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[Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA]

1 posted on 03/23/2012 9:38:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv
This brings back great memories of youth(?) pointing my little 3 inch refractor at M-9 almost nightly
4 posted on 03/23/2012 9:51:46 PM PDT by montanajoe
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To: SunkenCiv

Messier than what?


7 posted on 03/24/2012 12:06:45 AM PDT by martin_fierro (< |:)~)
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To: SunkenCiv

8 posted on 03/24/2012 4:00:04 AM PDT by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas gerit ;-{)
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To: SunkenCiv
"The stars, like dust..."
9 posted on 03/24/2012 5:29:10 AM PDT by Joe Brower (Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
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To: SunkenCiv

“Deficient in heavy elements” - here comes another government program.


10 posted on 03/24/2012 7:17:56 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: SunkenCiv

I wonder what the night sky looks like on a planet in the middle of that? Would there even be a real night in that density of stars?


13 posted on 03/24/2012 1:29:22 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: SunkenCiv

“My God! It’s full of stars!”


14 posted on 03/24/2012 2:13:57 PM PDT by hattend (Jesus wants me to make churches pay for abortions. - Barack Obama)
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