Yes, Gordie1's picture of the Moon was indeed very good. And now for another Astronomy Picture of the Day nomination from me and it's the great M33 Triangulum Galaxy which is nearby at 3 million light years' distance. It's not as often featured as the Andromeda Galaxy, which is unfor...
...Most of the time each person is immersed in the details of one special part of the whole and does not think of how what they are doing relates to the larger picture.[For example, in education, a teacher might say in the next class he was going to “explain Young's modulus and ...
Last night at about 6.30pm I saw what looked like a ball of fire in the sky. It looked like bits were falling off, then it shrunk, or moved into the distance. Could it have been this Betelgeuse star? No. The winter night sky is dominated by the constellation Orion. You'll see Bete...
The Andromeda Galaxy is about 220,000 Light Years across. Alcyoneus, currently at the time of writing, is the largest known galaxy, an estimated 16 million light-years across. It puts things into perspective.Arxiv Butterfly Nebula Angular Size The Angular Size is the size given as arc ...
Year of Discovery: 1966 Discoverer: Halton Arp Morphological Type: Sb: D RedShift: 0.02508 Angular Size (arcmin): 1.200 0.504 45 (NIR) C Radial Velocity (km/s): 7426 Introduction ARP 273is aSpiral Galaxylocated in the constellation ofAndromedain the northern hemisphere. ARP 273's distance ...
Yes, Gordie1's picture of the Moon was indeed very good. And now for another Astronomy Picture of the Day nomination from me and it's the great M33 Triangulum Galaxy which is nearby at 3 million light years' distance. It's not as often featured as the Andromeda Galaxy, which is unfor...
Yes, Gordie1's picture of the Moon was indeed very good. And now for another Astronomy Picture of the Day nomination from me and it's the great M33 Triangulum Galaxy which is nearby at 3 million light years' distance. It's not as often featured as the Andromeda Galaxy, which is unfor...
Last night at about 6.30pm I saw what looked like a ball of fire in the sky. It looked like bits were falling off, then it shrunk, or moved into the distance. Could it have been this Betelgeuse star? No. The winter night sky is dominated by the constellation Orion. You'll see Bete...
Last night at about 6.30pm I saw what looked like a ball of fire in the sky. It looked like bits were falling off, then it shrunk, or moved into the distance. Could it have been this Betelgeuse star? No. The winter night sky is dominated by the constellation Orion. You'll see Bete...
Last night at about 6.30pm I saw what looked like a ball of fire in the sky. It looked like bits were falling off, then it shrunk, or moved into the distance. Could it have been this Betelgeuse star? No. The winter night sky is dominated by the constellation Orion. You'll see Bete...