SATURDAY - = SATURN S DAY - OCTOBER 5 TH - 2014 COMMON ERA - FROM TODAY S STARDATE : MAFFEI 1 . REFERS TO COLLECTION SET FILLED WITH GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES NEAR THE GLORIOUS CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA - = THE QUEEN - & DISCOVERED BY ITALIAN ASTRONOMER PAOLO MAFFEI IN 1967 COMMON ERA - BUT WE CAN T SEE THEM DUE TO INTER - STELLAR CLOUDS MADE FROM COSMIC DUSTS . - & - AND IN THEIR TURNS , THE FOLLOWING KEYWORDS - & KEY WORDS TERMS - WERE INCLUDED ONLINE ALONG SIDES WITH TODAY S STARDATE TRANSCRIPT TO MAFFEI 1 - = - - + THE GLORIOUS CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA - = THE QUEEN - - & - AS WELL AS ALONG SIDES WITH - = - - + IN FULL TEXT TO FOLLOW OVER OUR NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + SOMETIMES YOUR OWN GALAXY CAN GET IN THE WAY . - + EVERY INDIVIDUAL STAR WHICH THEW UNAIDED HUMANS EYES CAN SEE BELONGS TO THE MILKY WAY - = OUR OWN HOMES GALAXY - BUT IN TURN , OUR OWN HOMES GALAXY IS ALSO FILLED WITH BIG CLOUDS COMPOSED FROM COSMIC DUSTS THAT BLOCK OUR VIEWS IN CERTAIN DIRECTIONS . ONE - = 1 - EXAMPLE FOR THOSE DUSTY COSMIC DIRECTIONS IS TOWARDS THE NORTHERN GLORIOUS CONSTELLATION CASSIOPEIA - = THE QUEEN - WHICH LOOKS LIKE A BRIGHT LETTER W - OR M - IN OUR EARTH S NORTHERN SKIES ON AUTUMN NIGHTS . THIS REGION CONTAINS WHAT MAY BE THE NEAREST GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXIY TO EARTH - WHICH IN TURN NO ONE KNEW ABOUT A MERE 50 CALENDARS WHEELS ON OUR EARTH S YEARS AGO . - + ITALIAN ASTRONOMER PAOLO MAFFEI SPOTTED THIS ASTRONOMICAL OBJECT IN 1967 COMMON ERA - AND SO , TODAY IT S KNOWN AS MAFFEI 1 . OTHER ASTRONOMERS IDENTIFIED IT AS A GALAXY . ALTHOUGH - IN PART - DUE TO ALL THE INTERVENINGS COSMIC DUSTS INVOLVED BETWEEN EARTH & MAFFEI 1 - NO ONE REALLY KNOWS HOW CLOSE MAFFEI I IS [ TO US HERE ON EARTH . ] . IT S PROBABLY ABOUT 11 MILLION - = MAFFEI 1 S - PROBABLY 11 X 10 &^ 6 TH - POWER S WORTH - LIGHT - YEARS - ON THE CORRESPONDING SPACE - TIMES CONTINUUMS DIMENSIONALS UNITS - AWAY FROM US HERE ON EARTH - = WHICH IN TURN S ONLY ABOUT FOUR TIMES - = MAFFEI 1 S ONLY ABOUT 4 X S > > - FARTHER AWAY FROM US HERE ON EARTH - VERSUS THE M 31 - = THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY . - = WHERE THE ANDROMEDA GALAXY IS IN TURN THE NEAREST GIANT GALAXY TO OUR OWN HOMES GALAXY - = THE MILKY WAY GALAXY . - + GIANT GALAXIES COME IN TWO - = 2 - MAIN TYPES : SPIRALS [ GALAXIES ] AND ELLIPTICALS [ AS GIANT GALAXIES . ] . BOTH ANDROMEDA AND THE MILKY WAY GALAXIES ARE SPIRALS - THEY LOOK LIKE BEAUTIFUL PINWHEELS . ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES LOOK MORE LIKE FUZZY FOOTBALLS . - + THE ONLY GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXY WHOSE PROXIMITY RIVALS THAT FROM MAFFEI 1 IS CENTAURUS A - = WHICH IN TURN S ABOUT 12 MILLION - L= 12 X 10 ^ 6 TH - POWER S WORTH - LIGHT - YEARS - ON THE CORRESPONDING SPACE - TIMES CONTINUUMS DIMENSIONALS UNITS - AWAY FROM US HERE ON EARTH - BUT IN TURN , CENTAURUS A S IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION TO MAFFEI 1 . - + MAFFEI 1 HAS SOME COMPANY - A GIANT SPIRAL GALAXY NAMED AS MAFFEI 2 . BOTH - = MAFFEI 1 AND MAFFEI 2 - AMONGST THESE GIANT ELLIPTICAL GALAXIES WOULD BE AMONGST THE BRIGHTEST - AND BEST - KNOWN - IN OUR EARTH S HEAVENS - IF ONLY IF IT WEREN T FOR THE BIG CLOUDS CONTAINING COSMIC DUSTS IN OUR OWN HOMES BASED GALAXY - = THE MILKY WAY GALAXY - WHICH BLOCKS OUR VIEWS . - + CONTINUED HERE OVER OUR NEXT SUCCESSIVE POSTINGS HERE - = - - + stardate.org/radio/program/2014-10-04 .
Posted on: Sat, 04 Oct 2014 18:51:29 +0000
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