Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"
Thursday, March 08, 2012
Flock of Seagulls
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day is The Seagull Nebula, a vast expanse of gas made up of several named and unnamed items (e.g., IC 2177, NGC 2327). This is one I've never seen (lousy New Jersey skies!).
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