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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 09:48 PM
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Huge Spitzer/Hubble image of the Milky Way released today
From Phil Plait's blog:

Astronomers using the Hubble and Spitzer Space Telescopes have just released an incredible image of the center of the Milky Way.

(The image available for download is 6000 pixels wide.)

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/05/incredible-map-of-milky-way/">Incredible map of Milky Way

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2009/01/05/incredible-map-of-milky-way/">
Hubble and Spitzer map of Milky Way Center. Credit: NASA,
ESA, and Q.D. Wang (University of Massachusetts, Amherst),
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and S. Stolovy (Spitzer Science
Center/Caltech)
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CoffeeCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 09:52 PM
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1. Will this story EVER die?
Edited on Mon Jan-05-09 09:54 PM by TwoSparkles
Geez. We all get that the former New York governor was with a hooker, but do we really
need to see pictures of it?

Sheesh!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 10:11 PM
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2. That cage thing on the bottom left corner is freaking me out.
I think I might like this picture better than the Pillars Of Creation. Thanks for posting!
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tridim Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jan-05-09 10:18 PM
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3. I found Jay Leno and a sly-looking 60's hipster guy..
But no Jesus yet.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 02:56 PM
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4. OMG!!! This is Hugh!!!
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 03:00 PM
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5. A little video about it
http://www.sciencedaily.com/videos/2007/0607-first_stars_in_the_universe.htm
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-06-09 05:02 PM
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6. the American Astronomical Society is meeting this week
Expect a lot of exciting press releases between now and Friday!
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-07-09 08:21 PM
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7. Astronomy Picture of the Day for today:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090107.html
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