Posts for: #Astronomy

ʻOumuamua is Not a Spacecraft but a Comet

Deemo Chen, grade 11 student. Barstow School – Ningbo Campus. Abstract 1I/2017 U1 (‘Oumuamua), a recently discovered asteroid in a hyperbolic orbit, is likely the first macroscopic object of extrasolar origin identified in the solar system. This paper mainly gives reasons why ‘Oumuamua should be a comet, by explaining three unusual behaviors of ‘Oumuamua which are unnormal ratio, strange track eccentricity, and Peculiar Acceleration; disproving four main hypothesizes to say ʻOumuamua is not a comet, then provide an evidence of reflectivity of surface of ʻOumuamua to prove ʻOumuamua in a regular interval of comet group.
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Stacking And Processing of the Moon

Since I was moving my telescope to my school for my Astronomy Club, I putted it for a long time because my club is still weak and no one in the club could be seem as a real club member. But I setted up a small observation recently with another guy who are not in my club, and I took 16 photos of moon by my lovely A7RIII, however, the truth prove that it is useless to stack 16 photos, but I think it is a nice try.
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