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APOD: 2009 July 17 - Starburst Galaxy M94

apod.nasa.gov — Beautiful island universe M94 lies a mere 15 million light-years distant in the northern constellation of the hunting dogs, Canes Venatici. A popular target for earth-based astronomers, the face-on spiral galaxy is about 30,000 light-years across. Its remarkable features include prominent dust lanes, a bright, point-like nucleus, and a bright

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  • trezegol, on 07/17/2009, -2/+8Remember lads, this light has been travelling for 15 Million light years before reaching our eyes. Take a moment to understand that.
  • biddie67, on 07/17/2009, -2/+3is it an island "universe" or an island "galaxy"? Why the use of the word "island"?
  • RealmDown, on 07/17/2009, -1/+2You have some ugly brown stuff on your nose and you need to wipe it off pronto.
  • embryoinbloom, on 07/17/2009, -0/+1No you didn't.
  • Omnilector, on 07/17/2009, -1/+2That's merely 15,000,000 x 9454254955488000 meters =
    141813824332320000000000 meters or about
    465267521996953200000000 feet,
    which is
    around 88,118,848,863,059,318,182 miles.
    88.1 quintillion miles.
    Just around the corner, so to speak.
  • Stitchwhiz, on 07/17/2009, -1/+1It looks like a beautiful fresh water pearl
  • gordoncam1, on 07/17/2009, -1/+1good question.

    from Wiki - "In 1750 Thomas Wright, in his An original theory or new hypothesis of the universe, speculated (correctly) that Milky Way was a flattened disk of stars, and that some of the nebulae visible in the night sky might be separate Milky Ways.[21][29] In 1755 Immanuel Kant introduced the term "island universe" for these distant nebulae."
  • SeinfeldQuote, on 07/17/2009, -3/+2booby? is that you?
  • Fuzzycop, on 07/17/2009, -2/+1Big fricken' whoop! These folks are here to see the pretty pictures and not contemplate the mysteries of the universe!
  • RealmDown, on 07/17/2009, -2/+1You play "adjusting the radio frequency" in the shower, don't you ?
  • mysearch2008, on 07/17/2009, -3/+2I have digged you, you discuss an interesting subject.
    We can be friends, please Digg me too.
  • seanrtilley, on 07/17/2009, -5/+2Man, I'm stupid. I read the article title and thought "Oh my God, Starburst is making a new product!"

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