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- Wed Jan 30, 2019 7:22 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ultima Thule from New Horizons (2019 Jan 29)
- Replies: 35
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Re: APOD: Ultima Thule from New Horizons (2019 Jan 29)
Please pardon my ignorance. EU/ESA rather than US/NASA. Yes, the four lobes look quite different, after all one is a comet, the other an asteroid. That doesn't change the fact that both objects are peculiarly divided into two lobes.
- Wed Jan 30, 2019 1:38 am
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: Ultima Thule from New Horizons (2019 Jan 29)
- Replies: 35
- Views: 21006
Re: APOD: Ultima Thule from New Horizons (2019 Jan 29)
Is it a coincidence that Ultima Thule has two lobes very similar to Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on which the U.S. landed a probe?
- Tue Sep 06, 2016 10:21 pm
- Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
- Topic: APOD: The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond (2016 Sep 06)
- Replies: 24
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Re: APOD: The Whirlpool Galaxy and Beyond (2016 Sep 06)
The narrative says "Thousands of the faint dots in background of the featured image are actually galaxies far across the universe." I'm curious if any of these have been named, numbered, or otherwise noted. Are they too distant for Hubble to see?