APOD: The Galaxy Between Two Friends (2021 Nov 06)

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APOD: The Galaxy Between Two Friends (2021 Nov 06)

Post by APOD Robot » Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:06 am

Image The Galaxy Between Two Friends

Explanation: On an August night two friends enjoyed this view after a day's hike on the Plateau d'Emparis in the French Alps. At 2400 meters altitude the sky was clear. Light from a setting moon illuminates the foreground captured in the simple vertical panorama of images. Along the plane of our Milky Way galaxy stars of Cassiopeia and Perseus shine along the panorama's left edge. But seen as a faint cloud with a brighter core, the Andromeda galaxy, stands directly above the two friends in the night. The nearest large spiral galaxy, Andromeda is about 2.5 million light-years beyond the stars of the Milky Way. Adding to the evening's shared extragalactic perspective, the fainter fuzzy spot in the sky right between them is M33, also known as the Triangulum galaxy. Third largest in the local galaxy group, after Andromeda and Milky Way, the Triangulum galaxy is about 3 million light-years distant. On that night, the two friends stood about 3 light-nanoseconds apart.

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Post by heehaw » Sat Nov 06, 2021 10:20 am

the two friends stood about 3 light-nanoseconds apart.
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Post by Alvaro Ricardo Knesebeck » Sat Nov 06, 2021 11:28 am

Now look at the rocks. Isn't that quite similar to those rock formations seen on pictures from Mars?

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Post by orin stepanek » Sat Nov 06, 2021 12:55 pm

Thanks Ann! I love the time you spend on these!

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Post by Sa Ji Tario » Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:15 pm

Two very faint meteor tracks are seen between 6 and 7 in Ann's image and between Andromeda and the left edge

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Post by johnnydeep » Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:40 pm

Sa Ji Tario wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:15 pm Two very faint meteor tracks are seen between 6 and 7 in Ann's image and between Andromeda and the left edge
Damn, your eyes are good! I eventually found all three, but one is MUCH easier to spot than the other two.
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Post by Sa Ji Tario » Sun Nov 07, 2021 3:25 am

johnnydeep wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 9:40 pm
Sa Ji Tario wrote: Sat Nov 06, 2021 4:15 pm Two very faint meteor tracks are seen between 6 and 7 in Ann's image and between Andromeda and the left edge
Damn, your eyes are good! I eventually found all three, but one is MUCH easier to spot than the other two.
¡Awesome!

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Post by Sa Ji Tario » Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:01 am

Friend Johnny, I have had these eyes for 81 years without ever wearing glasses

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Post by johnnydeep » Sun Nov 07, 2021 2:36 pm

Sa Ji Tario wrote: Sun Nov 07, 2021 4:01 am Friend Johnny, I have had these eyes for 81 years without ever wearing glasses
I've been nearsighted since early childhood. Apparently, mother Nature didn't want me to be distracted by far off things :)
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