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Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar 17)
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 12:20 pm
by djgordon
I am not sure you meant to say Tycho G was the progenitor. The progenitor is currently being distributed by the SNR.
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:07 pm
by bystander
djgordon wrote:I am not sure you meant to say Tycho G was the progenitor. The progenitor is currently being distributed by the SNR.
Tycho G is the possible companion.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090317.html
APOD wrote:Although the star that created SN 1572, is likely completely gone, a star dubbed Tycho G, too dim to be easily discerned here, is being studied as the possible companion.
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 1:37 pm
by aristarchusinexile
Absolutely fascinating how bubble-like the 'cloud' is, if it can be called a cloud. As a poet with a (waning) fascination for the use and meaning of words, I simply cannot apply the word cloud to that bubble .. seeing it far more similar to a bubble in a body of water than a cloud.
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:06 pm
by neufer
aristarchusinexile wrote:Absolutely fascinating how bubble-like the 'cloud' is, if it can be called a cloud. As a poet with a (waning) fascination for the use and meaning of words, I simply cannot apply the word cloud to that bubble .. seeing it far more similar to a bubble in a body of water than a cloud.
I thought that "puff ball" was a good description.
http://prankletter.blogspot.com/2006/02 ... 32096.html
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:16 pm
by aristarchusinexile
neufer wrote:aristarchusinexile wrote:Absolutely fascinating how bubble-like the 'cloud' is, if it can be called a cloud. As a poet with a (waning) fascination for the use and meaning of words, I simply cannot apply the word cloud to that bubble .. seeing it far more similar to a bubble in a body of water than a cloud.
I thought that "puff ball" was a good description.
http://prankletter.blogspot.com/2006/02 ... 32096.html
Yes, it was, Neufer. I enjoyed the letters.
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:59 pm
by Kingslasher
Is that a very red star or some sort of photography artifact located at 11:00 just outside the SNR?
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 9:36 pm
by aristarchusinexile
With all the green in that puffball I think God might have blown that star up specially for St. Paddy's day (which is today just for the information o'all the Scotchpeople hereabouts who don't know what an Irish calendar looks like even though ye Scotts were Irish in the Beginning.)
Re: Tycho G is possibly the progenitor's companion (2009 Mar
Posted: Tue Mar 17, 2009 10:06 pm
by neufer
aristarchusinexile wrote:With all the green in that puffball I think God might have blown that star up specially for St. Paddy's day (which is today just for the information o'all the Scotchpeople hereabouts who don't know what an Irish calendar looks like even though ye Scotts were Irish in the Beginning.)
Green & Orange certainly:
