Volume 2010, Issue No.9, Dt. 20th September 2010 Time: 10:35:38
September 2010 Phenomenal Weather at Visakhapatnam
by
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
{Retd. Prof .of Physics, SU}, 17-11-10 Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipet.P.O. Viskhapatnam-53002. Cell: 9491902867 BSNL
Professor Dr Kotcherlakota Lakshmi Narayana,
{Retd. Prof .of Physics, SU}, 17-11-10 Narasimha Ashram, Official Colony, Maharanipet.P.O. Viskhapatnam-53002. Cell: 9491902867 BSNL
ABSTRACT
The sudden change of weather pattern on the Sunday 19th September 2010 was noted as a phenomenal event. The sudden disappearance of low depression without being strengthened has been noted also by the weather people at the official bureau of Visakhapatnam hurricane warning centre. They said the Friday formed Low Pressure trough in the middle of Bay of Bengal has not become fully formed and became weak by Sunday morning and disappeared totally. It was said to have yielded rain at Cheenur, Ramgundum 6cms, at Mandana 5cms, Kalvakurthi, Bimdole and Nuziveedu about 4cms.Present author noted that the 19th September 2010 Visakhapatnam experienced warm weather in the morning and by evening time around 18h30m the brownish black clouds enveloped the sky. This was phenomenal in the sense that the cloud formations and display of scenario of sky was totally different from the previous almost a month of heavy rains. The Delhi - Lucknow road has been blocked due to heavy rains and the disappeared low Depression of Bay of Bengal has suddenly moved at a rapid speed to the Delhi area. The 19th September 2010 evening a dust formation has prevented the full realization of the strengthened hurricane at Visakhapatnam. The Low Depression trough has fizzled out. The author found that on the 14th September 2010 the Moon has exhibited a crater diffraction of colours which could readily be image captured at 19hours. The Moon was moving towards the Jupiter planet and on the 19th September 2010 it was image captured along with the Moon at 23h02m. It has distanced away from the Venus planet considerably.
keywords: Astronomy, Visakhapatnam's Sky, weather, Sravanam, Colour Spectrum Moon, Jupiter, Historgam,Total Solar eclipse Diamond ring Crater
The Moon Crater Colour Diffraction Display:
Fig 1 September 14th 2010 at 19h histogram Moon pattern from a crater.
The author found that on the 14th September 2010 the Moon has exhibited a crater diffraction of colours which could readily be image captured at 19hours.The histogram of the colours has been obtained by an image analysis process. The Moon on 14th September 2010 at 19h exhibited the diffraction pattern of distinct colours generated by the crater which is the famous diamond ring crater of the total solar eclipse. Observation of the partial crescent Moon was one of a significant record made by the present author in the recent times.
Hindu Panchanga:
19th September 2010 according to Hindu Panchanga is the day of total Dwadashi, i.e.12th Day of Moon. It has the star Sravanam (obviously with all the 4 steps) beginning at 11.13PM of 18th Sept 2010 Saturday night and lasting till late night 1.16AM of 19th. The Uttarashada 3 steps ending night of 18th at 11.13 PM plus Sravanam 4 steps ending at 1.16AM of 20th, plus Dhanishta with 2 steps ending on 21st at 3.43AM constitutes the rasi or Zodiac sign Makar i.e. Capricorn.
The complete cycle of 27 zodiac signs with the Sravanam of 23rd August 2010 to the 19th September 2010 constituted the unprecedented down pour of rains in Andhra Pradesh and all the lakes in Hyderabad city got fully filled to the brim as water pots. This period covered all the 27x4=108 stars cycle as per the Hindu Panchang. The Hyderabad city received such rains only after the lapse of about 27years. In 1927 the Nizam built the Lakes in the Hyderabad city. Who were then the Hindu Astrologers that have fixed the time of digging the lake and as well the location?
