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- Wed Dec 28, 2016 6:33 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (2016 Dec 27)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1993
Re: APOD: M31: The Andromeda Galaxy (2016 Dec 27)
I was out earlier this evening looking at M31 with my favorite binoculars. The notion that our Milky Way galaxy will merge with Andromeda in about 4 billion years is fascinating. I hope humanity can somehow survive and evolve to be a part of the new Milkomeda or Milkdromeda.
- Wed Nov 23, 2016 11:18 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea (2016 Nov 23)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 4683
Re: APOD: NGC 7635: Bubble in a Cosmic Sea (2016 Nov 23)
This is such a beautiful wide-field image. I understand that the stellar nursery NGC 7538 in the upper right has the largest protostar yet discovered.
- Tue Nov 22, 2016 9:58 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Pluto's Sputnik Planum (2016 Nov 22)
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2827
Re: APOD: Pluto's Sputnik Planum (2016 Nov 22)
I find it amazing that both Pluto and Triton have interesting recent surface features. Icy cold doesn't necessarily mean dead. I'm looking very forward to the New Horizons imagery of 2014 MU69 on 1 January 2019.
- Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:08 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Eagle Aurora over Norway (2016 Oct 23)
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4959
Re: APOD: Eagle Aurora over Norway (2016 Oct 23)
It's the visage of old dapper dead Cthulhu.
- Wed Oct 28, 2015 6:53 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star (2015 Oct 28)
- Replies: 22
- Views: 3602
Re: APOD: Massive Black Hole Shreds Passing Star (2015 Oct 28)
Everything in the universe wants to kill us. I wonder if planet Earth could survive this black hole scenario? Maybe there's a minuscule chance we could be ejected before X-rays fried us or tidal forces broke us up into bite size pieces. A rouge Earth flying off with no sunlight, spinning chaotically...
- Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:56 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres (2015 Jun 30)
- Replies: 41
- Views: 5342
Re: APOD: An Unusual Mountain on Asteroid Ceres (2015 Jun 30
the Lonely Mountain... a massive iceberg?
- Mon Aug 26, 2013 3:41 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
- Replies: 1200
- Views: 203290
Re: APOD: Bright Planetary Nebula NGC 7027... (2013 Aug 26)
the beignet nebula. native New Orleanian. mmm… beignets.
- Tue Sep 25, 2012 7:36 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Spheres on Mars (2012 Sep 25)
- Replies: 45
- Views: 6155
Re: APOD: Unusual Spheres on Mars (2012 Sep 25)
fascinating… they appear to be cyanobacteria, specifically Nostoc pruniforme.