The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: NGC 6727: The...
I was going to say the same thing.Statistics: Posted by equiprx — Tue Sep 24, 2024 4:49 pm — Replies 6 — Views 356
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Inside a globular...
Does APOD have any artist’s renditions of what the night sky would look like from a world near the center of a globular cluster?Statistics: Posted by Robinegg — Tue Sep 24, 2024 8:22 pm — Replies 0 —...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet A3 Through...
So what's the mass of this comet, and how big is the nucleus? I don't see that mentioned in any of the links.Mass and size are unknown. These are not easy to determine.Statistics: Posted by Chris...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Great...
This rock formation in Norway is called the "Troll's tongue":AnnGreat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUNbhYcY9IkStatistics: Posted by AVAO — Thu Sep 26, 2024 8:05 pm — Replies 14 — Views 498
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Stellar Streams...
To me, NGC 1097A looks far more like a distant unrelated (and undisrupted) background galaxy than an interacting companion of NGC 1097. But all the sources I've found seem to disagree with me.NGC 1097...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Rocket Eclipse at...
I'd like to share a piece of trivia about a tiny background detail in this photo, in the tradition of APOD commenting, haha. Do you see those wires in the middle of the frame, they look maybe like...
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Ann; Thanks for the discussion about pulsating stars, the Evolution of 1 M star, and the Seven Sisters in blue.BrianGlad you liked it! Thanks!AnnStatistics: Posted by Ann — Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:14 pm —...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Mars Passing By...
Beautiful picture. What is that string of white lights above Mars inslope game the lower left of the picture?Because of its larger distance from the Sun, the planet Uranus orbits at a far slower rate...
View ArticleThe Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related • Auroras after CMEs
The sky is swept with auroras. While auroras often cluster around the poles, their intensity allows them to travel to lower latitudes when a CME is strong enough. Even at regions far from the sun's...
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the pronunication gide for Tsuchinshan is much appreciated. may apod live forever.Statistics: Posted by Guest — Mon Sep 30, 2024 12:18 pm — Replies 2 — Views 333
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • VISTA-VVVX:...
VISTA-VVVX: Record-breaking Milky Way map showcases 1.5 billion objects: 'We have changed the view of our galaxy forever'space.com | 2024 Sept 27 The most detailed infrared map of the Milky Way...
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The Communications Center: Breaking Science News • ALMA: Gravitational...
Aur is not powered by core hydrogen fusion like the Sun, but by releasing gravitational energy as this immature star keeps shrinking until its interior gets hot enough to start its core hydrogen...
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Against a background of purple and red clouds and stars, this composite image shows the Milky Way galaxy's core with a row of glowing spots and see-through spirals. geometry dashStatistics: Posted by...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • ESA/Hubble: Galaxies in...
Similar to its larger relatives, it has an oval shape without any distinguishing features such as arms or bars, and it does not contain enough gas to produce a great number of new stars.run...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • The Radcliffe Wave is...
You have clear goals in all of our papa's games. You might be putting money aside for a new car or a park ticket. You can only reach your goal by making money and helping other people. At the order...
View ArticleThe Communications Center: Breaking Science News • MeerKAT:...
The jets form when the neutron star's strong magnetic fields and the intense gravitational forces accelerate particles close to the speed of light.amanda the adventurerStatistics: Posted by chukio —...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Porphyrion: The...
If the 2 jets are together 23 million light years long, the ejection must have lasted at least 11.5 million years. Surely in that time, and in the billions of years it has taken for the light to reach...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Comet A3 Through...
Mass and size are unknown. These are not easy to determine.I'd think it would be enough to know it's orbit. Isn't that how masses are generally found out?The mass of an object does not have any impact...
View ArticleThe Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: The Large...
if the LMC has a central bar but only one arm coming out of it, what happens at the other end of the bar? Do Magellanians believe this is where the world ends?I wonder if Tarantula Nebula is what's...
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The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day • APOD: Eclipse at...
Eclipse at Sunrise Explanation: The second solar eclipse of 2024 began in the Pacific. On October 2nd the Moon's shadow swept from west to east, with an annular eclipse visible along a narrow...
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