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- Mon Jun 23, 2008 3:41 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: The spiral in the bar in the spiral (APOD 22 Jun 2008)
- Replies: 26
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Why is the bar still there?
Can someone please explain to a non astronomer why the bar of a galaxy such as this is intact? I would've thought the bar would be twisted out of shape by the galaxy's rotation.
- Tue Jul 31, 2007 3:31 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: four suns of HD 98800 (APOD 30 July 2007)
- Replies: 8
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Chaotic planets? (30 July image)
In a two - or even more a four sun system, I presume the orbits of planets might look really bizarre. Has anybody modelled this?
- Mon Apr 24, 2006 3:37 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Sun Spectrum
- Replies: 3
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- Mon Oct 10, 2005 3:45 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Following a moon shadow
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1965
Following a moon shadow
Hello Astronomers, I've seen some wonderful pictures of solar eclipses, particularly on APOD, but always these are from earth. But what does it look like from space, looking down on the earth? I imagine it'd look pretty interesting from the space shuttle, looking back down on the moon shadow trackin...