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Messier Monday: The Gateway Galaxy to Virgo, M60
Posted by Ethan on February 4, 2013
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“The thing’s hollow—it goes on forever—and—oh my God—it’s full of stars!” -Dave Bowman, 2001: A Space Odyssey Back in October, we began a new, weekly series here called Messier Monday. Each Monday, we’ve taken a look at one of the 110 deep-sky objects that make up the Messier Catalogue, nebulous objects that might potentially be…
Galaxies are made exactly how, now?
Posted by Ethan on February 13, 2008 Last week, Jamie (my significant other) came home from work and told me about a conversation she had with her coworker, Chris. This week she asked another one, Miguel, whether he had any questions about Astronomy, Physics, space, etc. This week’s question comes from Miguel: What is a galaxy, anyway? Why does it look like…
