European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 27, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 10 b the stars and stripes tuesday August 27, 1991 team discovers ancient Princeton . Up a astronomers have detected a quasar that May be the oldest most Distant object yet discovered it was announced sunday. A nothing is certain in this business but that s almost certain a said Donald Schneider of the Institute for advanced study in Princeton. A a we re seeing it when it was very Young. When you look Back at these great distances you re looking very close to the  Schneider James Gunn of Princeton University and Maarten Schmidt of the California Institute of technology announced their discovery in the september Issue of the astronomical journal. The team used the 200-Inch Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory in California. The discovery was made with a camera called the �?o4-shooter.�?� designed by Gunn the compact instrument allows astronomers to search Large areas of the sky for quasars believed to be the oldest and most Distant bodies in the Cosmos. The quasar More than 12 billion Light years from Earth appears to be the oldest and most Distant object found so far a Light year is the distance Light moving 186,282 Miles per second travels in one year. Astronomers believe the universe exploded into existence in a a big bang 10 to 15 billion years ago. Since then they said the universe has been steadily expanding in All directions. And the newly discovered quasar Likely formed less than a billion years after the big bang. By studying changes in the Light generated by stars and galaxies astronomers can determine whether an object is approaching or receding from Earth and How fast it is travelling. Distant objects receding from the viewer show a shift toward the Low Energy red end of the Light spectrum much like the pitch of a police Siren drops after the car moves past the listener. The latest discovery indicates that Large celestial objects developed soon after the big bang Schneider said. By contrast the Earth Sage is estimated at a Mere 4.5 billion years. The quasars age and distance from Earth depend on the age of the universe. If the it universe is 13 billion years old the image captured by the Hale Telescope is that of an object born about 900 million years after the big  for example the quasar was so far away that the Light detected by the 4-shooter took some 12 billion years to reach Earth. The faintest stars visible from Earth with the naked Eye Are 600,000 times brighter than the newly discovered quasar appears to be. If the object was As close As the visible stars it would appear to be As Bright As the Sun Schneider said. The quasars brilliance and its great distance imply an object the size of Earth a solar system he said. Schmidt discovered the first known quasar a comparative baby Only 2 billion Light years from Earth in 1963. Since then dozens of a quasi Stellar radio sources a or quasars have been discovered at the Edge of the observable  animal a 150-Pound vietnamese pot bellied pig appropriately named ribs enjoys a Beer Between cheese balls Courtesy of his owner Michelle tomes. They were at a March of dimes Benefit in their Hometown of Norwich  Wing enters planes in polish show from staff and wire reports Warsaw Poland a pilots and aircraft from the 36th tac fighter Wing at Pitburg a Germany participated sunday in the first International air show in Eastern Europe along with american British French soviet and polish pilots. The polish news Agency Pap said thousands of people attended the show. For the first time the polish Public could watch stunts performed on such Western military aircraft As the . Air forces f-16, the French Mirage 2000 or the British Tornado. Air show 91 in Poznan in Western Poland was opened by an ancient soviet Css-13 biplane nicknamed a kuku Rushnik a followed by a Parade of polish pilots in gliders and hang gliders Pap said. . Air Force maj. Robert Turner a Veteran of the the persian Gulf War performed stunts in his f-15 fighter As part of the presentation of the Western equipment. Turner is with the 36th tac fighter Wing at Pitburg a. . Pilots took part in the show at the invitation of the polish government said a Pitburg spokeswoman. The air Force team left for Warsaw on wednesday. Polish defense minister Piotr Kolodziejczyk was among the viewers. Leave donations sought leave donations Are being sought for Gregory Echols a contracting officers representative at the Heidelberg Community directorate of engineering and housing office said a spokesman for the Heidelberg Community. Echols 40, was seriously injured in a Para gliding Accident in Grenoble France on july 3, he broke both heels his Pelvis and the second Lumbar Vertebra in his Back when his Para glider partially collapsed while descending. Echols estimates he fell 50 to 60 feet to the ground. Although his prognosis for total recovery is Good he expects he will not be Able to return to work for another five months the spokesman said. He is recuperating at a German clinic in Schlier Bach in the Neckar Valley near Heidelberg. Only appropriated fund general schedule is civilian employees May donate leave and Only annual leave May be donated not sick leave. A leave donation account for Echols has been established at the 266th theater finance Center. Leave Transfer forms May be obtained from army civilian personnel offices and air Force base personnel offices. For More information on leave Transfer procedures Call the Heidelberg regional civilian personnel office ets 3707518/6239. Frankfurt furniture auction planned the american consulate general in Frankfurt Germany has announced that it will be conducting a residential and office furniture auction sept. 7, the auction will begin at 9 . In the parking lot of 19 Joachim Beeper Strasse in Frankfurt adjacent to the Bundesbank. Bidder registration begins at 8 . All items will be sold As is and must be removed the Day of the unction. Payment must be in . Dollars. No checks will be accepted. Payment of any local taxes or customs duties is the buyers responsibility. Items will be available for inspection from 2 to 4 . Sept. 6 and during bidder registration sept. 7. For further information Contact the consulate general a general services office at 069-7535-3700. Nobel scientist Elion elected to women s Hall of Fame Seneca Falls n y. A Nobel prize winning scientist Gertrude Belle Elion who recalls when she  get a research Job because she Vas a woman was named monday to the National women shall of Fame. Elion has created drugs to combat leukaemia gout malaria herpes and autoimmune disorders during a career that has spanned five decades. The techniques she helped devise led to the development of the first aids drug at. She said there was a time before world War ii when she  get a research Job because people thought a woman in the lab would be a a distracting  t women a need to realize thai they can go to great lengths if they want to a Elion 73, said in a Telephone interview from North Carolina where she moved with Burroughs wellcome laboratories. Elion will be inducted into the women shall of Fame in november at a ceremony in Washington said Hall of Fame director Emilie Sisson. Mondays announcement coincided with women a Equality Day which commemorates the 19th amendment giving women the right to vote. It was ratified in 1920, the Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls has 46 members including Eleanor Roosevelt Harriet Tubman Emily Dickinson novelist. Pearl Buck photojournalist Margaret Bourke White and Tennis great Billie Jean King. It is a non profit organization that relies on private contributions. Elion still puts in a full schedule at her Laboratory at research Triangle Park n.c., where she is developing new cancer and anti viral drugs. Elion