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by RCN Retired
Tue Aug 28, 2012 4:30 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi (2012 Aug 28)
Replies: 11
Views: 5086

Re: APOD: Colorful Clouds Near Rho Ophiuchi (2012 Aug 28)

I just signed this site and interesting that this is the first thread I read. This picture shows exactly what a current scientific report I read this past week described. It stated that each and every galaxy has a black hole at the very center. Some of these holes are not active, and the Milky way h...
by RCN Retired
Tue Aug 28, 2012 3:05 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 271
Views: 2043849

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

I always had a interest in space while growing up. All the science fiction (some of which is no longer fiction) comics and books hooked me good. After joining the Royal Canadian Navy I was selected for a special branch with the main role of studying and being involved in the beginning of the space r...