A Super Galactic Discovery

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by Adam, Nov 20, 2002.

  1. Adam §Þ@ç€ MØnk€¥ Registered Senior Member

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  3. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    Would we feel the effects of the explosion from way out here?
     
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  5. chroot Crackpot killer Registered Senior Member

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    If you mean, "would we feel it with our human senses," no.

    - Warren
     
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  7. Cory Registered Senior Member

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    NGC 6240

    Does anbody know how they come up with these names for galaxies?
     
  8. EvilPoet I am what I am Registered Senior Member

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  9. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    Well I meant, how would the galaxy and more specifically, the area around us change from the way it is now.
     
  10. thed IT Gopher Registered Senior Member

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    Re: NGC 6240

    Yes. The 'names' come from the catalogues that detected or measured them. The more common ones in use are,

    M = Messier
    NGC = New General Catalogue

    There are though a large number of other cataogues. The Arp peculiar galaxies and the IC catalogue come to mind.

    The same goes for star naming conventions.
     
  11. Jerad Registered Member

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    It could eventually affect us and our surroundings. To what extent I dont know.
     
  12. Gifted World Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    Point: they are 400 million light-years from us. One problem with saying "future" in astromony is that when you get things like this, they've probably already happened, we just haven't seen it yet. We just won't be affected (if at all) for a "few huindred million years."
     
  13. notabene Registered Member

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    we can be affected any minute,,,unexpectedly:confused
     
  14. Fukushi -meta consciousness- Registered Senior Member

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    marvel at the universe, all hail that great time machine, the universe is.

     

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