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- Sat May 05, 2012 8:45 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 04)
- Replies: 37
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Re: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 0
Mr Peterson, thank you for answering my question. I was under the erroeneous assumption that the neutron star was still burning fuel. I am now even more intrigued
- Fri May 04, 2012 1:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 04)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21309
Re: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar s Path (2012 May 0
Ok, I have a question for you guys. With the pulsar spinning 11 times a second is the density or the gravitational field of the pulsar what keeps the centrifugal forces from flinging material away? Pulsars are know for having extremely dense structures. With this type of density would the structure ...
- Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:00 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind (2012 Mar 26)
- Replies: 27
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Re: APOD: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind (2012 Mar 26
It kinda looks like the "supergalactic wind" is just a nebula which as far closer to us than the galaxy and just happens to be in the same sightline...
- Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens (APOD 10 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 21
- Views: 6848
- Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:13 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
- Replies: 58
- Views: 22163