Observations of transitioning stars
Posted: Tue Nov 20, 2012 12:53 am
From the thread on the page where the other Q&A was.. I would like to continue it here if that's ok.
November 19, 2012 at 12:26 am
Shade
One thing I noticed was about the theory that the sun, in transition, goes dark for a few days. I would say that this poses a problem. We are observing stars at present – millions of them in order to find exoplanets. One method used is by measuring the brightness of a star, and in a planet’s orbit around that star, as it crosses inbetween the star and the observational equipment, a dimming is observed. Therefore we can say if a particular star has an exoplanet.
Also, and just as relevantly, people observe the sky with their bare eyes, or telescopes at home, all the time, have done for a long time, and this includes people who you cannot say are ‘suppressing evidence’, because it includes everyone. What I am getting at is that if stars dim in their transitioning, and they transition say… 5 or 6 times[?] in their evolution and there are ~300,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy alone, this means that if stars do infact ‘go out’ during transition, then stars would be going out for dinner and wine all over the place because of the sheer numbers of stars multiplied by the number of transitioning points. And we are not observing this. No one is observing this. And so, this must be accounted for in the theories here because they specifically predict that we should be able to observe stars going out in transition elsewhere in the universe and we simply do not and have not observed this. How do you account for this Daniel?
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November 19, 2012 at 1:34 pm
daniel
Did you read Prof. KVK Nehru’s paper on the Solar Core and the Sunspots? It is the same phenomenon as the sunspot umbrae. The sun doesn’t stop working, so “dark,” in this case, is super-hot region, not a cold spot. Over distance, things cool down and drop back into the visible light range. Not to mention the ejecta coming out from the sun will also emit EM radiation, in the uV at first, then as it cools, back to the visible range. The sun will only be “dark” for a limited distance; my guess would be the gravitational limit of about 2.2 light years.
The other problem, as you mention, is 300,000,000,000 stars, of which we can only see about 3,000 of the brightest stars with the naked eye. The red giants take a long time to transition; the blue giants transition fast, but since only a single element is involved and they are already extremely energetic, probably goes unnoticed. My estimate on the last solar transition was about 5000 years ago for our sun, so it is not frequent.
I would suggest keeping an eye on the red, globular clusters entering the disk of the galaxy, where there is abundant fuel. Particularly the K and M stellar class stars. If they are going to be detected, that is probably where they will be seen.
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OK. As far as I am aware cold or hot spot was not what I was getting at - it is about visible light. It is the visible light that is measured in dimming, not hot or cold spots or infra red. Therefore if the sun in our solar system goes out in such a way that it is visibly dark, then the same is predicted to occur to other stars. If this is the case then this is observable and should be observable.
And yes if it is every 5000 years that is not frequent but as I said, there are what... 5 or 6 [?] transitions in a star's lifetime and there are thousands of stars visible to the naked eye and many more than that with telescopes. This makes it so that still, stars going 'out' should be observed frequently because of the sheer number of stars we can observe and the transition points, and we don't observe this.
So, your rebuttal is that the hot spots are dark in a certain range but go into the visible range over a distance of 2.2 light years. If this were the case, why is it that we can measure a sun's infra red AS infra red. As in that is how it was emitted and that is how we measure it. If it changed over its journey we would be measuring its infra red as microwaves and we don't. Can you please clarify how it is that energy emitted as infra red or UV is turned into visible light over distances greater than 2.2 light years?
The planets can also be detected using infra red:
"A variation of this is to measure the light output of the system in infrared light. Planetary temperatures are such that they radiate energy mostly in the infrared part of the spectrum. Stars around which planets are being looked for radiate most of their energy in the visible part of the spectrum. Thus, stars are much dimmer and planets are much brighter when one uses infrared light (though the star still far outshines the planet). So, when the opposite eclipse happens - when the planet passes behind the star - the total amount of infrared light that is received from the system can dim by about one part in 500. With new instruments, this dimming is measurable."
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/esol_find.html
And saying that electromagnetic waves cool down over distance... sorry but that doesn't work... electromagnetic waves travel the speed of light and as it propagates through space it is independent of it's source - as in if it dimmed it is propagated as such even if the SOURCE cools down or drops in frequency over time. I am not saying that the speed of light is a constant [as such]. What I am saying is that if the stars went out VISIBLY we would have observed it HERE AS SUCH, and your explanation as to why we have not, is not satisfactory in my opinion. The EM would not 'cool down and drop back into visible wavelengths'. Sorry but that just DOES NOT make sense. As it was emitted, so we should observe it. At it propagates it is independent of the state of the source of it. The change in temperature [or EM frequency emitted] is observed in sequence, as it occurred, as the EM gets to the observer.
I liked your papers very much. However, this kind of thing - arguing and analysis is what science is about. not just mainstream science. all of it. I am a scientist, and an esoteric practitioner. Things should be looked at and anaylsed indepth, especially if there is something that just does not sit right. This, Daniel, just does not sit right with me. I think that I would not be the only one to question this, in the long run. A more indepth explaining of exactly WHY we have not observed the visible dimming of stars in their transitioning is required, I think, because I do not think your explanation is adequate. What is emitted should stay the same, pretty much, over distance. Cooling down of the EM does not occur over distance. Cooling down of the source of the radiation does not effect the EM already in transit. So therefore if transitioning stars visibly 'go out' and we have not observed any of this is it a refutation of your theory. If you have a proper explanation that is right to explain this then fair enough but if you do not you have really look at that and why.
