Sunday, November 5, 2017

A Few Things From Nearby Space

Click the pics but of course Mademoiselle or Monsieur to get the descriptions.

- The Bubble Nebula in context -


- The Trifid Nebula -


- A Cluster -

 



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  1. "this image spans... a width of 500 light-years" - is that big? I need a death star or something in the background for perspective. Ok, now I see Ed's butterfly. I guess this is very small then. BTW, the Trifid thingy has a crack in it. Must be Hillary still trying to break that glass nebulae ceiling.

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    1. Mr Blade. 500 light years is 500 * 5.8 trillion miles. Almost equal to the clinton foundation's accessible $ value.
      Hey, on the net today, I saw where chelsea clinton got slammed because, based on seeing a shopped picture of Abe Lincoln wearing a MAGA hat asked on twitter - "Did Abe Lincoln actually wear a MAGA hat?" LOLOLOLOL What a freaking dolt. I predict she will be a new york senator soon.

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  2. That bottom shot looks like the starry skies my stepdaughter's seeing from remote islands in the S Pacific...ASTONISHING.

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    1. Z, Imagine trying to sleep on a planet in the center of that mess of stars.

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  3. Remembering back to when I served on active duty, we had a lot of clusters, too.

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    1. Mustang, I'm proud to say, in our IT department where I goof o.. I mean work all day, we have no clusters. Home is another 'matter'. Or is it 'investigation'..

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