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)
Wednesday, July 25, 2018
Edging Out
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows us a common celestial object (a spiral galaxy) but seen but a less common vantage (edge on). Think about it. The most famous (or familiar) images of spirals are usually at an angle such that we look over and into the galaxy from above (or below...it's all relative!), not along the side.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment