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More evidence that the Milky Way has four spiral arms
Phys.Org ^ | 05-12-2015 | by Dan Majaess, Universe Today

Posted on 05/12/2015 12:33:15 PM PDT by Red Badger

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To: Red Badger

“Like a 4 blade Ceiling fan, if one breaks....”

I bet there’s some good stories to go along with breaking the blades off of ceiling fans!


21 posted on 05/12/2015 1:03:08 PM PDT by Carthego delenda est
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To: Red Badger

It goes without saying that this makes the problem of global warming even more acute. Just think of how much heat is produced by the stars in the fourth arm.


22 posted on 05/12/2015 1:10:44 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: cuban leaf
We should rename the Milky Way “Eric”. Eric the half a galaxy.

Sounds good to me. I can then tell everbody that my 'alf bee was named after the galaxy.

23 posted on 05/12/2015 1:27:12 PM PDT by zeugma (Are there more nearby spiders than the sun is big?)
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To: WayneS
Could be


24 posted on 05/12/2015 1:27:35 PM PDT by Covenantor ("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
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To: Carthego delenda est

I had one break all of its own accord one night while we were in bed!..................


25 posted on 05/12/2015 1:36:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

Hail hydra?


26 posted on 05/12/2015 1:59:57 PM PDT by sten (fighting tyranny never goes out of style)
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To: Red Badger

Four more arms and it will be known as the Octopus Milky Way. Nice ring to it. Other then the constellations Pisces Dolphine and Ceti, there aren’t many other underseas life forms present in the visible heavens.

Come on FR astronomers, help me out.

Oh, forgot Cancer, the Crab and the Crab Nebula. Sorry.

Aquarius is the water carrier, not a form of life.


27 posted on 05/12/2015 2:58:14 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
There is Capricornus, the Sea-Goat, Cetus the Whale, Cygnus the Swan, Delphinus the Dolphin, Dorado the Goldfish, Hydra the Water-Snake (Female), Hydrus the Water-Snake (Male), Pisces the Fishes, Piscis Austrinus the Southern Fish, and Volans the Flying Fish.

Plus the wreckage of the Argo--Carina the Keel, Puppis the Stern, and Vela the Sails.

28 posted on 05/12/2015 6:50:08 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus

I hope you didn’t use “Sky and Telescope” for these answers.

Just joking. You got a lot of the Southern Hemisphere sky which I have never seen. I’ll give you some slack on Cygnus (Deneb shines!) Swans are largely freshwater/brackish water birds

Thanks for the help.


29 posted on 05/12/2015 6:54:15 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper (madmax)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
No, used The World Almanac.

"Virginian geese are all swans." (John Adams to Benjamin Rush, 1807)

30 posted on 05/12/2015 7:24:37 PM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

Capricornus, Hydrus (not Hydra), Volans........................


31 posted on 05/13/2015 6:14:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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