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Astronomical observations are based on the detection of visible light as well as other energy forms all across the electromagnetic spectrum, from radio waves to gamma radiation. Although certain kinds of radiation, such as radio waves, may be converted electronically into sound waves, thus producing hissing and humming sounds detectable to the human ear, people do not tend to think of astronomers listening directly to the actual sounds emanating from heavenly bodies.
I thought so, too.
That is, until a couple of nights ago, when something strange was heard coming out of the night sky.
A close friend owns a vacation home near the summit of one of the tallest mountains in West Virginia. And of those tallest mountains, his house peers down from one of the few where privately owned habitable dwellings exist. The elevation of the house is 4,440 feet above sea level.
On Sunday night, we were observing planets, nebulae, star clusters and galaxies with his largest telescope. The views through it were tremendous thanks to the dark skies free from the garish glare from any tawdry and gaudy man-made outdoor lighting fixtures, the thinner drier air found at that altitude and by the light gathering power of the large 24-inch diameter telescope mirror.
Comment: By all means read what NASA has to say about it. Then consider this...
NASA warns solar flares from 'huge space storm' will cause devastation ...and what McCanney wrote in Planet X, Comets and Earth Changes: ...before getting the real lowdown on Comet Elenin from these:
Comet Elenin is Coming!
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Comet Elenin Update!