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neufer wrote:

APOD Robot wrote: The Elusive Jellyfish Nebula

http://www.universetoday.com/81623/wise-captures-an-infrared-shock-wave/ wrote:
WISE Captures an Infrared Shock Wave
by Nancy Atkinson on December 10, 2010

A JPL press release wrote:

Oddly colorful nebula supernova remnant IC 443 as seen by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

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APOD Robot wrote: The Elusive Jellyfish Nebula

http://www.universetoday.com/81623/wise-captures-an-infrared-shock-wave/ wrote:

WISE Captures an Infrared Shock Wave
by Nancy Atkinson on December 10, 2010

A JPL press release wrote:

Oddly colorful nebula supernova remnant IC 443 as seen by NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): NASA/JPL-Caltech/UCLA

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Sandbar Shark Jaw (Carcharhinus plumbeus)

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<<A circular rainbow appears like a halo around an exploded star in this new view of the IC 443 nebula from NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE.

When massive stars die, they explode in tremendous blasts, called supernovae, which send out shock waves. The shock waves sweep up and heat surrounding gas and dust, creating supernova remnants like the one pictured here. The supernova in IC 443 happened somewhere between 5,000 and 10,000 years ago.

In this WISE image, infrared light has been color-coded to reveal what our eyes cannot see. The colors differ primarily because materials surrounding the supernova remnant vary in density. When the shock waves hit these materials, different gases were triggered to release a mix of infrared wavelengths.

The supernova remnant’s northeastern shell, seen here as the violet-colored semi-circle at top left, is composed of sheet-like filaments that are emitting light from iron, neon, silicon and oxygen gas atoms and dust particles heated by a fast shock wave traveling at about 100 kilometers per second, or 223,700 mph.

The smaller southern shell, seen in bright bluish colors, is constructed of clumps and knots primarily emitting light from hydrogen gas and dust heated by a slower shock wave traveling at about 30 kilometers per second, or 67,100 miles per hour. In the case of the southern shell, the shock wave is interacting with a nearby dense cloud. This cloud can be seen in the image as the greenish dust cutting across IC 443 from the northwest to southeast.

IC 443 lies near the star Eta Geminorum, which lies near Castor,
one of the twins in the constellation Gemini.>>

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060602.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030903.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap990721.html
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970502.html

tesla wrote:A neutron star is a mathematical assumption. It is not a known fact. It may fit our limited understanding at the moment, but that does not mean it exists.

beyond wrote:I think we really need a tounge-in-cheek smiley so the Quotationist does not get us!!

• Mark Chapter 7:35 (1526 Tyndale): And streyght waye his eares were openned
  and the stringe of his tounge was loosed and he spake playne.

beyond wrote:5 is not a quick simple answer! It is an odd number. Odd numbers are not simple. Even numbers are simple.
However, two odds make a simple right answer if they are equal to 2x50% of the even number equivalent. Simple - is'nt it??

• Simple - isn't it??

jonbocz wrote:
Quick, simple question

neufer wrote:Art (Master Cloud Baiter) Neuendorffer

Chris (Expert Cloud Angler) Peterson wrote:

beyond wrote:Seeing as how you are an expert cloud angler, might i Inquire if you use a damp
or a dripping wet sponge for bait and what is the largest cloud you've ever angled

I use only the best bait for clouds: expensive astronomical equipment.
The more expensive, the more clouds.

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  ___ Much Ado About Nothing Act 3, Scene 1
  
  URSULA: The pleasant'st angling is to see the fish
  ___ Cut with her golden oars the silver stream,
  ___ And greedily devour the treacherous bait:
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  ___ The Two Gentlemen of Verona Act 1, Scene 3
  
  PROTEUS: And by and by a cloud takes all away!
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beyond wrote:Seeing as how you are an expert cloud angler, might i enquire if you use a damp or a dripping wet sponge for bait :?: and what is the largest cloud you've ever angled :?:

Astronut wrote:For those of you who HAVE edited a post -- just where is the edit post button located??

Hofi wrote:

Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button

According to my Information, you can only edit your posts during a certain time after posting.

http://asterisk.apod.com/faq.php#f2r1 wrote:
How do I edit or delete a post?

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Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button

Astronut wrote:Hey guys, does anyone know where they hid the edit button