For NGC 6744 the text info says 175,000 light years across. Well, which way is "across" and where does this "across begin and end since the outer fringes of this spiral galaxy are not well defined.
Maybe you can post photos that show data info when one moves the cursor over the photo.
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- Fri Aug 08, 2014 10:07 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Spiral Galaxy NGC 6744 (2014 Aug 08)
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- Mon Jun 09, 2014 5:39 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: How to Identify that Light in the Sky (2014 Jun 09)
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Re: APOD: How to Identify that Light in the Sky (2014 Jun 09
I think you left out one potential object: for instance, this past Friday night, June 6th, at about 10:30 PM PST looking toward the East I saw a rapidly descending bright light that was clearly not a meteor but most likely space junk (debris). 2014