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Three Dozen New Galaxies Are Found in Nearby Space
NY Times ^
| December 22, 2004
| DENNIS OVERBYE
Posted on 12/24/2004 6:07:04 PM PST by neverdem
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To: mikegi
Do astronomers ever sit back and simply be amazed at what they're looking at?I sure do! I still feel that same awe and wonderment as the first time I saw Saturn's rings thru my own backyard scope so many years ago when I was in grade school. (in the 60's. :-))
Anyway, I'm hoping to get into a little backyard astronomy in a few years. My daughter is five but is already interested in looking through a telescope at the moon, etc.
Way cool! When it is time to buy her a first scope, there are lots of folks here who can help. :-)
To: Slings and Arrows; Doctor Stochastic
Yes, all the time. It's just hard to publish a scientific paper consisting entirely of "Wow!"ROFL!. Sure would cut down on the peer review process and editing! LOL
To: RadioAstronomer
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:45:23 PM PST
by
PatrickHenry
(The List-O-Links for evolution threads is at my freeper homepage.)
To: Slings and Arrows; Riley
A galaxy is hundreds of millions of stars and planets. How can it be 'here'?
It's not somewhere else.
Yes it is.
(pointing) It's right over there. Right where you left it.
(grumbling) ....stupid absent-minded mad scientists anyways....
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:45:38 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: 82Marine89
I heard there was a wormhole leading to Uranus!
To: Slings and Arrows
Yes, all the time. It's just hard to publish a scientific paper consisting entirely of "Wow!"Actually, one such paper exists.
It was refuted by a paper by Professer Celius J. Funkworthy, who published a rebuttal: "Nuh-uhhh."
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:47:12 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: John Will
Does anyone also think it is our destiny to populate the stars? I don't know if it is our destiny. I do know it is a good idea - any earthbound species is one asteroid / comet strike away from extinction. (BTW, I'd start on populating the Solar System first.)
To: Lazamataz
That's not mine. Mine was larger.
To: Slings and Arrows
That's not mine. Mine was larger.Quit cryin' over spilled milky way.
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:52:01 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: RadioAstronomer
ROFL!. Sure would cut down on the peer review process and editing! LOL Oh, I'm sure one referee would find something to complain about. :P
To: TailspinJim
There is, but it opens and closes at the most inopportune times.
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:52:24 PM PST
by
82Marine89
(Merry CHRISTmas)
To: Lazamataz
Quit cryin' over spilled milky way. Those aren't cries - those are snickers.
To: Lazamataz
I alway wondered why they call it the Milky Way.
Merry Christmas.
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:53:51 PM PST
by
Baraonda
(Demographic is destiny. Don't hire 3rd world illegal aliens nor support businesses that hire them.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Okay, enough 'Christmas cheer' for you, pal. Yer cut off of THIS bar.
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:54:40 PM PST
by
Lazamataz
("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
To: Lazamataz
Right where you left it. It's on Orion's b-b-belt. of course.
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:59:24 PM PST
by
Riley
To: starfish923
"Our galaxies are getting farther and farther apart from each other."
Really?
Then why are we also told that galaxies are always colliding with each other?
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posted on
12/24/2004 6:59:48 PM PST
by
RazzPutin
("You have told us more than you can possibly know." Niels Bohr)
To: mikegi
A really wonderful book about the spiritual side of astronomy you might enjoy is The Hand Of God, by Michael Regan. Very inspiring.
My years of amateur astronomy seem mostly over now with the move from Taos, NM to the gloomy skies of the Pacific Northwest. Thought I might be able to get back into it, but I just can't get enthused here: want to buy a couple really nice amateur scopes?
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posted on
12/24/2004 7:02:12 PM PST
by
dagogo redux
(I never met a Dem yet who didn't understand a slap in the face, or a slug from a 45)
To: RazzPutin
Then why are we also told that galaxies are always colliding with each other? They're poorly driven?
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posted on
12/24/2004 7:03:17 PM PST
by
Riley
To: RadioAstronomer
Hey new galaxies are always a good Christmas present. I always wanted one of my very own.(But wrapping it might pose a problem)8-)
Merry Christmas Radio Astronomer and Happy New Year!!
Best Wishes
Captain Beyond
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posted on
12/24/2004 7:31:17 PM PST
by
Captain Beyond
(The Hammer of the gods! (Just a cool line from a Led Zep song))
To: RadioAstronomer
Merry Christmas RadioAstronomer!!
Hugs!!
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posted on
12/24/2004 7:35:13 PM PST
by
trussell
(I Never Frown, even when I am sad,because I never know who is falling in love with my Smile!!!)
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