It would have been nice if the author of the blurb accompanying today's APOD had actually NAMED the two galaxies!!! A decent grasp of English grammar would help as well.
Thank you, Ann, above, for providing fascinating and much-needed follow-up information.
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- Sun Jul 18, 2010 5:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Antennae Galaxies in Collision (2010 Jul 18)
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- Mon Oct 19, 2009 7:02 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Galaxy M33 with Emission Nebulae (APOD, Oct. 17, 2009)
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Galaxy M33 with Emission Nebulae (APOD, Oct. 17, 2009)
The APOD photo for the above date shows galaxy M33 with red emission nebulae. Just a few days earlier, APOD featured the Pleiades cluster (M45), w blue reflection nebula. Am I missing something here? I thought higher-energy emission nebulae showed up in blue, and lower-energy reflection nebulae in r...