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- Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:05 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy (2024 Mar 06)
- Replies: 19
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Re: APOD: M102: Edge-on Disk Galaxy (2024 Mar 06)
This is a great image. But the text is slightly misleading in terms of discussing the "thinness" of the edge on view. Like the Pencil Galaxy, with its edge on view, one used to looking at angular spiral galaxies has no ide how "thick" they are, yet their broadness is often discus...
- Wed Mar 09, 2022 3:58 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: A Flower-Shaped Rock on Mars (2022 Mar 09)
- Replies: 9
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Re: APOD: A Flower-Shaped Rock on Mars (2022 Mar 09)
Could it be an eroded nugget resulting from a lightning strike?
- Mon Jan 10, 2022 4:20 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Comet Leonard's Tail Wag (2022 Jan 10)
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2862
Re: APOD: Comet Leonard's Tail Wag (2022 Jan 10)
Is the tail wagging the dog, or is a wag detailing Leonard? My last comments on this subject produced interesting responses from other APOD followers, especially Fred the Cat and Neufer, whose comment "Re: APOD: The Further Tail of Comet Leonard (2021 Dec 30" by neufer » Fri Dec 31, 2021 7...
- Thu Dec 30, 2021 4:49 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Further Tail of Comet Leonard (2021 Dec 30)
- Replies: 10
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Re: APOD: The Further Tail of Comet Leonard (2021 Dec 30)
These two wonderful image mosaics made me think about the motion of a comet nucleus and what might be happening and why. It looks to me like the nucleus is traveling in a spiral, like a thrown football,and the tail is its "wake." The caption suggests: "Likely flares on the comet's nuc...