Starship Asterisk*

Thank you all for the insight and information. Some really amazing info came out from this!

Where is the smaller galaxy that is pulling on the arc? Or is the smaller galaxy already merged with M83?

How far out do the petals of the corona extend? They seem huge.

Is the plume in the dark area at the top? Or is it somewhere else? Not sure what to look for exactly.

Thanks.

The star in the upper left hand corner has a double star effect from the JW camera. Is this an anomaly or is it bc there are actually 2 stars really close to each other?

How long does it take for this process to happen?

Is the fainter stellar partner the one right next to the gas bubble, or the one in the middle of it? And if it is the one next to it, why is the companion star in the middle of the gas bubble? Shouldn't the dying star be in the middle? They're both in the middle. The bright one, with the refraction...

Is the fainter stellar partner the one right next to the gas bubble, or the one in the middle of it? And if it is the one next to it, why is the companion star in the middle of the gas bubble? Shouldn't the dying star be in the middle?

Thank you. That is pretty mind blowing.

Where is Saturn in this photo?

How much time does it take for a prominence this large to come into being? A few seconds, minutes, hours?

From what distance is this photo taken?

Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth? It’s 11th magnitude so a very small telescope, even a 2 inch lens, could in theory pick it up. <<Like the Abell planetary nebulae, the Palomar globular clusters were discovered in the 1950s on the survey plates of the first Palomar Obser...

Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth? Yes. Even though the Hubble is a space telescope, Palomar 6 was first discovered on Earth by the Palomar Observatory. They might have used the Hale telescope back in the 1950s or another of their telescopes. Wiki wasn't clear which scope...

Are these clusters visible to us with a telescope from earth?

Does the slower fall speed make it safer for a person to fall that distance?

@MarkBour - thanks for the info. That last bit is especially great bc I have always wondered if astronomers could actually see and watch the expansion of the galaxies they study considering their size and speed.

How large is the nebula in total? What does 5 times the size of the full moon at 1400 light year's distance mean? Thanks

Is Xi Persei in the photo? There are a number of blue stars here so I can't tell which one it is.

EPIC!

Can someone please explain the giant Luna through a telescopic lend part? Did the people there see an ordinary sized moon? And does the lens type affect the apparent speed also?

Some forms of like don't require oxygen (or any atmosphere really). Thermal vents, even solid rocks. There are organisms feeding off chemical composition. But wouldn't the lifeform need protection from the solar elements,like radiation? An atmosphere isn't just about providing possible nutrition or...

How is martian life a possibility when there isn't any atmosphere to speak of? Some forms of like don't require oxygen (or any atmosphere really). Thermal vents, even solid rocks. There are organisms feeding off chemical composition. But wouldn't the lifeform need protection from the solar elements...

How is martian life a possibility when there isn't any atmosphere to speak of?

Ann wrote: ↑Tue Feb 18, 2020 5:57 am It's interesting that the picture was taken last month. Betelgeuse looks bright.

Ann

I was thinking the same thing, and yet the article states it's unusually faint. Hmmm.