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<DIV>You'd be surprised what computer programs can do.<BR></DIV>
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<A title=puglisi@arcetri.astro.it href="mailto:puglisi@arcetri.astro.it">Alfio
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:06
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [extropy-chat] Galaxy</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>><BR>> It is a computer generated galaxy.<BR>><BR>>
Gina<BR><BR>No, it's really M31. Check <A
href="http://www.skyoptics.net/m31.htm">http://www.skyoptics.net/m31.htm</A>
and <BR><A
href="http://www.seds.org/messier/Jpg/m31.jpg">http://www.seds.org/messier/Jpg/m31.jpg</A>
or Amara's link.<BR><BR>Your image seems to have a compressed dynamic range to
show stars more <BR>prominently, but it's definitely taken with a small
telescope: there is <BR>visible there is visibile cromatic aberrations on
luminous stars, <BR>elongated towards the center.<BR><BR>Alfio<BR><BR>On Sat,
17 Sep 2005, Gina Miller wrote:<BR><BR>> ----- Original Message
-----<BR>> From: Alfio Puglisi<BR>> To: ExI chat
list<BR>> Sent: Saturday, September 17, 2005 12:08 AM<BR>>
Subject: Re: [extropy-chat] Galaxy<BR>><BR>><BR>> On Fri, 16
Sep 2005, Gina Miller wrote:<BR>><BR>> ><BR>> > Our
place in the galaxy: <A
href="http://www.nanogirl.com/personal/galaxymap.htm">http://www.nanogirl.com/personal/galaxymap.htm</A><BR>><BR>><BR>>
Aehm.. since that's the M31 galaxy, if you follow the map you'll
find<BR>> yourself a couple of million light years away from home
:-)))<BR>><BR>> Alfio<BR>>
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