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Cat-eyes:Located at 3,000 light years away...

The title sounds like science fiction, but it is as real as you and me.Can you imagine the distance of 3,000 light years away? That means it takes 3000 years for the light from this object(see photo below) to arrive at planet earth.And compare that distance to the distance of the sun which light only takes about 8 minutes to arrive here.Then try to visualise the vastness of space...MasyaAllah.All glories to You,my Lord-Allahu Rabul'alamin.

[50:6] Do they not look at the sky above them? How We have made it and adorned it, and there are no flaws in it?

I just wonder how come we are still arrogant and refuse to obey His commands?

[7:40] To those who reject Our Signs and treat them with arrogance, no opening will there be of the gates of heaven, nor will they enter the Garden, until the camel can pass through the eye of the needle: such is Our reward for those in sin.

[53:61] Sedang kamu adalah orang-orang yang sombong angkuh, lagi yang melalaikan kewajipan?

[53:62] Oleh yang demikian, hendaklah kamu sujud kepada Allah (yang telah menurunkan Al-Quran itu) dan beribadatlah kamu kepadaNya (dengan sepenuh-penuh tauhid).

Below is a news I picked from Telegraph.Enjoy the beauty of Allah's creations:-

The Hubble Space Telescope was launched in April 1990. After the problems with its main mirror were fixed, it started sending beautifully detailed images of space back to earth. Here are some of the best

Staring across interstellar space, the Cat's Eye Nebula lies three thousand light-years from Earth. One of the most famous planetary nebulae, NGC 6543 is over half a light-year across and represents a final, brief yet glorious phase in the life of a sun-like star

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Picture: NASA

Welcome back to Planet Earth,Dr SMS

First,let me welcome back to mother earth all the passengers of Soyuz,especially my fellow Malaysian Dr Syed Muzaphar.Alhamdulilah to Allah Azzawajalal.

I seldom watch TV but yesterday late afternoon was an exception for me to sit in front of TV from 6:30pm until almost 7pm.Honestly, I was very anxious to know whether the capsule has landed or not.In my little mind, it is much easier to have a lift off but the return journey is the most worrying.What a great relief to hear later that the capsule has landed even though it is a few hundred kilometres away.To me, as long as it returns to our mother earth,I am happy and would be grateful.During the live broadcast, I was made to understand that the capsule failure to land at the designated location was due to computer glitch.

While watching the live show,my 18 year-old son asked me how do they make sure that Soyuz will return to Russia because both objects are moving at the same time.I had to use my little knowledge about trajectory and relative velocities that I learnt when I was doing Applied Maths and Physics during my pre-U days.I hope he understood,at least the concept.It is not easy to be a father nowadays especially when one day my son came home and asked me to explain the meaning of complex conjugate!(some complex numbers thingy)

May I ask the more knowledgeable readers of my blog to shed some light on the 8.5g that the astronauts had to undergo during the earth entry.Do we feel 8.5 times heavier?Can someone tell me what the traveling speed of the capsule on the return journey and what is the speed prior just to landing.

PS: Latest news from The Star.

Bon Voyage Doc!

To Dr Sheik Muszaphar :All the best in your space flight tonight.May you have a safe journey and Selamat Hari Raya while in space.That is cool!

Sheikh Muszaphar set to be first Malaysian in space

By JANE RITIKOS

jane@thestar.com.my

BAIKONUR (Kazakhstan): Hospital UKM’s Dr Sheikh Muszaphar Shukor will make history when he goes into space on board the Russian Soyuz TMA-11 spacecraft at 9.22pm (Malaysian time) on Wednesday.

SPECIAL NOTE: Our masjid has done solat hajat for the safety of the crew.

Visibility of The New Moon-Rejab

Tomorrow is the 1st of Rejab,1424.
This image is taken from http://www.moonsighting.com

Best Mars pix I have seen