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Offline Libertas

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Hubble Spots Protostar "Cosmic Catapillar" 4,500 LY away in Cygnus
« on: August 30, 2013, 08:59:15 AM »
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Re: Hubble Spots Protostar "Cosmic Catapillar" 4,500 LY away in Cygnus
« Reply #1 on: August 30, 2013, 12:29:41 PM »
This video is so cool. The protostar itself is so cool. The Hubble Telescope is so cool!!!

To think that this thing is 16 trillion miles long boggles the mind. It's incomprehensible. That's enough "space" to BE space, for all practical purposes. If you were "inside" that, would you even know it?


Protostar IRAS 20324+4057 Zoom Sequence
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Re: Hubble Spots Protostar "Cosmic Catapillar" 4,500 LY away in Cygnus
« Reply #2 on: September 03, 2013, 09:20:15 AM »
In Cygnus?!  I never realized...   ::foilhathelicopter::

In the constellation of Cygnus
There lurks a mysterious, invisible force
The Black Hole
Of Cygnus X-1

Six Stars of the Northern Cross
In mourning for their sister's loss
In a final flash of glory
Nevermore to grace the night...

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Re: Hubble Spots Protostar "Cosmic Catapillar" 4,500 LY away in Cygnus
« Reply #3 on: September 03, 2013, 09:31:48 AM »
MNHawk, you're a rock music encyclopedia.

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"A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high duties of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation. To lose our country by a scrupulous adherence to written law, would be to lose the law itself, with life, liberty, property and all those who are enjoying them with us; thus absurdly sacrificing the end to the means."

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