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Astronomy Picture of the Day - M51: The Whirlpool Galaxy from Hubble
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| 13 Jun, 2022
| Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Bernard Miller
Posted on 06/13/2022 1:54:28 PM PDT by MtnClimber
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To: usurper
Probably a black hole in the center. As things are sucked into it, but before reaching the event horizon, stars are torn apart and dust/gasses are heated to intense temperatures. That is the bright glow. Once things pass the event horizon the gravity is so intense that even light cannot escape. The light outside of the event horizon is what looks like a star, but is very much larger than a star.
This video shows closeups of the Andromeda Galaxy that shows how small stars are on a galactic scale:
gigapixels of andromeda
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posted on
06/13/2022 4:23:05 PM PDT
by
MtnClimber
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To: DannyTN
Isn’t the mouse Galaxy right next to this cat Galaxy?
Man I bet those two can create a black hole for the ages.
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posted on
06/13/2022 4:46:23 PM PDT
by
OneVike
(Just another Christian waiting to go home)
To: MtnClimber
WOW thanks for the link.
Really puts things in perspective just how small we really are.
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posted on
06/13/2022 5:05:03 PM PDT
by
usurper
To: MtnClimber
Beyond all comprehension. Thank you so much for that link.
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posted on
06/13/2022 6:10:16 PM PDT
by
dayglored
("Listen. Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.")
To: MikelTackNailer
I had one of those, too. It was a great toy.
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posted on
06/13/2022 7:55:08 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: MtnClimber
The first time I saw it in my 4 1/2 refractor was amazing. I was surprised at how bright it was.
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posted on
06/13/2022 8:03:57 PM PDT
by
telescope115
(Proud member of the ANTIFAuci movement. )
To: OneVike
Isn’t the mouse Galaxy right next to this cat Galaxy?It used to be, I think the mouse galaxy was swallowed by the cat galaxy.
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posted on
06/13/2022 8:11:50 PM PDT
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DannyTN
To: MikelTackNailer
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posted on
06/13/2022 8:16:20 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
To: freepertoo
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posted on
06/13/2022 8:18:44 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
To: freepertoo
The spiral is His signature.
Ever seen a model of a DNA molecule?.......................
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posted on
06/14/2022 5:20:19 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
To: freepertoo
Whenever a subatomic particle shows up on a giant accelerator like the Large Hadron Collider, in Switzerland, it shows up as a spiral on a photographic plate or computer screen.............
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posted on
06/14/2022 11:03:06 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: MikelTackNailer
We had one of those!
Now I do it on computers.....................
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06/14/2022 11:03:57 AM PDT
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Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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