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by JSM
Mon Nov 24, 2008 6:29 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: View deep space objects
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View deep space objects

I see so many pictures of galaxy's millions of light years away. If they are so far away, how come the millions or billions of objects between us and those galaxy's don't block our view??? JSM
by JSM
Thu Nov 13, 2008 9:09 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: A Bubble in Cygnus (2008 Nov 13)
Replies: 21
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APOD 11/13/08

I'm just a caual viewer of the APOD. Today I saw a picture of what was called a Bubble in Cygnus Nebula. You might not believe this and/or you might not care. But in the early to mid 60's and in my late teens, my family and I saw an identical Bubble (although I'm sure much smaller) in the sky's over...