Fig 2 The 20th Sept 2010 at 22h10m stars triangles IMG_1616
This shows the existence of a bright star and its companion star just below the Moon and near to it observed at 22h05m. The pixel positions are respectively 2016, 1604 bright star and 2132, 1624 its companion faint star. Also the outer and inner triangles of stars have been observed on the west side at 22h10m on the 20th Sept 2010.
This shows the existence of a bright star and its companion star just below the Moon and near to it observed at 22h05m. The pixel positions are respectively 2016, 1604 bright star and 2132, 1624 its companion faint star. Also the outer and inner triangles of stars have been observed on the west side at 22h10m on the 20th Sept 2010.
Fig 3 West side stars above the street lamp on 20th September 2010 at 21h59m IMG_1608 and the diffraction ring of the Jupiter
Fig 4 The 19th Sept 2010 cloud Moon IMG_1603. These images depict vividly the dust brownish cloud of the 19th September 2010 captured at 18h45m and the proximity of the Jupiter and the Moon. The image processed data of the pictures has been given for the quantitative analysis of the dust reflections and the cloud smeared Moon shine.
21st September 2010 Bright Sunshine Day:
21st September 2010 Bright Sunshine Day:
The night of 21st September gave a good scenario of Jupiter and the Moon proximity view and the stars nearby couldn’t be captured from 20h22m to 22h40m on the Eastern side of Narasimha Ashram but at 22h 44m the west triangular stars have been image captured. The Fig 5 to Fig 10 given below offer the bright sun shine days 19th to 21st September night sky views.
Fig 5 on 21st September 2010 Jupiter and Moon scenario KLN spectrum of Moon
This Figure shows surprisingly the yellow dominant in 1st order as well with Indigo and Violet colours. The dispersion of the sky allows up to 5-orders of spectrum but considerably smeared of the details.
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This Figure shows surprisingly the yellow dominant in 1st order as well with Indigo and Violet colours. The dispersion of the sky allows up to 5-orders of spectrum but considerably smeared of the details.
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Fig 6 Hunter Constellation with the Dog star Sirius on 22nd Sept 2010 at 03h46m KLN IMG_1632. The Fig 6 depicts remarkably the Hunter Constellation with Betelgeuse and Rigel stars prominent.
Fig 7 of the IMG_1621 paint at 12.5% on 21st Sept 2010 at 21h34m KLN
The 1st order spectrum's of the Moon with the Jupiter proximity has yellow predominance but has also the violet and Indigo very prominent.
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The 1st order spectrum's of the Moon with the Jupiter proximity has yellow predominance but has also the violet and Indigo very prominent.
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Fig 8 Sirius Dog Star Hunter (Mrugasira) Constellation on 22nd Sept 2010 at 03h40m AM KLN IMG_1627. The multitude of the Orion Constellation seems to be really fascinating. The hand sword of the hunter belt seems to be in contrast with the three stars of the belt on the waist.
Fig 9 Sirius star and the Hunter Mrugasira Constellation with the belt and the nebula IMG_1626.
The early morning scenario of the Hunter with his Dog star is a very inspiring site of the sky. The belt three stars are found to be very striking and bright though small in size.
Fig 10 of West side triangular stars on 21st Sept 2010 at 22h44m KLN IMG_1625. This happens to be a striking view as the Venus sets on the west.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
The author is deeply indebted to Professor K. Rangadhama Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) of JVD College of Science & Technology, at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam without whose persistent encouragement and support the present author wouldn’t have been able to pursue his research interests.
The early morning scenario of the Hunter with his Dog star is a very inspiring site of the sky. The belt three stars are found to be very striking and bright though small in size.
Fig 10 of West side triangular stars on 21st Sept 2010 at 22h44m KLN IMG_1625. This happens to be a striking view as the Venus sets on the west.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
The author is deeply indebted to Professor K. Rangadhama Rao D.Sc.(Madras) D.Sc.(London) of JVD College of Science & Technology, at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam without whose persistent encouragement and support the present author wouldn’t have been able to pursue his research interests.
