By: Charles
(I wonder the same thing about all the anglicized Spanish place names in California.)
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The large version on Flickr looks amazing on the new iPad, with its high resolution. I can zoom in almost far enough to see some alien ships.
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By: Messier Tidy Upper
Whoah! That is one stunning galaxy image – love the aerial perspective there – and then the second extra arms surprise shot – wow! Marvellous, thankyou BA & Andre vd Hoeven – & Hubble and the...
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By: Messier Tidy Upper
It’s wikipedia page (linked to my above comment ) notes that Messier 106 is a Seyfert galaxy and has a water vapour maser as well as a possible companion galaxy NGC 4217 an edge on spiral with another...
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By: Messier Tidy Upper
(Also directly linked to my name here – taken by Wilson – can’t find first /last name there.) D’oh! Sometimes the things right in front of your eyes that you miss. Aaaaarrrgh! Make that HunterWilson...
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Charles- try saying it in Old Entish, but, as per usual, take your time…
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So if solar systems have a goldilocks zone, is there a similar “galactic goldilock zone” where stars a certain distance from the center of a galaxy are more likely to be favorable for solar systems...
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@MTU, That system you’re looking at near M106 is the small companion galaxy NGC 4248. NED(NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database) pegs its’ distance at 7.3 Mpc (the distance to M 106 is given as 7.4 Mpc)....
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By: Messier Tidy Upper
@ ^ Jon Hanford : Cheers for that – much appreciated. @13. eric : Yep. I think I’ve heard /read that GHZ idea mentioned a few times. Ideally a star isn’t in the dangerous galactic bulge region too...
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I’ll try to cover the basics, Charles, using the IPA in the pronunciations. 1) Vowels are pronounced as in English for the most part (hard to tell whether they will be long, though; compare “dāta” and...
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