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Offline sam

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Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« on: October 24, 2011, 22:37 »
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A new picture of a gassy disk around a young star suggests that unseen planets may be forming about 456 light-years away. The near-infrared image of the star SAO 206462 was captured by the Subaru Telescope in Hawaii.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/10/pictures/111021-best-space-pictures-planets-comets-stars-science-166-mars/
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« Reply #1 on: October 24, 2011, 23:01 »
Love the Yellowknife Lights.
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« Reply #2 on: October 24, 2011, 23:20 »
Love the SN1987A  8-)
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« Reply #3 on: October 25, 2011, 21:23 »
Quote from: Simon on October 24, 2011, 23:01
Love the Yellowknife Lights.

when i flew over there last Christmas I saw the most spectacular green Aurora.
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« Reply #4 on: October 25, 2011, 21:59 »
Wow, that's something I'd like to see, but to be honest, I'll probably never make the effort.
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Re: Space Pictures This Week: Baby Planets, "Magic" Mirrors, More
« Reply #5 on: October 25, 2011, 22:03 »
I wouldn't, I was just flying home.
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