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Old October 28th 10, 04:37 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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The kewlest dynamics in the whole universe

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Old November 4th 10, 05:39 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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http://spacefellowship.com/news/art2...vy-galaxy.html

"The central parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313. The very active
state of this galaxy is very evident from the image, showing many star
formation regions. A great number of supershell nebulae, that is, cocoon
of gas inflated and etched by successive bursts of star formation, are
visible".
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Old November 4th 10, 05:46 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On Nov 4, 9:39*am, Sam Wormley wrote:
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art2...-day-the-topsy...

"The central parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313. The very active
state of this galaxy is very evident from the image, showing many star
formation regions. A great number of supershell nebulae, that is, cocoon
of gas inflated and etched by successive bursts of star formation, are
visible".


And then there is this guy, easily studied from the northern
hemisphere with larger amateur telescopes;

http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/apod/ap040205.html

I've seen those 2 super star clusters on several occasions, very
exciting!

\Paul A
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Old November 4th 10, 06:03 PM posted to sci.astro.amateur
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On 11/4/10 11:46 AM, palsing wrote:
On Nov 4, 9:39 am, Sam wrote:
http://spacefellowship.com/news/art2...-day-the-topsy...

"The central parts of the starburst galaxy NGC 1313. The very active
state of this galaxy is very evident from the image, showing many star
formation regions. A great number of supershell nebulae, that is, cocoon
of gas inflated and etched by successive bursts of star formation, are
visible".


And then there is this guy, easily studied from the northern
hemisphere with larger amateur telescopes;

http://zuserver2.star.ucl.ac.uk/~idh/apod/ap040205.html

I've seen those 2 super star clusters on several occasions, very
exciting!

\Paul A


Excellent!
 




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