrium if allowed to exist for a very long time and hence large number of orbits. But it appears that this happens much sooner than I would expect unless the universe is actually far older than the current theory(13.7 Billion years) suggests. We need to see the transition from an odd assortment of stars to a well defined galaxy if we are to add proof of the estimated age of the universe. This telescope might be the instrument to fill that gap. It might become apparent that the formation of a galaxy is more ordered than I expect. The forces of nature could in fact strongly encourage and quickly guide a newly forming galactic cloud into a certain mathematical pattern. If true, that would explain why we see so many of great symmetry. If there is a family of mathematical patterns available that a particular galaxy seed can choose from, how is that choice made? Does the larger external regional collection of gas contribute to that decision? And, if you really want to consider slow processes, how about the patterns formed by groups of galaxies bound together in a family by gravitation. Have they had enough time to make more that perhaps 10 orbits? Do they already exhibit well defined patterns? There may be magic hidden within the details. Perhaps this concept can be extended into the realm of crop circles. Dave -----Original Message----- From: OrionWorks - Steven V Johnson <[email protected]> To: vortex-l <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, Oct 18, 2012 12:25 pm Subject: Re: [Vo]:Planet discovered at Alpha Cantauri B >From Jouni, ... > indeed, I hope this will boost our efforts to launch second generation > planet finder after Kepler loses it's ability to maintain the direction of > vision. So that we could have direct measurements of near by planets. There > are currently no ongoing projects, however space exploration might get very > soon cheeper. ... There is hope for more precise astronomy research in the near future. See NASA's new darling, the James Webb Space Telescope http://www.jwst.nasa.gov/ It may not be designed to hunt specifically for new planets, but it will nevertheless uncover a lot of nifty new stuff that will end up upsetting the scientific establishment. Excerpt: The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope. The project is working to a 2018 launch date. Webb will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to our own Milky Way Galaxy. Webb will peer through dusty clouds to see stars forming planetary systems, connecting the Milky Way to our own Solar System. Webb's instruments will be designed to work primarily in the infrared range of the electromagnetic spectrum, with some capability in the visible range. … And so forth, and so forth. I particularly liked the phrase: " Webb will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang…" Not if R. Mills has his way. I gather for some time now there has existed a certain amount of accumulated evidence suggesting the possibility that the BB theory, as currently theorized, ain't what it's cracked up to be. Meanwhile, Dr. Mills' so-called "minority report" continues to languish in the dark recesses of science like background noise. But we shall see. Regards Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/orionworks
