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"This stunning image from Hubble shows the majestic galaxy NGC 1015, found nestled within the constellation of Cetus (The Whale) 118 million light-years from Earth. In this image, we see NGC 1015 face-on, with its beautifully symmetrical swirling arms and bright central bulge creating a scene akin to a sparkling Catherine wheel firework.
NGC 1015 has a bright, fairly large centre and smooth, tightly wound spiral arms and a central “bar” of gas and stars. This shape leads NGC 1015 to be classified as a barred spiral galaxy — just like our home, the Milky Way. Bars are found in around two-thirds of all spiral galaxies, and the arms of this galaxy swirl outwards from a pale yellow ring encircling the bar itself. Scientists believe that any hungry black holes lurking at the centre of barred spirals funnel gas and energy from the outer arms into the core via these glowing bars, feeding the black hole, fueling star birth at the centre and building up the galaxy’s central bulge.
In 2009, a Type Ia supernova named SN 2009ig was spotted in NGC 1015 — one of the bright dots to the upper right of the galaxy’s centre. These types of supernovae are extremely important: they are all caused by exploding white dwarfs which have companion stars, and always peak at the same brightness — 5 billion times brighter than the Sun. Knowing the true brightness of these events, and comparing this with their apparent brightness, gives astronomers a unique chance to measure distances in the Universe."
Web Link: esahubble.org/images/potw1811a/
Image Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess (STScl/JHU)
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About the Image
Id: potw1811a
Type: Observation
Release date: 12 March 2018, 06:00
Size: 3928 x 4538 px
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About the Object
Name: NGC 1015
Type: Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred
Distance: 120 million light years
Constellation: Cetus
Category: Galaxies
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Coordinates
Position (RA): 2 38 11.71
Position (Dec): -1° 19' 7.04"
Field of view: 1.97 x 2.27 arcminutes
Orientation: North is 22.0° right of vertical
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View in WorldWide Telescope: worldwidetelescope.org
(American Astronomical Society)
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Colours & filters
Band: Optical, V
Wavelength: 555 nm
Telescope: Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3
Band: Optical, I
Wavelength: 814 nm
Telescope: Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3
Band: Infrared, H
Wavelength: 1.6 μm
Telescope: Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3
Band: Optical, very broad
Wavelength: 350 nm
Telescope: Hubble Space Telescope, WFC3
Grand Jury, Day 2: Historical Background
Alex Thomson, former officer of Britain’s Signal Intelligence Agency, GCHQ, the partner agency to NSA has just completed his statement.
Matthew Ehret, Senior Fellow of American University in Moscow, Editor-in-chief of Canadian Patriot dot org and BRI Expert of Tactical Talk dot net then makes his own short statement.
Pay attention to what Ehret says about traps patriots/freedom lovers may easily fall into, traps laid via propaganda.
No lockdowns.
Facemasks not required.
Vaccines not required.
2 metre space between people suggested.
Tragic deaths and patients ill with COVID-19 are in low numbers.
Here is the updated information from the Danish government:
https://www.sst.dk/en/English/Corona-eng
When did Denmark back down from draconian law enforcement?
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/danish-govt-backs-down-on-forced-covid-vaccination-law-after-citizens-protest-with-pots-and-pans
Why exactly did the Danes reject the proposed law?
https://www.thelocal.dk/20201113/explained-what-is-denmarks-proposed-epidemic-law-and-why-is-it-being-criticised/
Ended a debate between Senators Daniel Webster of Massachusetts and Robert Hayne of South Carolina.
Daniel Webster won the day, but with hindsight, modern citizens may side with Hayne.
Hayne re-enforced the idea of a confederation while Webster defended the idea of a federation.
In a confederacy the people may overcome tyrants quicker than in a federation, for in THAT condition, do the words of the Unites States constitution have TEETH. #AntiFederalistPaper9 http://resources.utulsa.edu/law/classes/rice/Constitutional/AntiFederalist/09.htm "We [the Aristocratic party of the United States,] do not much like that sturdy privilege of the people -- the right to demand the writ of habeas corpus. We have therefore reserved the power of refusing it in cases of rebellion, and you know we are the judges of what is rebellion...."
Images:
Robert Y. Hayne
Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Daniel Webster
Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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