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- Mon Apr 10, 2017 2:33 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: 8836
Re: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in... (2017 Apr 10)
I'm aware of the billions of year factor....I now see that the CMB is also a spectral light image(?) ...so..it appears to us NOW as it was at the beginning of the BIG BANG process?I'm pondering WHY the cluster(s) would be "punching" a hole in the CMB if the CMB came first? Or is the image ...
- Mon Apr 10, 2017 1:55 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: 8836
Re: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Gas Creates Hole in... (2017 Apr 10)
When observing the Galaxy clusters we are seeing them as they appeared many years ago.When observing the CMB ...does it appear to us in REAL time?
- Sun Apr 09, 2017 2:03 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass (2017 Apr 09)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2533
Re: APOD: Comet Hale-Bopp Over Val Parola Pass (2017 Apr 09)
In the "large comet" link..it is mentioned that that Comet Hale-Bopp is spinning..once every 12 hours.This spin..will remain the same...has remained the same ..for some time? Can or will anything effect/change this spin in the future? Do all comets "spin"?
- Mon Mar 27, 2017 3:07 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Tardigrade in Moss (2017 Mar 26)
- Replies: 27
- Views: 11484
Re: APOD: Tardigrade in Moss (2017 Mar 26)
If only we humans could be so efficient.
- Sat Mar 18, 2017 5:09 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: JWST: Ghosts and Mirrors (2017 Mar 18)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 3646
Re: APOD: JWST: Ghosts and Mirrors (2017 Mar 18)
I CANNOT wait for the results to come in..once it is successfully implemented!!!!
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:52 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: Big Bang (and other questions)
Mentioning that the singularity was composed of infinite density helped me to start looking at it differently.
- Thu Mar 16, 2017 7:50 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: Big Bang (and other questions)
Thanks Markus & Chris.Thankfully...Pondering the mysteries Of Physics & Science & Mathematics are of equal enjoyment to amateurs & advanced "Professionals".
- Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:29 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Saturn's Moon Pan from Cassini (2017 Mar 13)
- Replies: 44
- Views: 6266
Re: APOD: Saturn's Moon Pan from Cassini (2017 Mar 13)
Amazing pictures! Pan looks to be made of ice/snow.
- Sat Mar 11, 2017 2:59 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Abell 2666 (2017 Mar 10)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10516
Re: APOD: Galaxy Cluster Abell 2666 (2017 Mar 10)
You can get a closer look at this Cluster & the surrounding area by searching NGC 7768(for example) and/or looking at the SIMBAD data here. http://spider.seds.org/ngc/ngc.cgi?7768
- Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:12 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Big Bang
I do apologize,for once again,bringing up questions that don't specifically apply to the daily APOD.I've just recently become interested in the mysteries of our Universe.My initial questions are associated with the Big Bang(Here I go again).Chris has pointed out to me that the general(and expert) co...
- Thu Mar 09, 2017 2:40 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Centaurus A (2017 Mar 09)
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4596
Re: APOD: Centaurus A (2017 Mar 09)
Would an active galaxy,with X Ray Jets & Gamma Ray Emissions, negate the chance of life existing on any possible planets within this galaxy?
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:37 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
It is silly and irrational not to believe something for no other reason than because it conflicts with your biases. We're talking about a model well supported by evidence and ideas that have been well thought out. Unless you can objectively support an alternative, you're out of place in any science...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:29 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
I still cannot wrap my mind around how the Universe was created from ONE singularity.The question,for me,remains.What came BEFORE the Big Bang? The question may be meaningless, given that time itself was created by the Big Bang. Without time, what does "before" even mean? What formed this...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:16 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
"There is no before. According to the ΛCDM model of the Big Bang , spacetime began at t=0. Even the singularity is questionable. Attempts to extrapolate back to conditions before the end of the Planck epoch using methods based on general relativity are indeterminate." So it has been said....
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 10:01 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Re: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
I still cannot wrap my mind around how the Universe was created from ONE singularity.The question,for me,remains.What came BEFORE the Big Bang? What formed this singularity? ... "There is no before. According to the ΛCDM model of the Big Bang , spacetime began at t=0. Even the singularity is q...
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 9:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 6346
Re: APOD: UGC 12591: The Fastest Rotating... (2017 Mar 07)
All these wondrous beautiful elusive mysterious mind-bending exotic Galaxies....and we may never even get to explore Andromeda.Imagining WHY & HOW are two of the most exiting mind journeys.
- Tue Mar 07, 2017 5:01 pm
- Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
- Topic: Big Bang (and other questions)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3656
Big Bang (and other questions)
I still cannot wrap my mind around how the Universe was created from ONE singularity.The question,for me,remains.What came BEFORE the Big Bang? What formed this singularity? I am also curious about the rotations of Galaxies.Why do they spin? Do the Supermassive(all types) black holes, residing at th...
- Sun Mar 05, 2017 11:38 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A (2017 Mar 05)
- Replies: 11
- Views: 8986
Re: APOD: The Mysterious Rings of Supernova 1987A (2017 Mar 05)
If the end result was a Black Hole..in this situation..it wouldn't have much to feed on? What future situations could a lone small Black Hole find itself in?