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- Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:46 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: ISS Fisheye Fly-Through (2016 Nov 05)
- Replies: 16
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Re: APOD: ISS Fisheye Fly-Through (2016 Nov 05)
I'm an old fuddy-duddy, I know. But I think - in comparison to the scientific rewards that come from unmanned robotic missions (Hubble, Cassini, Mars rovers, for example) - manned missions are a bad deal, scientifically speaking. I think we just enjoy a good old-fashioned (expensive) adventure. Maki...
- Thu Nov 17, 2016 3:10 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: M63: The Sunflower Galaxy from Hubble (2016 Nov 09)
- Replies: 17
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Re: APOD: M63: The Sunflower Galaxy from Hubble (2016 Nov 09)
Are the bright blue knots of light star clusters? They seem much too bright and resolved to be individual stars. Or are they also nebulae like the red knots? They're stars. Some could be individual stars, but it's likely that many are multi-star systems and clusters, just as they are in our own Mil...
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 2:15 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 891 vs Abell 347 (2016 Nov 12)
- Replies: 5
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Re: APOD: NGC 891 vs Abell 347 (2016 Nov 12)
About how many Milky Way stars are included in that APOD? I assume that all but a few of the "objects" in the pic are distant galaxies, and maybe 6 to 10 local stars ?
- Fri Jul 15, 2016 2:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends (2016 Jul 14)
- Replies: 11
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Re: APOD: NGC 1309: Spiral Galaxy and Friends (2016 Jul 14)
When we look at the APOD photo of NGC 1309 are we able to see individual stars? Or are the bright points of light in the photo of the galaxy actually clusters of stars?