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06-05-2008, 03:45 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: David Kleist Join Date: May 2006 Location: Interlaken (Switzerland)
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| Our Milky Way Gets a Makeover very intereesting news from here: Catalog Page for PIA10748 "Like early explorers mapping the continents of our globe, astronomers are busy charting the spiral structure of our galaxy, the Milky Way. Using infrared images from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, scientists have discovered that the Milky Way's elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Previously, our galaxy was thought to possess four major arms. This artist's concept illustrates the new view of the Milky Way, along with other findings presented at the 212th American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis, Mo. The galaxy's two major arms (Scutum-Centaurus and Perseus) can be seen attached to the ends of a thick central bar, while the two now-demoted minor arms (Norma and Sagittarius) are less distinct and located between the major arms. The major arms consist of the highest densities of both young and old stars; the minor arms are primarily filled with gas and pockets of star-forming activity. The artist's concept also includes a new spiral arm, called the "Far-3 kiloparsec arm," discovered via a radio-telescope survey of gas in the Milky Way. This arm is shorter than the two major arms and lies along the bar of the galaxy. Our sun lies near a small, partial arm called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur, located between the Sagittarius and Perseus arms." |
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06-05-2008, 03:50 PM
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| Still Alive   Realname: Andy Join Date: May 2006 Location: Syracuse NY USA Age: 24
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    | some fantastic information here: Image ssc2008-11a GLIMPSE: the Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire |
| | It's easy to see in these tired eyes, that blood has no value in modern life. | All time is held in stars, and it tears me apart. | [_]|||||||[_] | backstept.blogspot.com | |
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06-05-2008, 05:44 PM
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| Moderator With Rocks In  Join Date: May 2006 Location: Southampton Age: 25
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| er... they're latin... obviously  'Normal' ie right angle, and 'shield' |
| Military-Meshes Admin | prdobson.com Current Project: Galor class cruiser | (Klingon Bird of Prey - on hold) | (Deep Space Nine - on hold) DIMIDIVM·FACTI·QVI·COEPIT·HABET | |
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06-05-2008, 08:39 PM
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| Yeah, up another 10 cents   Realname: Nate Join Date: May 2006 Location: San Diego, CA, USA Age: 31
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| oh great... Sol is deeper in the galaxy?? Guess I better do some adjustments on my cosmos map :/ |
| 2d art is treated as a bastard child in 3D forums. There are cultures on this planet that are just plain not ready for advanced technologies like explosives and automatic guns | |
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06-05-2008, 09:35 PM
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| SFM Oracle  Realname: Alexander Weber Join Date: May 2006 Location: Schatthausen, Germany Age: 21
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| So that's where my galaxy map had gone...... Fascinating. |
| See the Shadows of Darkness, Hear the Scream of Cruelty... That's why I've became a Warrior of Heart, Defend the one you like, Guard the one you love... | |
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06-05-2008, 10:23 PM
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| SFM Guru  Realname: Andrew Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Newcastle, Australia Age: 34
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In another 100 years we'll still be only just scratching the depths of knowledge out there. | |
| We touch, this place is so quiet, sensing that storm. | ||
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