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BootinUp

(48,897 posts)
Thu May 25, 2023, 08:26 PM May 2023

M83: The Thousand Ruby Galaxy






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M83: The Thousand Ruby Galaxy

Credits: SubaruTelescope, NAOJ, Hubble SpaceTelescope, European Southern Observatory, Robert Gendler
#nature #space #astrophotography


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Deuxcents

(19,510 posts)
3. M83 is a French band that has put out some great music
Thu May 25, 2023, 08:38 PM
May 2023

I looked them up after watching the BBC series of “Versailles “ and loved the music. I wonder what they think about having a galaxy with the same name..M83 The Thousand Ruby Galaxy

PoindexterOglethorpe

(26,607 posts)
7. Oh, wow.
Thu May 25, 2023, 11:12 PM
May 2023

My Son The Astronomer does exo-planet research, so he never sends me stuff like this.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

BootinUp

(48,897 posts)
9. You might want to save it to your device
Thu May 25, 2023, 11:15 PM
May 2023

I don't know how long the mastodon server keeps images stored

cstanleytech

(26,921 posts)
11. I wish we could visit it and many other a beautiful places in the universe right now.
Sun May 28, 2023, 05:21 AM
May 2023

Sadly though I do not ever see that happening in my lifetime unless an advances civilzation decides to contact us and provide us with the means but the odds of that are worse than the odds of winning 2 $2 billion dollar lotteries one day apart.

electric_blue68

(17,691 posts)
13. Beautiful. Ty. What a great name for a galaxy!
Mon May 29, 2023, 08:43 AM
May 2023

Last edited Mon May 29, 2023, 12:05 PM - Edit history (1)

ETA:

I wonder if those are massive red giant stars.

Or is it possible for a massive amount of red dwarf stars close together to cause that same effect.

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