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Astronomy Picture of the Day - Globular Star Cluster 47 Tuc
APOD.NASA.gov ^
| 10 Mar, 2022
| Image Credit & Copyright: Bernard Miller
Posted on 03/10/2022 3:41:06 PM PST by MtnClimber
Explanation: Globular star cluster 47 Tucanae is a jewel of the southern sky. Also known as NGC 104, it roams the halo of our Milky Way Galaxy along with some 200 other globular star clusters. The second brightest globular cluster (after Omega Centauri) as seen from planet Earth, 47 Tuc lies about 13,000 light-years away. It can be spotted with the naked-eye close on the sky to the Small Magellanic Cloud in the constellation of the Toucan. The dense cluster is made up of hundreds of thousands of stars in a volume only about 120 light-years across. Red giant stars on the outskirts of the cluster are easy to pick out as yellowish stars in this sharp telescopic portrait. Tightly packed globular cluster 47 Tuc is also home to a star with the closest known orbit around a black hole.
TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: nasa
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To: MtnClimber
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posted on
03/10/2022 3:41:22 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
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posted on
03/10/2022 3:41:59 PM PST
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on mycreen name for my FR home page.)
To: MtnClimber
I wonder what it would look like to live on a planet in that cluster. No nighttime?
Iām sure it would look amazing.
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posted on
03/10/2022 4:21:00 PM PST
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: MtnClimber
Not a Spiral, so considered one of the messier Galaxies.
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posted on
03/10/2022 4:28:37 PM PST
by
left that other site
(A Man Without Self-Control is like a City Broken Into and Left Without Walls (Proverbs 25:28))
To: MtnClimber
Globular Star Cluster exist because God did not stir the pot thoroughly when creating the universe. He left lumpy star clusters.....
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posted on
03/11/2022 12:09:41 AM PST
by
minnesota_bound
(I need more hash brown patties! )
To: telescope115
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/99245.Nightfall
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posted on
03/11/2022 5:23:32 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
Hmmph, no Kindle version.
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posted on
03/11/2022 10:19:56 AM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: doorgunner69
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posted on
03/11/2022 10:32:50 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
“The Kindle title is not currently available for purchase “
Oh well
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posted on
03/11/2022 10:42:06 AM PST
by
doorgunner69
(Let's go Brandon)
To: doorgunner69
Sorry..............
There’s always the book. Batteries not required...............
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posted on
03/11/2022 10:45:59 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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