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by astroarchitect1
Wed Nov 27, 2019 9:32 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring... (2019 Nov 27)
Replies: 48
Views: 23224

Re: APOD: Hoag's Object: A Nearly Perfect Ring... (2019 Nov 27)

Just wondering... being that it's 600 million miles away, how do they know that the older, redder cluster of stars in what looks like the middle of the ring is actually in the middle of the ring and not simply aligned with our point of view and at a different distance? It's not like we can look at i...
by astroarchitect1
Tue May 21, 2019 12:52 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Planets of the Solar System: Tilts... (2019 May 20)
Replies: 17
Views: 7299

Re: APOD: Planets of the Solar System: Tilts... (2019 May 20)

Interesting visual. Is it correct to assume that Uranus behaves like a gyroscope and it's poles always point in the same direction no matter where it is located in it's orbit around the sun?
by astroarchitect1
Mon May 06, 2019 1:38 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Virtual Flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy (2019 May 06)
Replies: 30
Views: 17013

Re: APOD: Virtual Flyby of the Whirlpool Galaxy (2019 May 06)

Yes, not only is the camera traveling incredibly faster than light, but I have always been fascinated by the way galaxies look in photographs in general and how they would look to space travelers if they were to travel galactic distances. Somewhat difficult to understand because everything we look a...