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by Sculptor
Thu Aug 16, 2018 8:04 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Parker vs Perseid (2018 Aug 16)
Replies: 11
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Re: APOD: Parker vs Perseid (2018 Aug 16)

AZSteve: I also noticed the curved blue streak on the left. At full resolution you can see there is an even fainter straight green streak above the blue one. I would guess these are visible components of a particle shower (energetic particle from outer space colliding with air molecules, some of whi...
by Sculptor
Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: NGC 7814: The Little Sombrero in Pegasus (2017 Jun 30)
Replies: 14
Views: 3844

Re: APOD: NGC 7814: The Little Sombrero in Pegasus (2017 Jun 30)

I think there is a merger, but it's near the lower left corner.