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As someone pointed out earlier...you can manipulate the speed at your leisure using your finger etc.That was one of my first thoughts as well(too fast).....but...glass half full....I am intrigued by the presentation. Thanks!

Stunning...Eternally Exotic.....Artfully exhibited....Fascinating.....Thanks!

Once again,Thanks Ann,for all the info & pictures.

Nice capture Boomer! Is that light hazy bluish area SW of the Galaxy PART of one of the arms?

"...10 million light years from the Milky Way..." ONE Light year = (approx?) 5,880,000,000,000 miles. I know this is just elementary astronomy....still...these distances blow my mind...and this is just a small stride in an immense Universe.

http://burro.cwru.edu/JavaLab/GalCrashWeb/ellipt.html Some interesting info.

"Spinning 30 times a second.." Wow.....The jets ,in the X Ray data...are they products of the same process as the jets emitted by a black hole? What causes this spin?

After participating in the Galaxy Zoo program....I've seen some amazing Galaxy images.....hopefully we'll be studying some of them soon.

Does anyone know the name/# of this background Galaxy?

I saw it & imagined it to be a face on Galaxy.

Smashing! Not sure if it has been mentioned here in this discussion....WIKI mentions ,in reference to ARP 273, "it is thought that the smaller galaxy has actually passed through the larger one."[5] AMAZING to contemplate.

I believe we can excuse Ray for a few misconceptions...the fine writer that he was.Hee Hee I have been a SF fan since I was 8 or earlier...Ray was a big influence on my future love of reading books & searching for answers.

Chris Peterson wrote:

neufer wrote:

Chris Peterson wrote: The second nearest star?

Both...if a round trip is planned.

A robotic mission is also an example of man reaching someplace... and no return is required.

So true.....As good as can be expected & pretty satisfying! I'm excited about New Horizon's next destination.Very thrilling.

Chris Peterson wrote:

sillyworm wrote:Yes Galaxies are amazing! So Immense....So Distant.....So frustrating! We are able to explore them with Telescopes & Arithmetic.....while the nearest STAR is so beyond our current capabilities to reach by "Man".

The second nearest star?

Yes That is correct.

Yes Galaxies are amazing! So Immense....So Distant.....So frustrating! We are able to explore them with Telescopes & Arithmetic.....while the nearest STAR is so beyond our current capabilities to reach by "Man".The Universe is just a BIG tease!

somehow this image reminds me of a pop bottle vending machine.....

"NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory has discovered the first direct evidence for a superfluid, a bizarre, friction-free state of matter, at the core of a neutron star. Superfluids created in laboratories on Earth exhibit remarkable properties, such as the ability to climb upward and escape airtig...

"I agree. But many people may not care about the "astronaut experience", they may just want to be colonists and live off the Earth (and maybe politically independent of Earth, as well)." Trying to imagine that experience...colonizing...how far into the future that will be....with...

https://saturn.jpl.nasa.gov/galleries/raw-images/ RAW images from the recent fly by.

Galaxy mergers are among my favorite images.It does look to be another merge above & to the left(not the red line).

https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cass ... index.html What do you believe these white wisp clouds(?) represent?

Just curious to hear the thoughts from "EXPERT" Astronomers & Fans on the newest recent photos of Saturn's NORTH POLE/Storms/Cloud features,etc. Pretty amazing photos! Looking forward to the processed shots.

If we calculated the positions of these 3 Galaxies if we could view them as they would appear today(in their location)...how close would they be now? Would they be in the process of merging?

Thanks Chris You answered my question in your reply to CSW

Thank you Bruce & Chris.I guess what I was thinking was..Why...since the CMB photons were sent prior(?) to the formation of these galaxies...we don't see a background image unaltered by the Galaxies? Because the CMB is receding the photons are actually taking longer to get here because of this e...