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200,000 Elliptical Galaxies Point the Same Way
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| 29 aug 2007
| KJ Longo
Posted on 08/30/2007 6:47:29 PM PDT by jbp1
I have studied a sample of 200,000 elliptical galaxies with redshifts <0.20 from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) to investigate whether they tend to have their ellipticities aligned along a particular axis. The data show a 13 standard deviation signal for such an alignment. The axis is close to the spiral spin axis found previously and to that of the quadrupole and octopole moments in the WMAP microwave sky survey
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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: astronomy; galaxies; xplanets
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Where are they pointing? Who are we?
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:47:30 PM PDT
by
jbp1
To: jbp1
I have no idea what it’s talking about....but it’s probably Bush’s fault.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:48:52 PM PDT
by
joebuck
To: jbp1
may the schwartz be with you.
To: jbp1
Who are they pointing to? The ultimate question.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:49:53 PM PDT
by
colorcountry
(Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. --Voltaire)
To: jbp1
Just imagine the size of the critter that would leave a trail of bread crumbs like that.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:50:42 PM PDT
by
Grimmy
(equivocation is but the first step along the road to capitulation)
To: jbp1
For those interested you can get the SDSS zoomable sky with the NASA worldwind program. Really cool program. Google earth now has something similar as well.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:51:18 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Greed is NOT a conservative ideal.)
To: colorcountry
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:52:15 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: jbp1
You are here...
You are here... You are here...
To: jbp1
whenever i feel that way i have an apple cider or a beer
or both
9
posted on
08/30/2007 6:53:04 PM PDT
by
Flavius
To: jbp1
Time to bring out the bunny.
10
posted on
08/30/2007 6:53:24 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Compromise on your vote and you get a compromised government.)
To: colorcountry
“Who are they pointing to? The ultimate question.”
42.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:53:49 PM PDT
by
decal
("The Political Advisor Is IN.")
To: jbp1
some of the postings on the link are pretty funny. debating academic nerds. i say that in the nicest way due to the fact that i can't understand any word of their's over 4 characters long. i like the guy who wrote:
translation: "give us more funding"
To: jbp1
That’s Our Heavenly Father’s Creation...HE knows...
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:55:11 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: jbp1
"200,000 Elliptical Galaxies Can't Be Wrong"TM
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:55:46 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Pointer Systems)
To: jbp1
As noted by a poster from your link:
"200,000 galaxies can't be wrong!"
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:57:37 PM PDT
by
xJones
To: traumer
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:58:43 PM PDT
by
traumer
To: joebuck
I have no idea what it’s talking about....but it’s probably Bush’s fault. Bush and those damned SUVs.
Women and minorities hardest hit.
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posted on
08/30/2007 6:59:49 PM PDT
by
kennedy
To: DaveLoneRanger
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:00:42 PM PDT
by
shield
(A wise man's heart is at his RIGHT hand;but a fool's heart at his LEFT. Ecc 10:2)
To: Teacher317
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:04:16 PM PDT
by
Maceman
To: jbp1
It sounds like a bunch of mumbo-jumbo to me, and I love science/astronomy.
Wouldn’t it also take at least 2 days to examine one galaxy? Or can they identify its orientation within minutes?
I’m confused :/
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posted on
08/30/2007 7:05:38 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(Alright, hold tight, I'm a highway staaaaaaaaaaaaarrr)
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