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Got my first shot with a star tracker! Decided the Pleiades would make a good target.
November 25, 2024 at 3:39 AM
Got my first shot with a star tracker! Decided the Pleiades would make a good target.
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Seeing the LMC's interplay with our galaxy helps scientists understand what happened in the early universe, when galaxies were closer together. It also shows just how messy and complicated the process of galaxy interaction is. (6/6)
NASA's Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy's Scrape with Milky Way
hubblesite.org
November 14, 2024 at 6:11 PM
Seeing the LMC's interplay with our galaxy helps scientists understand what happened in the early universe, when galaxies were closer together. It also shows just how messy and complicated the process of galaxy interaction is. (6/6)
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The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter of the full Moon. And it survived a crash with our galaxy’s halo. (1/6)
November 14, 2024 at 6:11 PM
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is one of the Milky Way galaxy's nearest neighbors. This dwarf galaxy looms large on the southern nighttime sky at 20 times the apparent diameter of the full Moon. And it survived a crash with our galaxy’s halo. (1/6)