Of all the thousands of Quasars,
in all the thousands of galaxies,
this show had to walk into mine!
In this show we learn that some
galaxies are STILL ACTIVE!!!!
These are peculiar galaxies that
discharge large amonts of light and
were first thought to be stars.
Because cosmology uses the laws of
physics and bases assumptions on
data, these funny little galaxies
which were once thought to be bright
starts, were shown to be galaxies as
a result of calculations of gravitational
effect. Thus, they were too big to be
a star and turned out to be galaxies.
So, as this took place in the 1960's
and Timohty Leary was busy doing something
else, they named these funny galaxies
that looked as bright as a star--
Quasi Stelar Stars
The contraction of which is Quasar!!!
So, a Quasar is a a galaxy that appears
as bright as a star. Other than that
the name is totally redundant.
Stellar means STAR and STAR means STAR
So Quasi Stellar Star means
Almost Star Star.
Then again, maybe Timothy Leary did help name it.
Now, these Quasars sure are special.
They are billions of light years away but
have a luminosity 100 times greater than
a galaxy. They were first discovered by
Schmidt, famous for his house.
The luminosity is observable in
Ultraviolet, Infrared, X-ray and optical.
(Oh, I 'll take Ultraviolet, it matches my walls)
Quasars are actually the nucleus of a galaxy.
Billions or years ago, like just after the
big Bang, there were a lot of these Quasars.
They developed throught a normal formation
process, grew old and died out. Some are
still left. These are hold overs from the
Big Bang. So, if effect, when we look at
a Quasar, we are looking at the aftermath
of the Big Bang. Remember that the next
time you look up at the night sky!
Well, the guy next to me at the bar told me that
at the center of these funky galaxies is a
big black hole that pulls everything in to it
and that is why we have the Quasar and why
there is the RedShift.
So, I asked him what keeps the Quasar going
and he said that it ws the gravitional
interaction with other galaxies.
But then he also told me that Meg Ryan
was really an alien.
Go figure.
This lesson is rated PC1613+65 because there
is NO frontal SPECTRUM.
You know, just yesterday I was talking to
my friend Bruce about ACCRETION DISK
galaxies. You know, how they are made
out of clouds of gas and have broad emission
lines. And how the gas is ionized by the
central source and then it gets that DUSTY
MOLECULAR TORUS a few light years is size
which prevents us from seeing the core...
WELL, Bruce said, "So..."
Can you believe it?
Then there is the SOYFERT Galaxy.
Named after the company that makes
the soft one pours over white rice.
These have broad spectral emission.
They are less bright and are not strong
emitters of radio waves. But then
no one is perfect.
You see, Quasars called RADIO GALAXIES
are associated with elliptical galaxies.
and I think that clears up the hole matter.
Get it--hole matter---black hole--active galaxies.
So, rather than saying that a student is
"Bright"
why don't our proofs say that the student has
"High Luminosity"?
And why is it necessary to at use the word
"INDEED" is every one of their sentencanes?
And what do these profs do for fun?
Watch PBS or something?
Hey, do you think the prof watched these
shows he is making us watch?
Hmmmmm--
Email: paulborkowski@galaxy5.com