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by bluebird
Mon Aug 09, 2010 12:11 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: IRAS 05437 2502: An Enigmatic Star... (2010 Aug 09)
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Re: APOD: IRAS 05437 2502: An Enigmatic Star... (2010 Aug 09

Might want to consider a "Fusion Nebula" - a section of a nebula where the density/temp have achieved the levels to achieve a sustaining fusion reaction.
by bluebird
Sun Oct 25, 2009 1:33 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Crab Nebula "Movie"
Replies: 13
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Crab Nebula "Movie"

Today's APOD posting of the Crab Nebula made me wonder what a "movie" of it might look like. We have had years of Hubble pictures and pre-Hubble pictures that might be stitched together at regular time intervals to create a "movie view" of the Crab Nebula and how it is changing o...