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Sunday, November 05, 2006

Weekend Special: Astro Pic Session 4

Hmm, for this session lets focus on our neighbours.. no no, its not the planets in the solar system.. its our galaxy, the Milky Way's neighbours..
as for the solar system, another seesion ba.. =D
























M31 (Nearest large galaxy but still a whopping 1.3 million light years away from us!!)

































Sagittarius Dwarf (Nearest galaxy, approx 60,000 light years away)
However it is believed that it is being slowly torn apart by MilkyWay's gravitational forces

Credit and Copyright: A. Oksanen, 2.6 meter Nordic Optical Telescope
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap970329.html



























Large Magellanic Cloud ('satellite' of MilkyWay, 180,000 light years away)

Credit and Copyright: D. Malin (AAO), AATB, ROE, UKS Telescope
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap980124.html



























Small Magellanic Cloud ('satellite' of MilkyWay, 250,000 light years away)

Scribbled by JuN at {10:01 pm}

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