These great hollow globes of artificial super-metals, and artificial transparent adamant, ranged in size from the earliest and smallest structures, which were no bigger than a very small asteroid, to spheres considerably larger than the Earth. (Olaf Stapledon, STAR MAKER)
Friday, March 14, 2014
Rings
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows NGC 2685 in the constellation of Ursa Major. Also known as Arp 336, the galaxy shows a ring of stars and dust perpendicular to the plane of the galaxy.
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