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- Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:45 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: How fast can we go?
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Re: How fast can we go?
If the Earth orbits the sun at about 67,000 MPH and the solar system orbits the galaxy at about 447,000 MPH and the galaxy moves through space at about 1'000'000 MPH than how fast are we going? I got these figures off the net and don't know how accurate they are but Wow! We're space travelers and d...
- Sat Aug 05, 2006 7:43 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: NGC 2170 (APOD 5 Aug 2006)
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NGC 2170 (APOD 5 Aug 2006)
Hello. I need help understanding this picture. It says:"In this beautiful celestial still life composed with a cosmic brush, dusty nebula NGC 2170 shines at the upper left. Reflecting the light of nearby hot stars , NGC 2170 is joined by other bluish reflection nebulae and a compact red emissio...