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- Fri Mar 28, 2014 10:58 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Stripping ESO 137 001 (2014 Mar 28)
- Replies: 34
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Re: APOD: Stripping ESO 137 001 (2014 Mar 28)
Yes! This is a wonderful image! Would not some of the star clusters being born in the trail of material be likely to one day form many smaller "galaxites", left to themselves to wander the cluster? Or will they remain part of the larger galaxy? Very cool regardless.
- Tue Dec 20, 2011 2:26 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 253: The Sculptor Galaxy (2011 Dec 20)
- Replies: 27
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Re: APOD: NGC 253: The Sculptor Galaxy (2011 Dec 20)
In this picture like most (all maybe) pictures of distance galaxies there are numberous stars which do not appear to be associated with a particular galaxy. Are there orphan stars between galaxies or are we looking through a closer galaxy in which these stars belong? Correct me if I'm wrong, but I ...