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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- A Young Supernova in the Nearby Pinwheel Galaxy
NASA ^
| August 26, 2011
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Posted on 08/26/2011 5:01:42 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: Delta 21
Definatly not news. Probly happened a couple of million years ago. That galaxy, Messier 101, is approximately 21 million light-years from earth, so you're very right. It may have happened a long time ago.
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:02:59 PM PDT
by
Lou L
(The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
To: WSGilcrest
If anyone wants to know where to look, (not that you’d see much!) find the big dipper and make an equilateral triangle using the last two stars of the dippers handle. M101 will be the top angle in your triangle. You are correct. I would also add that it helps to find darker skies, away from bright city lights. Also, try to look before the full moon next appears. Allow your eyes to adjust to the dark before looking. The galaxy may be visible in binoculars, though you may need at least a six-inch telescope to detect the supernova.
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:07:13 PM PDT
by
Lou L
(The Senate without a fillibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
To: GreenHornet
That’s “vertically challenged person of non-color”...
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:10:14 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Space BUMP)
To: Lou L
I would say more like an 8 or a 10 inch. While you should be able to pick up the galaxy core easy enough, the star is still at -12(?) or so. Very wide field of view to find it,then a high power orth to see the star itself.
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:21:38 PM PDT
by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
To: cripplecreek
I’m going to name that one after my ex since it’s so far away, and I like far away.
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:29:05 PM PDT
by
MaxMax
To: cripplecreek
And 21 million years ago, to boot.
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posted on
08/26/2011 7:34:21 PM PDT
by
katana
(Just my opinions)
To: SunkenCiv
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posted on
08/26/2011 10:22:29 PM PDT
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Shadowstrike
(Be polite, Be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet.)
To: SunkenCiv
Yeah its a big picture but I'm old and just got out of bed.
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posted on
08/27/2011 4:59:06 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin)
To: Lou L
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posted on
08/27/2011 7:38:28 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
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To: cripplecreek
Nice, CC. Thanks most soonest.
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08/27/2011 7:39:56 AM PDT
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TheOldLady
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