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"
Friday, August 17, 2012
Down the Drain
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows NGC 5033, a nice spiral in the constellation of Canes Venatici. Ever notice how spiral galaxies from this angle resemble the whirlpools that form when you open the drain of your bathtub?
2 comments:
Indeed so.
I do like we have spiral galaxies at all sorts of angles. This angle gives a nice three dimensionality to the image.
I like how there are spiral galaxies at all orientations and angles.
This type is particularly nice for the three-dimensionality of the image.
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