Bernal Alpha

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, January 9, 2015

Spiral Arms and Subtle Jets

Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is of a nice spiral galaxy, NGC 1097, in the constellation of Fornax. The eye is drawn to the beautiful arms of the galaxy, but do you also notice the "fossil jets" emanating from the top and bottom of this structure?

Frederick Paul Kiesche III at 1/09/2015 08:59:00 AM

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Friday, January 9, 2015

Spiral Arms and Subtle Jets

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