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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- M65 and M66
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| June 15, 2012
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Posted on 06/15/2012 3:40:14 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
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06/15/2012 3:40:21 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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06/15/2012 3:41:18 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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I wonder what lives there?
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06/15/2012 3:51:34 PM PDT
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Dallas59
(President Robert Gibbs 2009-2011)
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I wonder how far apart they are from each other-what would a being in either galaxy see of the other galaxy? Andromeda size or Magellanic Cloud size?
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06/15/2012 4:01:42 PM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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06/15/2012 4:14:32 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
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Huge.
They are both about 35 million light years distant. Assuming that they are really that far away, then they are about 200,000 light years away from each other, which is a little further than the Large Magellanic Cloud. But the actual diameter is about 7 times as big as the LMC so it will cover a significant part of the sky.
All that goes out the window if one is 35 MLY from earth and the other is 36 MLY.
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06/15/2012 5:09:27 PM PDT
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KarlInOhio
(You only have three billion heartbeats in a lifetime.How many does the government claim as its own?)
To: SunkenCiv
35, million light years away. 1 light year = 6 trillion miles. Now that’s one hell of a flight!
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posted on
06/15/2012 5:20:01 PM PDT
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Main Street
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To: SunkenCiv
35, million light years away. 1 light year = 6 trillion miles. Now that’s one hell of a flight!
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06/15/2012 5:20:01 PM PDT
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Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: SunkenCiv
35, million light years away. 1 light year = 6 trillion miles. Now that’s one hell of a flight!
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06/15/2012 5:20:25 PM PDT
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Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: SunkenCiv
35, million light years away. 1 light year = 6 trillion miles. Now that’s one hell of a flight!
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posted on
06/15/2012 5:20:44 PM PDT
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Main Street
(Stuck in traffic.)
To: SunkenCiv
35, million light years away. 1 light year = 6 trillion miles. Now that’s one hell of a flight!
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posted on
06/15/2012 5:20:48 PM PDT
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Main Street
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To: SunkenCiv
“M-objects are a lot like stars or planets, only Messier.”
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06/15/2012 6:36:26 PM PDT
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mikrofon
(Old Astro Humour)
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06/16/2012 9:28:42 PM PDT
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bigheadfred
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06/16/2012 9:46:53 PM PDT
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JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
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06/17/2012 7:30:28 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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Wow! Coordinated gamma ray bursts from the black holes in the centers of two galaxies at the same time!
Cool!
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06/17/2012 7:57:14 AM PDT
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JoeProBono
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