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Post by jesusfreak16 » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:06 pm

So how does NASA (and other space programs) get differently angled views of a galaxy or other extremely distant object?
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Post by neufer » Thu Sep 25, 2008 9:39 pm

jesusfreak16 wrote:So how does NASA (and other space programs) get differently angled views of a galaxy or other extremely distant object?
They don't...(except for distorted gravitational lensing situations).
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Post by jesusfreak16 » Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:54 pm

Sorry,I didn't have enough time earlier to find the pictures. Here they are

This one is tilted one direction http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991114.html

And this one is tilted another http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071124.html
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Post by neufer » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:24 am

jesusfreak16 wrote:Sorry,I didn't have enough time earlier to find the pictures. Here they are

This one is tilted one direction http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap991114.html
This is M31 (or NGC 224)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy
Constellation__ Andromeda
Right ascension 00h 42m 44.3s
Declination____ +41° 16′ 9″
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jesusfreak16 wrote:And this one is tilted another http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap071124.html
This is NGC 7331
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_7331
Constellation__ Pegasus
Right ascension 22h 37m 04.1s
Declination____ +34° 24' 56"
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Post by jesusfreak16 » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:58 am

O.K. I got it now.I can't think straight sometimes. :oops: :?
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