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ADDENDUM:
From Google Search Engine of 22nd Sept 2010
The equinox falls at 9:09 p.m. on this Wednesday evening, according to clocks set to Mountain Daylight Time. That translates to 3:09 a.m. tomorrow – on Thursday, September 23 – Universal Time.."Oppositions of the Earth and Jupiter occur roughly every 400 days, due to Earth catching up to Jupiter and lapping it in its race around the sun," said Raminder Singh Samra, resident astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia."But because the orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical, the distances between oppositions vary, and so the next time [Earth and Jupiter] are this close won't be until 2022."For the rest of September, Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky, aside from the moon. The planet will be visible all night long, rising in the east at sunset and setting in the west around sunrise.On September 22 the full moon will park itself just above Jupiter, making for a striking cosmic duo to the unaided eye. The following night the moon will sit just to Jupiter's left.What's more, with just binoculars, stargazers can already see the much more distant planet Uranus not quite behind Jupiter, visible as a faint bluish orb fewer than two full-moon discs away from the brighter planet."As Uranus is about five times further away than Jupiter and about a third the size, it will be about 2,800 times fainter than Jupiter," Singh said. But "being so close to each other in the sky, it will be possible to see both planets at the same time through a pair of binoculars."The planetary pair will appear snuggled up closest in the sky for the next few weeks and will slowly drift apart by the end of the year.Jupiter's Near Pass Puts Storms, Moons on DisplayJupiter's close encounter with Earth means that now is the time for detailed views of the gas giant planet's stormy atmosphere, astronomers say."This is a good time to view Jupiter through a telescope, because you should be able to see the oranges, browns, and reds of its cloud bands" said Geza Gyuk, an astronomer with the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.The Great Red Spot—a hurricane three times the width of Earth—should also be visible via telescopes, depending on when you look, Gyuk said.
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The easiest-to-recognize portion of Orion looks like a huge rectangle. It is in the south-southeast in the winter and contains bright stars at each corner of the rectangle, with the ones in the upper left corner and lower right the brightest in the constellation. A line of three stars in the middle of this shape, at Orion's "waist", forms his belt and points downwards from right to left. The rectangle and belt remind some of a giant hourglass. Extending down from the belt is a threesome of fainter stars that represent a dagger, with the middle "star" actually the famous M42 nebula. Betelgeuse• Betelgeuse is the bright star in the shoulder of Orion, a star so huge that if it replaced the Earth's Sun it would extend all the way out to where Mars is. Betelgeuse is 425 light years from earth, meaning the light that reaches an individual's eyes began to travel 425 years ago. An unstable red giant that varies in magnitude over a six-year period, it is sometimes brighter than Rigel, which is in Orion's foot. Betelgeuse is over 50,000 times as bright as the Sun and rated as the 10th brightest star visible from Earth. Rigel• Rigel, the seventh brightest star in the sky, is nearly 800 light years away. It is a blue supergiant with a much fainter partner orbiting it. This star is a great distance away from Rigel, as far away as 60 times the distance between the Sun and Pluto in our own solar system. The partner star is visible with a low-power telescope despite the presence of Rigel's own luminosity. Rigel's brilliance is the equivalent of 85,000 of our Suns. Astronomers estimate Rigel to be "just" 10 million years old. M42• The Great Orion Nebula, also called Messier object 42, is one of the sky's most observed wonders. In binoculars and small telescopes, it appears as a fuzzy patch, but large telescopes show it as a collection of glowing stellar gases. This nebula is 20,000 times bigger is size than our entire solar system. This region of space contains young stars and those in the earliest stages of formation.
Lambda (λ) Orion, Meissa, is a double star, 3.7 and 6, pale white and violet, in the Hunter's head.
