sagittarius?

This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our nearest
neighbour and Andromeda beyond that. And I always thought Sagittarius was a
constellation.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/spa...eut/index.html

I remember the news about the finding of that galaxy back in 94 and that it was
being " Eaten " by ours. As the article states, they named that very small
galaxy that name because our radio telescopes have to look threw that Cont. to
see it.

I've told many people about it while doing Sidewalk Astronomy.


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This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our nearest
neighbour and Andromeda beyond that. And I always thought Sagittarius was a
constellation.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/spa...eut/index.html




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"Mick" wrote in
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http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/spa...bal.reut/index.
html


The report is somewhat garbled but the Milky Way is currently colliding
with a dwarf galaxy that is named the "Sagittarius Dwarf". This collision
is occuring on the other side of the galactic core from the sun's location,
so it appears to be in Sagittarius from our point of view and hence the
name assigned to the dwarf galalxy. This has been known about for some
time. What is new is the detailed study your article was referring to.

Regards Llanzlan.

On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:29:19 GMT, "Mick" wrote:

This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our nearest
neighbour and Andromeda beyond that. And I always thought Sagittarius was a
constellation.

http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/spa...eut/index.html

-1500 years ago people knew that Earth was the center of the Universe,
- 500 years ago people knew that earth was flat,
- 15 minutes ago you knew that our nearest neighbour was the Magellanic
clouds,

- Imagine what wou will know tomorrow...

Agent K. in MIB



Good night!

Benoît Morrissette

"Benoit Morrissette" wrote in message
...
On Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:29:19 GMT, "Mick" wrote:

This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our
nearest
neighbour and Andromeda beyond that. And I always thought Sagittarius
was a
constellation.


http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/spa...eut/index.html

-1500 years ago people knew that Earth was the center of the Universe,
- 500 years ago people knew that earth was flat,
- 15 minutes ago you knew that our nearest neighbour was the Magellanic
clouds,

- Imagine what wou will know tomorrow...

Agent K. in MIB



Good night!

Benoît Morrissette

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Benoit Morrissette wrote in message . ..

-1500 years ago people knew that Earth was the center of the Universe,

Yes, even less than 500 years years ago.

- 500 years ago people knew that earth was flat,

Actually, 500 years ago, almost everyone knew that Earth was round.
The story of Columbus you were taught in grade school is actually a
fantasy dreamed up by Washington Irving, possibly influenced by
Antoine-Jean Letronne. God knows why this Lie is still being taught.


Clear skies!

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- 500 years ago people knew that earth was flat,

Actually, 500 years ago, almost everyone knew that Earth was round.
The story of Columbus you were taught in grade school is actually a
fantasy dreamed up by Washington Irving, possibly influenced by
Antoine-Jean Letronne. God knows why this Lie is still being taught.

Because it feeds modern people's sense of superiority -- "chronological
snobbery" as C. S. Lewis called it.

One of the myths of the modern worldview is that nobody had any brains until
just recently.

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From: "Mick"
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Subject: sagittarius?
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Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 15:29:19 GMT
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M This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our nearest
M neighbour and Andromeda beyond that. And I always thought Sagittarius was a
M constellation.

It was news to all of us back in 1994(?) when this galaxy was
discovered! You likely will not see this thing as a 'galaxy' shape
because its getting mixed into the Milky Way galaxy. You can see a
globular cluster, long assumed to be a native of the MW, that's really
within the Saggitarius dwarf galaxy. So, it's the brighest example of
a globular cluster you can see in an other galaxy.

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(JOHN PAZMINO) wrote in message ...

It was news to all of us back in 1994(?) when this galaxy was
discovered! You likely will not see this thing as a 'galaxy' shape
because its getting mixed into the Milky Way galaxy. You can see a
globular cluster, long assumed to be a native of the MW, that's really
within the Saggitarius dwarf galaxy. So, it's the brighest example of
a globular cluster you can see in an other galaxy.

That would be M54, a fairly easy binocular object. So if anyone asks
if you've seen an extragalactic globular cluster, now you can tell
them.

Three other (much dimmer) suspects are Arp 2, Terzan 7 and Terzan 8.


Clear skies!

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"Mick" wrote in message ...
This is news to me. I always thought the Magellanic Clouds were our nearest
neighbour and Andromeda beyond that.

Well, now that you're up to date on the Sagittarius Dwarf Elliptical
Galaxy, here is more news: There are at least 35 galaxies in the
Local Group, not including those we haven't discovered yet. Andromeda
is our nearest *big* neighbor, but there are plenty of little galaxies
that are closer than Andromeda, including Leo I, Leo II, and NGC 6822
(Barnard's Galaxy).


Clear skies!

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