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Since these dogs are so small, owners should be careful not to drop them or allow them around large dogs (or children) due to their fragile nature. The output power of a laser pointer is an important factor to consider if you’re looking for a long range and a vibrant color. The power level, which is measured in milliwatts (mW), is what determines the brightness and range of the laser pointer. If you want a longer range, go for a higher milliwatt; if the range doesn’t matter, then a lower milliwatt will suffice. If you could see in the infrared and stood on the moon underneath the military laser’s beam, it would appear roughly 30 times brighter than the full Earth. That’s quite bright, but not blindingly so. It’s still only one-thousandth the brightness of the midday sun on Earth. The best part? The glances and smiles from those who also have a GSP, it’s always a conversation starter!
There are breeders of small GSPs that are perfectly honest too, of course, and I’m not tarring everybody with the same brush by any means, but you do need to be careful if you’re looking at purchasing small GSPs. Are miniature GSPs the same thing? German Shorthaired Pointers are high-performance gun dogs with an aristocratic and symmetrical appearance. Weapons-grade lasers also tend to have a much larger opening, or aperture, which counterintuitively causes the laser beam to spread out less, thus enhancing the beam’s ability to maintain its intensity over longer distances. Yuen would like to thank Eric Korpela, an astronomer from the Berkeley SETI Research Center for the insightful conversation that led to this exercise. This article is partly inspired by a presentation by Barry Welsh, an astronomer from the University of California, Berkeley, during the 231st meeting of the American Astronomical Society, and also this blog post from “What If?” by Randall Munroe. In any event, Fancy, in her casual way, was pointing just ahead, and when the covey went up, Bill wing-tipped a Hun that sailed out 50 yards and vanished in the tall grass. Fancy was after it in a flash.
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Speed and range alone do not a good bird dog make, but from the Montana prairies to the mountainous Oregon desert, where the limit to what you can hunt is often how far you can see, speed and range are a good start. Granted, at that age Nellie still had to learn to hunt, not just run, and figuring out where the birds were was something she was just learning. But she's come around quite nicely since then and more than lived up to her initial promise. She seems to have settled on a closer range than my wide-ranging setters, but for every guy like me who enjoys hunting over big-going dogs, there are 10 that like moderate to close workers. Technically, smaller GSPs do exist. Just like there are short and tall people, there can be small and tall GSPs. It all depends on the genes and parentage of your canine. Some breeders have taken smaller GSPs to breed to produce similarly small offspring. So, breeders can confidently offer you a small GSP if both pup’s parents are small. Very affectionate and loyal to their family: This breed loves to be part of the owner’s activities. Finally, the brightness at the destination is given by dividing the output power of the laser over the area of the spot.
A GSP’s temperament consists of a friendly and willing-to-please personality, eager to work. These dogs are intelligent and do not have a nervous or flighty character. Physical Traits Partly inspired by a talk at a recent astronomy meeting that explored whether we could detect photons from potential exoplanet-dwelling aliens, Inside Science performed some of our own calculations to see if a hypothetical alien Galileo could observe photons coming from Earth.
I’ll just give a word of warning before I finish: be careful. I’ve already spoken about _some_ breeders being less than honest, but I’ve not yet mentioned how some will claim they have small GSPs just so they can tell you what you want to hear. One only needs three rather simple equations for all the calculations done in this article. First, if we assume the laser is optimized so that its spreading angle is at its theoretical minimum, then we can calculate its beam divergence (in radians) using this equation. The American Kennel Club (AKC) is one of the most widely recognized and influential dogs breed registries. As of January 2022, the AKC recognizes 199 official dog breeds. Also, once you start conversing with the breeders, it is very likely that if they don’t have the smaller GSP you are looking for, they probably know someone in the business that is breeding smaller GSP’s and can point you in that direction.
Proxima Centauri, located roughly four light-years away, is the closest star to us and is orbited by several exoplanets. If we aimed our most powerful laser there, by the time the light reached it, it would appear brighter than the brightest star looks to us in a clear night sky. So, four years after we’ve fired our laser, if there's any alien astronomer looking at the right spot in their night sky, they may notice a nanosecond flash of ultraviolet light and go, "What was that?" Different GSPs have been bred over generations, causing some genetic diversity, but all of them are fundamentally GSPs at heart, regardless of their size.GSPs will sometimes produce small offspring, but not consistently so, because “miniature” GSPs aren’t a true separate dog breed. Common German Shorthaired Pointer Traits These breeds were included for being very similar to GSPs in personality, intelligence, affection towards their family, ease of trainability, and energy levels. They are also arranged according to height, from taller to shorter dogs, and all smaller than the standard GSP:
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