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Saturday, September 11, 2004

September 11, 2004

           The calendar says I'm not getting my work done.

           "I'm still meeting the deadlines, but by declining margins. JZ came over today and we replaced the headlights on this truck. I had to sit down ten minutes for every two minutes of helping out. This I'm not getting my second wind. I'm concerned where this is heading."

           Here is an interesting photo that isn't real in a sense. This is the whirlpool galaxy, but I've looked at it through binoculars and it is a different color. This mystified me until I learned what was going on. I should caution anyone who thinks to run out and look at the stars that the average human eye will not see all the colors like this photograph. I just happen to be more sensitive to reddish color than average.

           This photo was taken from the ground. Then a more recent Hubble digital photo was mapped on top to bring out the red colors. Now it makes sense. You cannot see those individual starts with a telescope.