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- Wed Aug 03, 2011 12:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Leo Triplet Galaxies from VST (2011 Aug 03)
- Replies: 39
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Re: APOD: The Leo Triplet Galaxies from VST (2011 Aug 03)
If you look closely you can see at least 5 other galaxies in the background...
- Wed Mar 30, 2011 12:16 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 5584: Expanding the Universe (2011 Mar 30)
- Replies: 11
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Re: APOD: NGC 5584: Expanding the Universe (2011 Mar 30)
From a non-technical point of view, I notice that the background galaxies all appear red-shifted...is this due to their distance and so their increased velocities away from us or could it be an artifact of the color filtering?
- Wed Jun 03, 2009 12:52 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: Planet as large as its star (2009 June 3)
- Replies: 12
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Planet as large as its star (2009 June 3)
This APOD raises questions for me: Why didn't the planet become a small star itself as it was forming? Why did the small star become a star instead of a large planet? If they are indeed the same size, why did they develop so differently? I suppose the planet could have developed in a different area ...