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Miscellaneous => The Water Cooler -- General Discussions => Topic started by: Richard S on July 02, 2009, 07:59:59 AM

Title: Putting Things in Perspective
Post by: Richard S on July 02, 2009, 07:59:59 AM

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Antares is a red supergiant star in our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and is more than 600 light years away from our solar system.

And now . . . here is an ultra deep field infrared photograph taken by the Hubble Telescope of countless galaxies billions of light-years away.

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"Lord, what fools these mortals be!"
([size=10]Shakespeare, A Midsummer-Night's Dream, III, ii, 115[/size])

Title: Re: Putting Things in Perspective
Post by: robertd on July 02, 2009, 08:35:20 AM

Neat!

The R9 really looks small.

I think I heard a Hoo.

Title: Re: Putting Things in Perspective
Post by: theirishguard on July 02, 2009, 01:11:24 PM

far far away...  Tom

Title: Re: Putting Things in Perspective
Post by: kjtrains on July 02, 2009, 05:04:00 PM

And then some!!

Title: Re: Putting Things in Perspective
Post by: Reinz on July 02, 2009, 07:46:59 PM

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The R9 really looks small.


The smallest on ANY planet!


Reinz