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Thanks. I still barely see it, or what I think is it - is it #4 or #5 in my image below? Perhaps the one that extends #1's trail through the nucleus is just wishful thinking on my part. And that's quite a voluminous explanation of how they formed in that lengthy paper! I'll have to look at it more ...

...the fourth arm is so faint I can't discern it... https://cfn-live-content-bucket-iop-org.s3.amazonaws.com/journals/0004-637X/826/1/50/revision1/apjaa2768f1_lr.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAYDKQL6LTV7YY2HIK&Expires=1669241766&Signature=iw%2B5ZKYjB5wq3zZhn%2BB6qENMdc0%3D https://iopscience.iop.or...

...the fourth arm is so faint I can't discern it... https://cfn-live-content-bucket-iop-org.s3.amazonaws.com/journals/0004-637X/826/1/50/revision1/apjaa2768f1_lr.jpg?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAYDKQL6LTV7YY2HIK&Expires=1669241766&Signature=iw%2B5ZKYjB5wq3zZhn%2BB6qENMdc0%3D https://iopscience.iop.or...

a pair of jets seem to blow from the centre in the opposite directions. Can they have formed at the tracks of the black hole's jets? I would basically follow your reasoning. The axis runs extremely precisely through the galaxy core. I really don't think this is supposed to be random. https://live.s...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_221108.jpg Galaxies: Wild's Triplet from Hubble ... This grouping of galaxies is called the Wild Triplet , not only for the discoverer , but for the number of bright galaxies that appear. It had been assumed that all three galaxies , collectively cataloged as A...

...I like bats too in infrared... :evil: https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52467296613_676e6d0bcf_c.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52467296613_0ee5e6270b_o.jpg jac berne (flickr) ... and the closeup of the young central star (RNO 91 rotated 180 degrees) by Judy. https://live.staticflickr....

...In the scene, visible indications of energetic outflows associated with young stars include the small red tinted nebulosity RNO 109 above and right of center, and Herbig-Haro object HH32 below. ... If you follow the link of HH32 there is written: "HH 32 is an excellent example of a 'Herbig-...

...In the scene, visible indications of energetic outflows associated with young stars include the small red tinted nebulosity RNO 109 above and right of center, and Herbig-Haro object HH32 below. ... If you follow the link of HH32 there is written: "HH 32 is an excellent example of a 'Herbig-...

....Does this show a direction that the Cocoon is moving? Very good question, Orin! Comparing with the 2002 APOD (2002 October 14) photo we can see that smaller stars are primarily moving along the two main filaments (dark outflow streams towards 11 and 5 o'clock on todays APOD) of the central star...

https://www.adamblockphotos.com/uploads/4/4/2/5/44258693/ic-348-dsws_1.jpg IC 348 near Omicron Persei is the only site of star formation in constellation Perseus, at least to my knowledge, and it may be the center of Perseus OB2. Xi Persei may have been born not far from IC 348 and then received a ...

Why isn't there a red glow at the Pleiades? Like Xi Persei, these are very bright and also radiate strongly in the X-ray. The Pleiades are way too cool to ionize a red emission nebula! The brightest and hottest of them are spectral classes B6-B8. That is to say that their temperatures are likely be...

But, okay! I should have clicked on all the links in today's APOD caption to find the best portrait of the California Nebula, the Pleiades and IC 348. Here it is, by Rogelio Bernal Andreo! :D https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1311/2013-11_C2P_950px.jpg Ann Why isn't there a red glow at the Pleiades?...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_221017.jpg X-Ray Rings Around a Gamma Ray Burst Explanation: Why would x-ray rings appear around a gamma-ray burst? The surprising answer has little to do with the explosion itself but rather with light reflected off areas of dust -laden gas in our own Milky Wa...

NGC 1300 is interesting for several reasons. Obviously for the enormous length of its bar. But it is interesting for other reasons, too. For one thing, the entire galaxy is really faint, apart from its nuclear region: ... Searching the web, I found another picture that showed NGC 1300 in much the s...

....So nobody quite knows what is going on with WR 140, although the shells clearly form as a consequence of the two components of the binary star passing close to one another. Their strong winds affect the dust that is produced by WR 140. ... Ann ... news from yesterday ... https://phys.org/news/2...

What’s up with this? The video as posted is too large to fit on my screen, so I chose Watch on YouTube, but all I get are right wing propaganda shorts. That's right! Please correct... Original source of the video: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2022/09/DART_asteroid_impact_impresses_in_E...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_220929.jpg DART Asteroid Impact from Space Explanation: Fifteen days before impact, the DART spacecraft deployed a small companion satellite to document its historic planetary defense technology demonstration. Provided by the Italian Space Agency, the Light Ita...

Probably it's SDSS J234356.99-030230.7 ((α, δ) = (23 43 57, -03 02 31)). I can confirm that! Interesting: The image below shows that a survey of Jupiter was previously made with Hubble at almost the same position. The fact that Jupiter (HST) appears about 6 times too large compared to the image of ...

I very much wanted to know the designation of the lovely barred spiral galaxy in the lower left corner, but I have found no information on it. Probably it's SDSS J234356.99-030230.7 ((α, δ) = (23 43 57, -03 02 31)). I can confirm that! Interesting: The image below shows that a survey of Jupiter was...

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_220923.jpg Ringed Ice Giant Neptune To me, the wide field view is much more impressive than the close-up. Here you see the last planet of OUR solar system IN THE UNIVERSE! https://cdn.esawebb.org/archives/images/screen/weic2214d.jpg ZOOOOOMABLE: https://esawebb...

... I can't help it though, my favorite portrait of NGC 7331 is this picture by Vicent Peris: ... Ann ... and my favorite NGC 7331 in IR (Spitzer ST): ... and a nice target for JWST ;-) https://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/published/system/articles/images/167/original/ssc2004-12-ws-tn.jpg?1596837391 htt...

APOD Robot wrote: By digitally removing the stars, this re-assigned color image showcases dense knots of dark interstellar dust, fields of glowing hydrogen gas ionized by these stars, and great loops of gas expelled by dying stars . I doubt that those great loops were made by dying stars. To me, it...

... Congratulations to the dream team of the two creators. The picture is so visually stunning and yet detailed, I'm speechless! the site of the closest supernova in modern times, SN 1987A, at lower right please, can anybody point that remnant ... almost starless ... https://live.staticflickr.com/65...

Thanks, AVAO, but groan! "Markarian 914" doesn't sound like a star to me. I asked Simbad Astronomical Database to take me to Markarian 914, and this is what it said to me: It's a galaxy! I found your source for the Lick Hα 233 (Markarian 914) thing. It is this: Taniguchi et al. wrote: The...

So that strange gray translucent thing protruding into the red Lacerta nebula is the end part of a long dust lane, then? I guess it has been truncated and has had its end part flare out into an arc, almost like a sausage, because of the stellar winds of 10 Lacerta. Ann ThanX Ann I'm unsure about th...