• Right Ascension: 5 hours Declination: 5 degrees Visible between latitudes 85 and -75 degrees Best seen in January (at 9:00 PM) Betelguex; Betelgeuze; Beteiguex; Al Mankib. Alpha Orionis HR 2061HD 39801 Data RA 05 55 10.3 Dec +07 24 25 V 0.50 B-V +1.85 Spectral Type M1-2Ia-Iab Betelgeuse is the 12th brightest star in the sky. It is called Alpha Orionis even though it is fainter than Beta Orionis (Rigel). This is because Betelgeuse, a variable star, was misclassified. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars Algebar; Elgebar. Beta Orionis HR 1713 HD 34085 DataRA 05 14 32.3 Dec -08 12 06 V 0.12 B-V -0.03 Spectral Type B8Ia: Rigel is the 7th brightest star in the sky. It is called Beta Orionis even though it is brighter than Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse). This is because Betelgeuse, a variable star, was misclassified. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars the Amazon Star. Gamma Orionis HR 1790 HD 35468 DataRA 05 25 07.9 Dec +06 20 59 V 1.64 B-V -0.22 Spectral Type B2III Bellatrix is the 22nd brightest star in the sky. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars
At the same time, the Great Red Spot has intensified in color. By the way, the planet Uranus – shining barely within the limit of visibility to the unaided eye, and best seen in a dark sky – will be less than a degree from Jupiter on the night of opposition, September 21. When the moon is not nearby, shedding its glare on the scene, look through binoculars for Uranus near Jupiter. Both planets will be visible in the same field of view. Uranus is in opposition on the same night as Jupiter, in the sort of coincidental space line-up that happens frequently. The two come to opposition only 5 hours apart. People love it when planets and moons line up in space. On the night of Jupiter’s opposition – September 21, 2010 – Jupiter and Uranus will make a tiny line-up, a line-up of two, in space. For a finder chart showing how to identify Uranus in 2010, look here. Why is the moon near Jupiter on the same nights that Jupiter is closest to Earth – the same nights that Earth is passing between Jupiter and the sun? We said all of these events are related. In fact, the moon is full on the night of September 22-23. This is the northern hemisphere’s full Harvest Moon.
The equinox falls at 9:09 p.m. on this Wednesday evening, according to clocks set to Mountain Daylight Time. That translates to 3:09 a.m. tomorrow – on Thursday, September 23 – Universal Time.."Oppositions of the Earth and Jupiter occur roughly every 400 days, due to Earth catching up to Jupiter and lapping it in its race around the sun," said Raminder Singh Samra, resident astronomer at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, British Columbia."But because the orbits of the planets are slightly elliptical, the distances between oppositions vary, and so the next time [Earth and Jupiter] are this close won't be until 2022."For the rest of September, Jupiter will be the brightest object in the sky, aside from the moon. The planet will be visible all night long, rising in the east at sunset and setting in the west around sunrise.On September 22 the full moon will park itself just above Jupiter, making for a striking cosmic duo to the unaided eye. The following night the moon will sit just to Jupiter's left.What's more, with just binoculars, stargazers can already see the much more distant planet Uranus not quite behind Jupiter, visible as a faint bluish orb fewer than two full-moon discs away from the brighter planet."As Uranus is about five times further away than Jupiter and about a third the size, it will be about 2,800 times fainter than Jupiter," Singh said. But "being so close to each other in the sky, it will be possible to see both planets at the same time through a pair of binoculars."The planetary pair will appear snuggled up closest in the sky for the next few weeks and will slowly drift apart by the end of the year.Jupiter's Near Pass Puts Storms, Moons on DisplayJupiter's close encounter with Earth means that now is the time for detailed views of the gas giant planet's stormy atmosphere, astronomers say."This is a good time to view Jupiter through a telescope, because you should be able to see the oranges, browns, and reds of its cloud bands" said Geza Gyuk, an astronomer with the Adler Planetarium in Chicago.The Great Red Spot—a hurricane three times the width of Earth—should also be visible via telescopes, depending on when you look, Gyuk said.
