I always enjoy looking at -- and am awed by -- the great views of galaxies, especially the spiral galaxies. But I have a query: what is their direction of rotation? Do the arms point ahead or behind the rotation?
--david_maranz@sil.org
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- Thu Dec 09, 2010 8:56 pm
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: direction of galaxy rotation
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- Fri Mar 26, 2010 12:58 am
- Forum: The Library: Information Desk and Educational Resources
- Topic: light source at center of galaxies
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light source at center of galaxies
I'm new to APOD and have questions: 1. What is the source of the bright light seen at the centers of all (?) galaxies? 2. Can we see the "bright light" at the center of our Milky Way galaxy? 3. What percentage of the "stars" we see with the naked eye, actually are these centers o...