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yuiyoshida

(45,409 posts) Tue Sep 13, 2016, 09:22 PM Sep 2016

Zooming on the star cluster Terzan

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Zooming on the star cluster Terzan (Original Post) yuiyoshida Sep 2016 OP

Now do that to the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri.... Spitfire of ATJ Sep 2016 #1

Thanks for posting. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #2

#wearenotaloneintheuniverse Fast Walker 52 Sep 2016 #3

Man, that's a lot of stars ffr Sep 2016 #4

The human ego..... zwyziec Sep 2016 #5

Moving. byronius Sep 2016 #6

Spitfire of ATJ

(32,723 posts)

1. Now do that to the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri....

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Tue Sep 13, 2016, 11:10 PM

Sep 2016

PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,493 posts)

2. Thanks for posting.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:06 AM

Sep 2016

I really love astronomy.

Fast Walker 52

(7,723 posts)

3. #wearenotaloneintheuniverse

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 07:36 AM

Sep 2016

ffr

(23,398 posts)

4. Man, that's a lot of stars

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:12 PM

Sep 2016

Possibly a lot of solar systems too, with rocky planets circling them.

It boggles the mind.

zwyziec

(173 posts)

5. The human ego.....

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 12:45 PM

Sep 2016

is as large as this very small segment of the universe. How insignificant we are......like a bird fart in a spring gale.

byronius

(7,973 posts)

6. Moving.

Reply to yuiyoshida (Original post)

Wed Sep 14, 2016, 04:15 PM

Sep 2016

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