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- Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:07 pm
- Forum: Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections
- Topic: APOD Collection: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
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Re: APOD Collection: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
"But they do look amazingly alike: each with arms exhibiting the shape of a simple and beautiful mathematical curve known as a logarithmic spiral, a spiral whose separation grows in a geometric way with increasing distance from the center. Also known as the equiangular spiral, growth spiral, an...
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:54 pm
- Forum: Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections
- Topic: APOD Collection: Lunar Eclipses
- Replies: 1
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Re: APOD Collection: Lunar Eclipses
Fantastic photos and articles, thanks! Laura Daltry
- Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:49 pm
- Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
- Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
- Replies: 273
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Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom
Hi, I'm excited to find this site. My father worked in navigation and guidance for NASA for the first manned landing on the moon in 1969 and throughout the Gemini missions, so astronomy and space exploration were a huge, fascinating part of my childhood. Laura Daltry