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- Tue Apr 05, 2016 9:46 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus (2016 Mar 24)
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Re: APOD: Hickson 91 in Piscis Austrinus (2016 Mar 24)
"On a cosmic timescale the result will be a merger into a large single galaxy, a process now understood to be a normal part of the evolution of galaxies" "On a cosmic timescale" - means there is NO POSSIBLE way to observe this hypothetical fiction. Who wants to be responsible for...
- Wed Feb 18, 2009 6:56 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 Feb 17)
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Re: Unusual Red Glow Over Minnesota (2009 February 17)
The casual spectral wavelength resembles that of atmospheric nitrogen(NOx) perhaps in consort with the seting sun and/or aurora borealis. (btw There is an Air Products facility, not far away, by the airport.)