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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Milky Way Band
NASA ^
| July 10, 2011
| (see photo credit)
Posted on 07/10/2011 5:13:16 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Explanation: Most bright stars in our Milky Way Galaxy reside in a disk. Since our Sun also resides in this disk, these stars appear to us as a diffuse band that circles the sky. The above panorama of a northern band of the Milky Way's disk covers 90 degrees and is a digitally created mosaic of several independent exposures. Scrolling right will display the rest of this spectacular picture. Visible are many bright stars, dark dust lanes, red emission nebulae, blue reflection nebulae, and clusters of stars. In addition to all this matter that we can see, astronomers suspect there exists even more dark matter that we cannot see.
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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; freepun; science
[ Credit & Copyright: John P. Gleason, Celestial Images]
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:13:19 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; married21; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; ...
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:17:23 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
Wormwood originates out of those dark areas - so I am told. /s
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:17:56 PM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: Red_Devil 232
Wormwood is likely the radiation left over after a global nuclear war!
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:35:34 PM PDT
by
GAB-1955
(I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
To: Red_Devil 232
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:45:31 PM PDT
by
GregoryFul
(Obama - Jim Jones redux)
To: SunkenCiv
Kay: [looking skywards] They’re beautiful, aren’t they?
Jay: What?
Kay: The stars.
Jay: K, you’re frightening your partner...
Kay: I haven’t been looking for a partner. I’ve been looking for a replacement.
Jay: K, I can NOT do this by myself, all right?
Dr. Weaver: Hey, guys, can you drop me off home? My apartment isn’t in this area...
Kay: I’ve just been down the gullet of an interstellar cockroach. That’s one of a hundred memories I don’t want.
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posted on
07/10/2011 5:52:22 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: GregoryFul; SunkenCiv; TheOldLady
I can see dark matter!I can't. Not in a million years. It's not in the stars. But no use making the meaningless lives of the Obama faithful even more meaningless. ;-)
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posted on
07/10/2011 6:04:44 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(Beat me, Bite me, Make Me write Bad Checks)
To: SunkenCiv; bigheadfred
Ahhh... There’s no place like home.
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posted on
07/10/2011 7:19:32 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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posted on
07/10/2011 7:26:30 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
We’re smug, knowing we’ve got a better home than those losers living in the Snickers galaxy or the Goo Goo clusters.
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posted on
07/10/2011 8:06:13 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
[Snickers] *giggle* ROFL! [ahem] [straightens face]
Indeed.
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posted on
07/10/2011 8:27:28 PM PDT
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TheOldLady
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To: SunkenCiv
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!
Hahahahahahahahahah
Heeheeheeheeheehee!
You're killing me over here! Heh heh!
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posted on
07/10/2011 8:43:02 PM PDT
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DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis
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To: DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis; TheOldLady
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posted on
07/11/2011 3:54:40 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: Red_Devil 232; COBOL2Java; bigheadfred
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posted on
07/11/2011 3:55:07 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
We’re smug, knowing we’ve got a better home than those losers living in the Snickers galaxy or the Goo Goo clusters."Or the Ford Galaxy..."
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posted on
07/11/2011 4:02:19 AM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(Obama is the least qualified guy in whatever room he walks into.)
To: COBOL2Java
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posted on
07/11/2011 4:13:43 AM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
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