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- Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:04 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Black Holes - how fast do they suck things in?
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Black Holes - how fast do they suck things in?
I have a question (actually, several) about Black Holes: If these things are at the center of some galaxies, does this explain the whirlpool shape that we see in images? I think of the way water drains out of a bathtub -- is that what's going on, on a galactic scale, except it's light and matter and...
- Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: At the edge of Victoria Crater (APOD 03 July 2007)
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Victoria Crater - size/scale reference would be so helpful!
I love the APOD and visit every single day for inspiration and information. But one request or suggestion keeps coming up im my mind, so here it is: Would it be possible to add a small legend to the images, or add a phrase in the text, that gives a human scale when the image is of a land feature? Fo...