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Astronomy Picture of the Day
NASA ^ | 7/11/08 | R. Hurt (SSC)

Posted on 07/11/2008 3:36:36 PM PDT by sig226

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To: JRios1968
Yes, rly. ;)
A parsec is equivalent to 3.26 light years distance.
21 posted on 07/11/2008 9:37:59 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: MaryFromMichigan

Someone didn’t watch her Star Wars movies...


22 posted on 07/11/2008 9:47:45 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: JRios1968

Yeah, I did.
Some writer got it wrong.


23 posted on 07/11/2008 9:48:55 PM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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To: MaryFromMichigan

That would be George Lucas


24 posted on 07/11/2008 9:49:44 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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To: sig226
So that's the trick.
25 posted on 07/12/2008 5:24:21 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: JRios1968

Given he expansion of space-time since the SW epoch, it is now 18 parsecs...


26 posted on 07/12/2008 7:59:29 AM PDT by mikrofon (Sad when the memory goes... ;)
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To: MaryFromMichigan

It is interesting, to me, how similar are the micros and macros of reality, i.e., the visual representations of the atomic/subatomic and the galaxies/space.


27 posted on 07/12/2008 9:33:37 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (`)
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It is very interesting.
I think God gets a kick out of fractals!


28 posted on 07/12/2008 9:59:41 AM PDT by MaryFromMichigan
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Given he expansion of space-time since the SW epoch, it is now 18 parsecs...

Darth Cheney's Fault...

29 posted on 07/12/2008 8:25:19 PM PDT by JRios1968 ("If you go over a cliff with all flags flying, you are still going over a cliff"--Ronald Reagan)
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