Friday, May 31, 2013
Kyle - Observatory
Yesterday we visited an Observatory in Brugges, while there we got to see a video about how exo planets are discovered and some types of them that exist out in the universe. For example super earths that are planets that are not gas based but rather are more similar to our planet and are larger than the earth. We also got to see some of the telescopes that they had on their Observatory. While these were older it was still cool to see them. It also introduced me to several new types of telescopes that are being used nowadays. The ability for the telescope to be aimed at any star through the computer was pretty fascinating too. I would have liked the roof to move along with the telescope too but that may be asking to much.
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I thought that this trip to the observatory was fascinating as well!! It was very interesting to learn about the methods that they used to detect the exoplanets at such a far distance!
ReplyDeleteI also loved the observatory, and the scenery was amazing to say the least. If the room would have moved, it would have been awesome. I really wish we could have looked at something through it.
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