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- Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 30 Oct 09 APOD: Bubble and M52
- Replies: 15
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Re: 30 Oct 09 APOD: Bubble and M52
:oops: Scratch my question about the explanation. I answered my own question. The Bubble is the tiny object near the center of the red cloud and is not the cloud itself. I wonder if the red cloud itself (that contains the Bubble) has an NGC designation. .. Thanks to phpBB and NASA for providing thes...
- Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: 30 Oct 09 APOD: Bubble and M52
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1936
Re: 30 Oct 09 APOD: Bubble and M52
Every image is beautiful, and "Bubble and M52" is no exception. I have a problem with the explanation tho. If M52 is more than twice the size of the Bubble and less than half as far away, why does it look less than a third the size of the Bubble? I have been an amateur astronomer for over ...