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by malcm
Mon Aug 24, 2009 1:36 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spiral galaxies
Replies: 29
Views: 4938

Re: Spiral galaxies

John: Here's a late answer to your June comment - if you're still checking: While spirals are numerous, galaxies come in various shapes - many ellipticals as well as others written about by Halton Arp in his books, Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies and another, Quasars, Redshifts and Controversies. Check a...
by malcm
Sat Aug 08, 2009 5:30 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: The OTHER Astronomy Cafe
Replies: 6
Views: 555

Re: The OTHER Astronomy Cafe

- - and comets? Just snowballs thrown from the ; "winter of (her) discontent".
by malcm
Fri Aug 07, 2009 11:49 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: The OTHER Astronomy Cafe
Replies: 6
Views: 555

Re: The OTHER Astronomy Cafe

A late report, just in, indicates that spiral galaxies are really God's frisbees in a game She plays with some of Her favorite angels!
by malcm
Thu Oct 23, 2008 3:39 am
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spiral galaxies
Replies: 29
Views: 4938

BMAONE23 - Thanks

Great websites! I already have 21"X27" mounted blowups around the house & am running out of wall space. Have to start using the doors, I guess. The pix we're getting in this past decade are just mind=blowing!
by malcm
Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:09 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spiral galaxies
Replies: 29
Views: 4938

Thank you, too, Chris - I've added Cloudbait to my favorites list.
by malcm
Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:00 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spiral galaxies
Replies: 29
Views: 4938

Your list!

:D Bystander: Your reply, including a list of 200 APOD galaxy items, is PRICELESS! How did you do that?! Many thanks! I hope I can save it & browse thru it frequently. I noticed that ARP271 is included. Particularly interesting to me, for Halton (Chip) Arp was a fencing buddy of mine many years ...
by malcm
Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:14 pm
Forum: The Asterisk Café: Discuss Anything Astronomy Related
Topic: Spiral galaxies
Replies: 29
Views: 4938

Spiral galaxies

Do spiral galaxies revolve (apparently) in a clockwise direction, as does a 4th of July pinwheel or, COUNTER clockwise, as I've read somewhere, which wd seem unlikely - unwinding as it goes?