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by copper5817
Sat May 05, 2012 8:45 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 04)
Replies: 37
Views: 20459

Re: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 0

Mr Peterson, thank you for answering my question. I was under the erroeneous assumption that the neutron star was still burning fuel. I am now even more intrigued ;-)
by copper5817
Fri May 04, 2012 1:16 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar's Path (2012 May 04)
Replies: 37
Views: 20459

Re: APOD: Fermi Epicyles: The Vela Pulsar s Path (2012 May 0

Ok, I have a question for you guys. With the pulsar spinning 11 times a second is the density or the gravitational field of the pulsar what keeps the centrifugal forces from flinging material away? Pulsars are know for having extremely dense structures. With this type of density would the structure ...
by copper5817
Mon Mar 26, 2012 12:00 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind (2012 Mar 26)
Replies: 27
Views: 3833

Re: APOD: M82: Galaxy with a Supergalactic Wind (2012 Mar 26

It kinda looks like the "supergalactic wind" is just a nebula which as far closer to us than the galaxy and just happens to be in the same sightline...
by copper5817
Sun Feb 10, 2008 2:39 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Abell 2218: A Galaxy Cluster Lens (APOD 10 Feb 2008)
Replies: 21
Views: 6407

If it is possible to bend light with gravity, might it also be possible that we are seeing the same galaxies many times like in a "kaleidoscope"? It appears that many of these galaxies appear to be the same ones repeating. Obviously there is no real evidence to support this on my part, but...
by copper5817
Tue Feb 05, 2008 12:13 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Mercury's Spider Crater (APOD 04 Feb 2008)
Replies: 58
Views: 20787

Yeah, I thought it looks like ridges instead of troughs too until I did what you guys suggested. Ridges almost make more sense like a crack in the surface that caused an eruption of some sort...but if they are not ridges then??? Missed it by THAT much...