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by csw
Fri Jun 02, 2017 4:18 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Black Holes of Known Mass (2017 Jun 02)
Replies: 38
Views: 6010

Re: APOD: Black Holes of Known Mass (2017 Jun 02)

Does LIGO offer us evidence of the direction the waves came from? We know the merged black holes are X light years away, but do we know where they are? Just curious.
by csw
Mon Apr 10, 2017 4:24 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in... (2017 Apr 10)
Replies: 31
Views: 9165

Re: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in... (2017 Apr 10)

I've never understood how CMB can be "all around us" if it originated more or less from a single point, or at least a defined area. Shouldn't it be sort of like the sun's rays coming at us from only one direction -- from where the sun is? How can CMB bombard us from ALL angles? If the answ...
by csw
Mon Oct 01, 2012 8:59 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Introducing Comet ISON (2012 Oct 01)
Replies: 29
Views: 4468

Re: APOD: Introducing Comet ISON (2012 Oct 01)

Are there any historical accounts of two comets being simultaneously visible?