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Astronomy Picture of the Day - NGC 5643: Nearby Spiral Galaxy from Hubble
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 5 Oct, 2020
| Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.; Acknowledgement: Mahdi Zamani
Posted on 10/05/2020 4:01:29 PM PDT by MtnClimber
Explanation: What's happening at the center of spiral galaxy NGC 5643? A swirling disk of stars and gas, NGC 5643's appearance is dominated by blue spiral arms and brown dust, as shown in the featured image taken by the Hubble Space Telescope. The core of this active galaxy glows brightly in radio waves and X-rays where twin jets have been found. An unusual central glow makes NGC 5643 one of the closest examples of the Seyfert class of galaxies, where vast amounts of glowing gas are thought to be falling into a central massive black hole. NGC 5643, is a relatively close 55 million light years away, spans about 100 thousand light years across, and can be seen with a small telescope towards the constellation of the Wolf (Lupus).
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day
KEYWORDS: nasa; ngc5643; radiowaves; seyfertgalaxy; xrays
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:01:46 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: 21stCenturion; 21twelve; 4everontheRight; AFB-XYZ; America_Right; Art in Idaho; AZ .44 MAG; ...
There is a dog in the link for today’s post if you can find it.
Pinging the APOD List.
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:03:36 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber; Sirius Lee
There is a dog in the link for todays post if you can find it. Sirius Lee?
Right in the center, nose to the right, tail to the left, up and probably wagging, hind legs back in a leaning forward posture?
That dog?
I don't see it...
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:09:53 PM PDT
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null and void
(Democrats donate to bail money. Republicans donate to scholarships. ~ throwthebumsout)
To: null and void
More like a rat than a dog.
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:17:50 PM PDT
by
rfp1234
(Caveat Emperor)
To: null and void; MtnClimber
In the article under the can be seen link.
Looking through a telescope...
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:20:42 PM PDT
by
Repeal The 17th
(Get out of the matrix and get a real life.)
To: MtnClimber
Looks kind of like what I saw in the bathroom after too many Tequila Sunrises.
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:23:18 PM PDT
by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
To: null and void
Hint: In the link for the post, not the picture.
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:27:40 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:32:05 PM PDT
by
EEGator
To: MtnClimber
Those three bright dots look a bit like Orion’s Belt but backwards.
Is it the anti-Orion’s Belt? The evil twin? Bent on destruction of the whole universe? Is that why that galaxy also looks like a swirling maw of stellar teeth with a big glowy gullet in the middle?
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:33:59 PM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Repeal The 17th
Ah. That’s much more clearly a dog...
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posted on
10/05/2020 4:38:48 PM PDT
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null and void
(Democrats donate to bail money. Republicans donate to scholarships. ~ throwthebumsout)
To: MtnClimber
On being prompted to look for one, I found several, in different positions. As for the middle one, maybe she’s expecting.
To: MtnClimber
Hubble Space Telescope, NASA’s most successful failure / repair. Still going at 27 years service with lifespan to 2030 and maybe 2040.
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posted on
10/05/2020 5:08:36 PM PDT
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SES1066
(2020, VOTE your principles, VOTE your history, VOTE FOR ALL AMERICANS, VOTE colorblind!)
To: MtnClimber
I am curious about the apparent edge on galaxy behind this galaxy. Seems to be ESO 273-014, a dwarf satellite of NGC 5643.
Not THAT close to us.
To: MtnClimber
The aliens in that spiral galaxy must be dizzy all the time....
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:26:48 PM PDT
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minnesota_bound
(homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
To: Conan the Librarian
Is that galaxy at 11 o’clock position in this picture?
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posted on
10/05/2020 6:27:22 PM PDT
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MtnClimber
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To: MtnClimber
Does this galaxy have a name because a catalog number isn’t a real name.
If not I’m claiming this galaxy for my self.
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10/05/2020 7:25:35 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(In all things ... trigger discipline.)
To: TigersEye
If not Im claiming this galaxy for my self.
************
You name it, you’re responsible for it.
Just remember. That thing is gonna grow up and want to go to college some day.
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posted on
10/05/2020 7:26:46 PM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: Grimmy
Everyone in my galaxy is living there rent free so they’ve got no complaints that I’ll entertain.
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posted on
10/05/2020 7:30:13 PM PDT
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TigersEye
(In all things ... trigger discipline.)
To: TigersEye
If everyone lives rent free, how do you generate the funds to pay the property taxes?
That tax is kinda steep on galaxy sized lots.
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posted on
10/05/2020 7:37:21 PM PDT
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Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
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