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From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Andromeda
URL: https://earthsky.org/space/earths-night-sky-milky-way-andromeda-merge/
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"Andromeda galaxy actual size? Yes. This image truly depicts what the night sky would look like if the Andromeda galaxy – the galaxy next door – were brighter. Original background shot of the moon by Stephen Rahn. Andromeda galaxy image via NASA. Composite photo by Tom Buckley- Houston. The composite showed up on Reddit a few years ago. Not convinced? Here’s a similar image via APOD. As the Andromeda-Milky Way merger continues, the Andromeda galaxy will appear bigger – and bigger – in our sky. Milky Way and Andromeda merger has begun The Andromeda galaxy, the nearest spiral galaxy to our Milky Way, isn’t noticeable in our night sky, unless you look for it. Under dark skies, however, you can see it without optical aid, but only as a barely visible fuzzy patch of light. But one day, far in the future, Andromeda will be bright in our sky, growing larger and larger … as it gets closer and closer to us. And even though the two galaxies are still 2.5 million light-years apart, the eventual merger of our two galaxies has, in fact, already begun." |
46853
From: shatterbrain, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Andromeda
| Wow, a permanent skyshow fireworks display.😃 |
46855
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: Andromeda
| yeah, too bad we can't see it! |
46856
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: If you ever get the chance...
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...to see Sirius through a really high-quality scope, you won't want to miss that... The word lightshow doesn't begin to describe what goes on there. ;) Link above to a brief YouTube glimpse someone recorded, although when I saw it, it wasn't quite like this but much more dramatic, not only a fast strobing of many colors but those colors of light shooting out in all directions... Never saw anything like it, doubt I will again... ;) |
46857
From: akira, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: If you ever get the chance...
URL: https://www.drewexmachina.com/2017/04/06/new-hubble-observations-of-the-sirius-system/
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Awesome! I suspect the visual effects are distortions from the earth's atmosphere . Here's a Hubble image of Sirius. |
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46858
From: shadow, [DNS_Address]
Subject: Re: If you ever get the chance...
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Could very well be that, but so glorious! Nice image, thanks... |
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