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by Peter von Schilling
Sat May 25, 2019 9:16 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: RS Puppis (2019 May 17)
Replies: 17
Views: 13233

Re: APOD: RS Puppis (2019 May 17)

Hi I'm very new to this. In the image of RS Pup I notice maybe around 1000 or 1500 small bright spots, which I assume are stars. Most of these do not have any spikes. What I'm trying to find out: are these stars further away than RS Pup with attached Nebula, or do they lie in front of RS Pup and Ne...
by Peter von Schilling
Thu May 23, 2019 4:54 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: RS Puppis (2019 May 17)
Replies: 17
Views: 13233

Re: APOD: RS Puppis (2019 May 17)

Hi I'm very new to this. In the image of RS Pup I notice maybe around 1000 or 1500 small bright spots, which I assume are stars. Most of these do not have any spikes. What I'm trying to find out: are these stars further away than RS Pup with attached Nebula, or do they lie in front of RS Pup and Neb...