| An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral | Markopolo | 1/23/12 10:08 AM | Called "one of the most perfect geometrical forms created in space" in THIS NASA/ESA Hubble webpage, the pre-planetary nebula IRAS 23166+1655 (also called LL Pegasi and AFGL 3068) is a nearly perfect spiral of gases emitted by a dying star. It is wor |
| Re: An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral | spacecowboy2006 | 1/23/12 2:55 PM | Coordinates 23.16.42.4 , +16:55:10 in Pegasus. APOD 9-14-2010___ Spiral Binary from LL Pegasi. http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap100914.html web results _________________________ Pic is Mount Diablo, California; it is also the point setting for my sn |
| Re: An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral | Gregg1956 | 1/23/12 5:26 PM | My man Phil Plait also wrote about this image in his inimitable style: Awesome death spiral of a bizarre star_________________________ "Other job markets may lay claim to the title, but astronomy is actually the world's oldest profession." - Phil Pl |
| Re: An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral | Markopolo | 1/23/12 10:33 PM | I like Phil Plait's "sprinkler head" analogy. It works for me. From your link: "This is called the sprinkler-head effect. As a sprinkler spins, the jet of water appears to take a spiral shape. Each individual drop is moving directly away from the |
| Re: An Extraordinary Celestial Spiral for tonight. | Jfare | 1/24/12 7:17 AM | very good!! hope-fully will look out for it tonight and might get a clear view in the sky....( hope-fully)._________________________ Jfare |