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- Wed Sep 16, 2015 8:44 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Bright Spots Resolved in Occator on... (2015 Sep 16)
- Replies: 24
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Re: APOD: Bright Spots Resolved in Occator on... (2015 Sep 1
My bet is on a Ice Meteor impact
- Fri Jun 07, 2013 3:11 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula (2013 Jun 07)
- Replies: 14
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Re: APOD: NGC 6302: The Butterfly Nebula (2013 Jun 07)
What causes the dust pillars in a planetary nebula? Objects that were orbiting the dying star?
- Thu Sep 15, 2011 9:39 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble (2011 Sep 15)
- Replies: 17
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Re: APOD: NGC 3521: Galaxy in a Bubble (2011 Sep 15)
I wonder how would the night sky appear to some one living in a planet surrounding a star in the tidal debris above NGC 3521 plane?
Instead of a edge on view like the one we have of the milkyway, would it be a full galaxy view?
Instead of a edge on view like the one we have of the milkyway, would it be a full galaxy view?
- Thu Sep 10, 2009 8:57 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: How far? Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble(2009 Sept 10)
- Replies: 31
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Butterfly Nebula from Upgraded Hubble
On this picture the are some structures that look like dust pillars in star forming regions, however this is a planetary nebula, so what causes this structures?