APOD: The Porpoise Galaxy from Hubble (2013 Jun 24)

neufer · Post by **neufer** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 10:06 pm

Click to play embedded YouTube video.

drhr · Post by **drhr** » Mon Jun 24, 2013 11:39 pm

No. no. no... It doesn't look like a porpoise to me, at all. It looks like a hummingbird!

ta152h0 · Post by **ta152h0** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 12:41 am

Neufer's imagination connection to reality is impeccable

stephen63 · Post by **stephen63** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 1:35 am

geckzilla wrote: I was thinking rockhopper, myself.

Or a macaroni?

bystander · Post by **bystander** » Tue Jun 25, 2013 5:02 am

geckzilla wrote:I was thinking rockhopper, myself.

I selected the image because of the pose, not because of the species. I like your rockhopper, though.

dlw · Post by **dlw** » Thu Aug 01, 2013 6:15 pm

From the full Hubble image, http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1306/ar ... e_3368.jpg, I get the impression of a galaxy swerving to avoid an on coming, jet propelled star!

Starship Asterisk*