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by lauradaltry
Fri Feb 14, 2014 11:07 pm
Forum: Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections
Topic: APOD Collection: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy
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Re: APOD Collection: M101: The Pinwheel Galaxy

"But they do look amazingly alike: each with arms exhibiting the shape of a simple and beautiful mathematical curve known as a logarithmic spiral, a spiral whose separation grows in a geometric way with increasing distance from the center. Also known as the equiangular spiral, growth spiral, an...
by lauradaltry
Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:54 pm
Forum: Ship's Log: APOD Retrospectives and Collections
Topic: APOD Collection: Lunar Eclipses
Replies: 1
Views: 69798

Re: APOD Collection: Lunar Eclipses

Fantastic photos and articles, thanks! Laura Daltry
by lauradaltry
Fri Feb 14, 2014 10:49 pm
Forum: Starship Asterisk: Handbook
Topic: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronomy?
Replies: 271
Views: 2033211

Re: Introductions: How did you become interested in astronom

Hi, I'm excited to find this site. My father worked in navigation and guidance for NASA for the first manned landing on the moon in 1969 and throughout the Gemini missions, so astronomy and space exploration were a huge, fascinating part of my childhood. Laura Daltry