Starship Asterisk*

astro800 wrote:I just wondering what is it at (13:32:39, 62°42’52″). Is it a supernova? The object does not exist on DSS nor SDSS surveys. Thanks.

Ann wrote: because you get my point, don't you?

owlice wrote:http://www.caelumobservatory.com/gallery/n5216.shtml
Copyright: Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona

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Long ago I was inspired by John Dubinski's (et al) work on galactic mergers. He created code that ran on a supercomputer to simulate the merger of the Milky Way and Andromeda (making Milkomeda) and put together a movie of the result as part of his GRAVITAS series. I have been showing this to the public for years. There is a point in the simulation where the resulting pattern looks (to my eye) *very* similar to NGC 5216 (Keenan system). Please see this image.

Granted that the physics is correct, it is remarkable that the Universe is large enough to express examples of all potential possibilities. This lends credence to the idea that astrophysical computer simulations may be predictive. Here the tidal stream that seems to connect the galaxies with their two counter-oriented tidal tails is represented well in the comparison!

This pattern exists only briefly in the full simulation (which you should check out). I guess I do better at finding patterns in galaxies rather than clouds - unless you just see the bunny rabbit.

~ Adam Block

Ann wrote:Wow! The crop circle people are getting absolutely amazingly good at their craft, aren't they?

By the way, the newspaper said this:

Nearly 200 crop circles have appeared in just one formation not far from Warminster, Wiltshire, known as the UFO capital of Britain.

Why would the little green men be so unbelievably fond of Warminster, Wiltshire? What amenities and sights does this little village have to offer that no other parts of the world can match? Why would those aliens sit on their planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A and say to each other, "Let's go and visit Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain, Earth, Sol C, and make some new crop circles there and see the sights again, shall we?".

Isn't it more likely that the best crop circle makers in the world live in Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain?

Ann

Well, it is an AONB!

owlice wrote:I'm very surprised central Wales isn't so designated. It's one of the loveliest places I've ever been.

Ann wrote:Why would the little green men be so unbelievably fond of Warminster, Wiltshire? What amenities and sights does this little village have to offer that no other parts of the world can match? Why would those aliens sit on their planet orbiting Alpha Centauri A and say to each other, "Let's go and visit Warminster, Wiltshire, Great Britain, Earth, Sol C, and make some new crop circles there and see the sights again"?

Nearly 200 crop circles have appeared in just one formation not far from Warminster, Wiltshire, known as the UFO capital of Britain.

beyond wrote:As for crop circles, they have been studied by scientists

and it is very easy to tell Human made ones from the neat sharp looking ones.