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by mcfrank0
Fri Dec 04, 2020 10:37 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Curly Spiral Galaxy M63 (2020 Dec 04)
Replies: 18
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Re: APOD: Curly Spiral Galaxy M63 (2020 Dec 04)

I wonder what the night sky would look like from a position comporable to Earth's in this galaxy. Would the star streams be bright enough to appear as rivulets to its Milky Way?
by mcfrank0
Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:49 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fifty Gravitational Wave Events... (2020 Nov 04)
Replies: 10
Views: 7355

Re: APOD: Fifty Gravitational Wave Events... (2020 Nov 04)

What is the significance of the X-Axis? It's not explained either here or at the source site. It doesn't appear to be time, and I don't believe it to be completely for aesthetic reasons <grin>.