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by rndkrieg
Sun Sep 17, 2017 3:17 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 (2017 Sep 17)
Replies: 20
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Re: APOD: Bright Spiral Galaxy M81 (2017 Sep 17)

Why do the brightest stars have 8 spokes, and the medium bright stars only 4? Is this an artifact of combining two different telescopes?
by rndkrieg
Fri Oct 02, 2009 3:19 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1
Replies: 18
Views: 3032

Re: Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1

Just wanted to leave a quick thank-you to Noel for the explanation of the bright infrared star and the great globular cluster blink picture!

David
by rndkrieg
Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:34 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1
Replies: 18
Views: 3032

Carina Pillar and Jets, 2009 October 1

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap091001.html Nice pair of pictures. APOD is always enlightening and informative! Near the left edge of the photo, just below center (from top to bottom), there is a star that is VERY bright in infrared (one of the brightest in the image) but barely discernible in the visib...