Comments on: Monster of the Milky Way tonight!

By: pabut

pabut — Sun, 05 Nov 2006 01:12:55 +0000

I saw the a “familiar” name in the credits as they flew by … thank goodness for TIVO instant replay!! Good Job Phil

By: Gary Ansorge

Gary Ansorge — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 03:48:39 +0000

Dang, I’m working late at Red Top Mountain again. MAybe I can catch the reruns???

GAry 7

By: Melusine

Melusine — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:16:03 +0000

If anyone is interested in a very helpful explanation of black holes, time-space dilation, and general relativity for non-physics majors, this half-hour lecture by Professor Wolfson (physicist, teacher) is very interesting. It’s part of a lecture series that one can purchase, but somebody posted this segment for free. It’s really quite good:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5860570013701276874

(BTW, the name of the person who posted it is quite vulgar–I didn’t know how to get around that, but the lecture was worth sharing.)

By: Chip

Chip — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:39:25 +0000

BA wrote: “Incidentally, Brian McNamara, the scientist studying the galaxy clusters, is an old buddy of mine.”

I like how they visually placed you friend and the other scientists on the show in front of colorful backgrounds that symbolized the conditions they were discussing. They even included a little bit of a breeze effect on people’s hair. An arty touch.

By: Melusine

Melusine — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:37:15 +0000

John, it’s five hours to Baton Rouge for me. Um, I think I’ll wait to see if it shows up here.

But I do see there’s a Google video: video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6690341106545034815 I haven’t looked at this link since I get the dreaded ACCESS DENIED at work. But it’s no planetarium. Here is a NY Times article from Feb about the show that I found interesting. More on Andrew Hamilton.

By: John B. Sandlin

John B. Sandlin — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:19:27 +0000

Yah, but Phil, I bet once the 20 Minute show is over there are many things to do in Baton Rouge. Now, I have to consider whether the drive is worth it from San Antonio!

By: The Bad Astronomer

The Bad Astronomer — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:43:18 +0000

Melusine, I’m not sure if the show is headed to Houston or not. It’s playing in Baton Rouge, but that’s still a heckuva drive just to see a 20 minute show.