Cosmic Spider is Good Mother - Democratic Underground

Mr. McD

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Fri Apr-07-06 05:44 PM
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Cosmic Spider is Good Mother

Hanging above the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) - one of our closest galaxies - in what some describe as a frightening sight, the Tarantula nebula is worth looking at in detail. Also designated 30 Doradus or NGC 2070, the nebula owes its name to the arrangement of its brightest patches of nebulosity that somewhat resemble the legs of a spider. This name, of the biggest spiders on Earth, is also very fitting in view of the gigantic proportions of the celestial nebula - it measures nearly 1,000 light years across!

http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2006/pr-13-06.html

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electropop

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Fri Apr-07-06 05:46 PM
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1. That's purdy.

Thanks!

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xchrom

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Fri Apr-07-06 05:51 PM
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2. wow -- it appears that it is an incredibly

active places -- stars being born there all the time?

amazing.

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Ready4Change

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Fri Apr-07-06 10:38 PM
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3. I don't see a spider.

I see a cosmic bat, heading out way to devour our souls.

Or, maybe its a cosmic FRUIT bat, coming to devour all our pinapples.

Either way, bad news.

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sakabatou

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Fri Apr-07-06 11:42 PM
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4. It's like looking at a Rorschoc (sp.) picture

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