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Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1300
NASA ^ | January 09, 2016 | (see photo credit)

Posted on 01/09/2016 1:41:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv

Explanation: Big, beautiful, barred spiral galaxy NGC 1300 lies some 70 million light-years away on the banks of the constellation Eridanus. This Hubble Space Telescope composite view of the gorgeous island universe is one of the largest Hubble images ever made of a complete galaxy. NGC 1300 spans over 100,000 light-years and the Hubble image reveals striking details of the galaxy's dominant central bar and majestic spiral arms. In fact, on close inspection the nucleus of this classic barred spiral itself shows a remarkable region of spiral structure about 3,000 light-years across. Like other spiral galaxies, including our own Milky Way, NGC 1300 is thought to have a supermassive central black hole.

January 09, 2016

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TOPICS: Astronomy; Astronomy Picture of the Day; Science
KEYWORDS: apod; astronomy; eridanus; galaxy; ngc1300; science; spiralgalaxy
[Credit: Hubble Heritage Team, ESA, NASA]

1 posted on 01/09/2016 1:41:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...

Free APOD Lecture: Editor to speak tonight in Philadelphia
The Really, Really Big One

2 posted on 01/09/2016 1:43:18 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Gorgeous!


3 posted on 01/09/2016 1:49:14 PM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: SunkenCiv
I was watching the tube about the "universe." It was said that "GAMMA STREAMS" make galaxies. Is that incredible or what?

Hard to believe that God, His Son and the Holy Spirit love us and we are made to His image and likeness.

4 posted on 01/09/2016 1:54:49 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: cloudmountain

Wow! That is definitely going in my Endless screensaver rotation.


5 posted on 01/09/2016 2:03:24 PM PST by ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton (Go Egypt on 0bama)
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To: SunkenCiv

Katie bar the galaxy..


6 posted on 01/09/2016 2:04:21 PM PST by cripplecreek (Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.)
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To: ChinaGotTheGoodsOnClinton
From Google:

GAMMA STREAMS:

A universal stream is the designator used by the Transcendent Technomorphs to describe a single universe/dimension/reality within the Multiverse. The TransTech have cataloged 15,962,782 universal streams (over 1,176,325 of which have "come to termination"), grouping related universes into what are known as universal clusters and devising a classification system used to give each individual stream an alphanumeric designation.

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I've read it three times and my eyes won't uncross.

7 posted on 01/09/2016 2:07:56 PM PST by cloudmountain
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To: SunkenCiv
Hi. The pictures are pretty.

One thing I've always wondered — why are so many deep space images in color?  When I look up in the sky all I see is white or black.

Are there any websites that explain how these colors come about?  Thanks.

8 posted on 01/09/2016 6:17:18 PM PST by poconopundit (When the people shall become so corrupted as to need despotic government. Franklin, Const. Conv.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you for the post and ping, Mr. Civilizations.

Interesting to see what it looked like 70 million years ago.

I wonder what it looks like today. In any case, it is an image fit
to be a car marque. It looks a lot like our Impalas’ marques (we
have two Black 1996 Impala SSs). They’re tanks. I don’t see
their wearing out anytime soon.


9 posted on 01/09/2016 7:54:06 PM PST by TheOldLady (I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
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To: TheOldLady

Nice!


10 posted on 01/09/2016 9:56:55 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: SunkenCiv

Wish you could see the framed photos that came with the cars.
Bryan (hubby) has one in his office at work. The caption reads,
“Lord Vader, your car is ready.”

We have at least seven framed pictures of the car. Fans call it
“Orca, the Killer Whale.” They’re 20 years old, but they both are
able to s*** and git. We love them. I have a tiny orca hanging
from my rear-view mirror.

;-)


11 posted on 01/10/2016 10:03:35 AM PST by TheOldLady (I miss the Gipper. Wish we still had someone like him. ~~~ Trump and Cruz!)
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To: TheOldLady

;’)


12 posted on 01/10/2016 3:30:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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