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by Fred Bowser
Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:43 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD Oct.03, 2005 Hyperion
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hyperion

What I see in it is a large crator taking up about three quarters of the side pictured , but most important is the round mound in the center of the crator which I take it is the object that made the crator. Anyone else see it?
by Fred Bowser
Tue Oct 04, 2005 2:38 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: ngc 613
Replies: 1
Views: 1738

ngc 613

Something that never occured to me until I looked at the picture NGC 613 > is that it looks as if the several arms of the galaxy are above the > galactic plane and acutally rotating slowly in a perpendicular plane to > the that. Of course my first thought, it is just the perspective. Then > of cours...