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The easiest-to-recognize portion of Orion looks like a huge rectangle. It is in the south-southeast in the winter and contains bright stars at each corner of the rectangle, with the ones in the upper left corner and lower right the brightest in the constellation. A line of three stars in the middle of this shape, at Orion's "waist", forms his belt and points downwards from right to left. The rectangle and belt remind some of a giant hourglass. Extending down from the belt is a threesome of fainter stars that represent a dagger, with the middle "star" actually the famous M42 nebula. Betelgeuse• Betelgeuse is the bright star in the shoulder of Orion, a star so huge that if it replaced the Earth's Sun it would extend all the way out to where Mars is. Betelgeuse is 425 light years from earth, meaning the light that reaches an individual's eyes began to travel 425 years ago. An unstable red giant that varies in magnitude over a six-year period, it is sometimes brighter than Rigel, which is in Orion's foot. Betelgeuse is over 50,000 times as bright as the Sun and rated as the 10th brightest star visible from Earth. Rigel• Rigel, the seventh brightest star in the sky, is nearly 800 light years away. It is a blue supergiant with a much fainter partner orbiting it. This star is a great distance away from Rigel, as far away as 60 times the distance between the Sun and Pluto in our own solar system. The partner star is visible with a low-power telescope despite the presence of Rigel's own luminosity. Rigel's brilliance is the equivalent of 85,000 of our Suns. Astronomers estimate Rigel to be "just" 10 million years old. M42• The Great Orion Nebula, also called Messier object 42, is one of the sky's most observed wonders. In binoculars and small telescopes, it appears as a fuzzy patch, but large telescopes show it as a collection of glowing stellar gases. This nebula is 20,000 times bigger is size than our entire solar system. This region of space contains young stars and those in the earliest stages of formation.
Lambda (λ) Orion, Meissa, is a double star, 3.7 and 6, pale white and violet, in the Hunter's head.
• Right Ascension: 5 hours Declination: 5 degrees Visible between latitudes 85 and -75 degrees Best seen in January (at 9:00 PM) Betelguex; Betelgeuze; Beteiguex; Al Mankib. Alpha Orionis HR 2061HD 39801 Data RA 05 55 10.3 Dec +07 24 25 V 0.50 B-V +1.85 Spectral Type M1-2Ia-Iab Betelgeuse is the 12th brightest star in the sky. It is called Alpha Orionis even though it is fainter than Beta Orionis (Rigel). This is because Betelgeuse, a variable star, was misclassified. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars Algebar; Elgebar. Beta Orionis HR 1713 HD 34085 DataRA 05 14 32.3 Dec -08 12 06 V 0.12 B-V -0.03 Spectral Type B8Ia: Rigel is the 7th brightest star in the sky. It is called Beta Orionis even though it is brighter than Alpha Orionis (Betelgeuse). This is because Betelgeuse, a variable star, was misclassified. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars the Amazon Star. Gamma Orionis HR 1790 HD 35468 DataRA 05 25 07.9 Dec +06 20 59 V 1.64 B-V -0.22 Spectral Type B2III Bellatrix is the 22nd brightest star in the sky. Take a look at the list of the Brightest Stars
At the same time, the Great Red Spot has intensified in color. By the way, the planet Uranus – shining barely within the limit of visibility to the unaided eye, and best seen in a dark sky – will be less than a degree from Jupiter on the night of opposition, September 21. When the moon is not nearby, shedding its glare on the scene, look through binoculars for Uranus near Jupiter. Both planets will be visible in the same field of view. Uranus is in opposition on the same night as Jupiter, in the sort of coincidental space line-up that happens frequently. The two come to opposition only 5 hours apart. People love it when planets and moons line up in space. On the night of Jupiter’s opposition – September 21, 2010 – Jupiter and Uranus will make a tiny line-up, a line-up of two, in space. For a finder chart showing how to identify Uranus in 2010, look here. Why is the moon near Jupiter on the same nights that Jupiter is closest to Earth – the same nights that Earth is passing between Jupiter and the sun? We said all of these events are related. In fact, the moon is full on the night of September 22-23. This is the northern hemisphere’s full Harvest Moon.
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