Astronomy Picture of the Day -- The Tail of the Hamburger Galaxy

NASA ^ | May 08, 2014 | (see photo credit)

[SunkenCiv]

[Credit & Copyright: Martin Pugh]

[SunkenCiv]

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[JoeProBono]

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Hamburger? Well, maybe one of those frozen squares that they nuke at McD’s! :-)

(seen edge on)

[JimRed]

I like my burgers a little thicker...

[gr8eman]

Ok...now I’m hungry!

[TheOldLady]

I can’t see the tail at all, even though I went to The Big One and expanded
the image well beyond what the web site does when you click the + cursor.

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Hold the pickle.
Hold the lettuce!

LOL!

[Conan the Librarian]

Trio in Leo!

[mikrofon]

Pretty Wimpy actually, IMHO*

[hattend]

[Jack Hammer]

The trail of the hamburger.

A gherkin chip?

[SunkenCiv]

Clearly there needs to be something adjacent named for Popeye, Olive Oyl, Swee’Pea, Wimpy (in particular), Bluto, and maybe the Sea Hag.

[SunkenCiv]

Oh wow, I was *just* thinking about that episode. :’)

[SunkenCiv]

Looks like the roll was called up yonder.

[SunkenCiv]

I’ll take another look.

Over to one side you can see the Condiment Nebula, although it’s also faint, having drifted away.

Yes, that’s right.

It’s the first documented case of Condimental Drift.

[SunkenCiv]

It’s sad that someone just discarded the takeout box that it came in, probably will collide with the empty beer can galaxy over in the cosmic ditch.

[RandallFlagg]

“Two all quasar clusters,
Planetoids, stars and dust,
Asteroids, around a giant black hole. “

[TheOldLady]

Why, thank you Mr. Civilizations. I see it all now.

And as you said, the roll apparently was called up yonder, too. [giggles]

I hope a major study is launched immediately to study this Condimental
Drift. Otherwise, who knows what catastrophes might ensue?

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I know. Some people are just SO careless!