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[Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble Legacy Archive; Processed & Copyright: Hunter Wilson]

1 posted on 03/09/2016 1:38:41 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: SunkenCiv

It’s terribly thin! It should eat some more matter....................


3 posted on 03/09/2016 1:40:23 PM PST by Red Badger (The Left doesn't like him and the Right doesn't like him, so he must be the right guy for the job...)
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To: Gamecock; Larry Lucido; KC_Lion; FredZarguna; PROCON

[Why is this galaxy so thin?]

It’s on Jenny Craig?

Because it eats fish? Whales may be the largest mammal, but as George says, they don’t have to be.


4 posted on 03/09/2016 1:40:33 PM PST by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: SunkenCiv

Neat galaxy! And only created 5000 years ago to boot!


5 posted on 03/09/2016 1:42:21 PM PST by Seruzawa (If you agree with the French raise your hand. If you are French raise both hands)
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To: SunkenCiv; Larry Lucido; FredZarguna; Seruzawa
One galaxy that is situated edge-on is our own Milky Way Galaxy.

Explains a lot. Why people are so edgy. It is our galaxy's fault. It is a miracle we have survived 5866 years.

13 posted on 03/09/2016 4:20:13 PM PST by disndat
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To: SunkenCiv

Also known as Messier 102.


14 posted on 03/09/2016 5:47:58 PM 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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