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1 posted on
12/20/2011 2:31:06 AM PST by
SunkenCiv
To: SunkenCiv
3 posted on
12/20/2011 2:32:41 AM PST by
bmwcyle
(I am ready to serve Jesus on Earth because the GOP failed again)
To: SunkenCiv
"NGC 253 lies only about ten million light-years distant."ONE light year, the DISTANCE light travels in a year at the speed of 186,000 miles per second, works out to about 6 TRILLION miles.
4 posted on
12/20/2011 3:29:52 AM PST by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: SunkenCiv
“... one of the dustiest galaxies”
Sounds like my kind of galaxy.
To: SunkenCiv
“... one of the dustiest galaxies”
It must have a permit from the EPA.
7 posted on
12/20/2011 3:42:39 AM PST by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: SunkenCiv
Only ten million light years? Just a short jaunt down the inter-galactic highway.
It still amazes me, that given the number of galaxies out there, the number of stars in each galaxy, even with the physical limitations required for life to exist, some people persist in maintaining that our tiney speck of dust is the only inhabited world.
8 posted on
12/20/2011 3:53:09 AM PST by
ixtl
( You live and learn. Or you don't live long.)
To: SunkenCiv
14 posted on
12/20/2011 6:06:51 AM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit)
To: SunkenCiv
Beauty in the skies. Thanks.
15 posted on
12/20/2011 6:38:40 AM PST by
no-to-illegals
(Please God, Protect and Bless Our Men and Women in Uniform with Victory. Amen.)
To: SunkenCiv
Last time I was out with the scope, I took a peak at 253. It’s VERY large and bright. It crosses the meridian right at sunset now.
At the same time I was looking at 253, the guy who owns the land we were using was imaging it with his set up. His pictures look much more like those posted than my view in my 10inch.
16 posted on
12/20/2011 7:35:11 AM PST by
Conan the Librarian
(The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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