November 19, 2012 at 12:26 am
Shade
One thing I noticed was about the theory that the sun, in transition, goes dark for a few days. I would say that this poses a problem. We are observing stars at present – millions of them in order to find exoplanets. One method used is by measuring the brightness of a star, and in a planet’s orbit around that star, as it crosses inbetween the star and the observational equipment, a dimming is observed. Therefore we can say if a particular star has an exoplanet.
Also, and just as relevantly, people observe the sky with their bare eyes, or telescopes at home, all the time, have done for a long time, and this includes people who you cannot say are ‘suppressing evidence’, because it includes everyone. What I am getting at is that if stars dim in their transitioning, and they transition say… 5 or 6 times[?] in their evolution and there are ~300,000,000,000 stars in our galaxy alone, this means that if stars do infact ‘go out’ during transition, then stars would be going out for dinner and wine all over the place because of the sheer numbers of stars multiplied by the number of transitioning points. And we are not observing this. No one is observing this. And so, this must be accounted for in the theories here because they specifically predict that we should be able to observe stars going out in transition elsewhere in the universe and we simply do not and have not observed this. How do you account for this Daniel?
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November 19, 2012 at 1:34 pm
daniel
Did you read Prof. KVK Nehru’s paper on the Solar Core and the Sunspots? It is the same phenomenon as the sunspot umbrae. The sun doesn’t stop working, so “dark,” in this case, is super-hot region, not a cold spot. Over distance, things cool down and drop back into the visible light range. Not to mention the ejecta coming out from the sun will also emit EM radiation, in the uV at first, then as it cools, back to the visible range. The sun will only be “dark” for a limited distance; my guess would be the gravitational limit of about 2.2 light years.
The other problem, as you mention, is 300,000,000,000 stars, of which we can only see about 3,000 of the brightest stars with the naked eye. The red giants take a long time to transition; the blue giants transition fast, but since only a single element is involved and they are already extremely energetic, probably goes unnoticed. My estimate on the last solar transition was about 5000 years ago for our sun, so it is not frequent.
I would suggest keeping an eye on the red, globular clusters entering the disk of the galaxy, where there is abundant fuel. Particularly the K and M stellar class stars. If they are going to be detected, that is probably where they will be seen.
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OK. As far as I am aware cold or hot spot was not what I was getting at - it is about visible light. It is the visible light that is measured in dimming, not hot or cold spots or infra red. Therefore if the sun in our solar system goes out in such a way that it is visibly dark, then the same is predicted to occur to other stars. If this is the case then this is observable and should be observable.
And yes if it is every 5000 years that is not frequent but as I said, there are what... 5 or 6 [?] transitions in a star's lifetime and there are thousands of stars visible to the naked eye and many more than that with telescopes. This makes it so that still, stars going 'out' should be observed frequently because of the sheer number of stars we can observe and the transition points, and we don't observe this.
So, your rebuttal is that the hot spots are dark in a certain range but go into the visible range over a distance of 2.2 light years. If this were the case, why is it that we can measure a sun's infra red AS infra red. As in that is how it was emitted and that is how we measure it. If it changed over its journey we would be measuring its infra red as microwaves and we don't. Can you please clarify how it is that energy emitted as infra red or UV is turned into visible light over distances greater than 2.2 light years?
The planets can also be detected using infra red:
"A variation of this is to measure the light output of the system in infrared light. Planetary temperatures are such that they radiate energy mostly in the infrared part of the spectrum. Stars around which planets are being looked for radiate most of their energy in the visible part of the spectrum. Thus, stars are much dimmer and planets are much brighter when one uses infrared light (though the star still far outshines the planet). So, when the opposite eclipse happens - when the planet passes behind the star - the total amount of infrared light that is received from the system can dim by about one part in 500. With new instruments, this dimming is measurable."
http://burro.astr.cwru.edu/stu/advanced/esol_find.html
And saying that electromagnetic waves cool down over distance... sorry but that doesn't work... electromagnetic waves travel the speed of light and as it propagates through space it is independent of it's source - as in if it dimmed it is propagated as such even if the SOURCE cools down or drops in frequency over time. I am not saying that the speed of light is a constant [as such]. What I am saying is that if the stars went out VISIBLY we would have observed it HERE AS SUCH, and your explanation as to why we have not, is not satisfactory in my opinion. The EM would not 'cool down and drop back into visible wavelengths'. Sorry but that just DOES NOT make sense. As it was emitted, so we should observe it. At it propagates it is independent of the state of the source of it. The change in temperature [or EM frequency emitted] is observed in sequence, as it occurred, as the EM gets to the observer.
I liked your papers very much. However, this kind of thing - arguing and analysis is what science is about. not just mainstream science. all of it. I am a scientist, and an esoteric practitioner. Things should be looked at and anaylsed indepth, especially if there is something that just does not sit right. This, Daniel, just does not sit right with me. I think that I would not be the only one to question this, in the long run. A more indepth explaining of exactly WHY we have not observed the visible dimming of stars in their transitioning is required, I think, because I do not think your explanation is adequate. What is emitted should stay the same, pretty much, over distance. Cooling down of the EM does not occur over distance. Cooling down of the source of the radiation does not effect the EM already in transit. So therefore if transitioning stars visibly 'go out' and we have not observed any of this is it a refutation of your theory. If you have a proper explanation that is right to explain this then fair enough but if you do not you have really look at that and why.