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Postby Grimblast » Sat Sep 05, 2009 10:17 am

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090905.html

Remnants of a super nova. Very beautifal in appearence but wouldn't want to be too close to one, hah!
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Postby Zancarius » Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:37 am

Holy cow. What's amazing is how big it is! It's ~150 light years across--in perspective, the nearest start to earth is some 4 light years or 25.8 trillion miles away.
I gave that lich a phylactery shard. Liches love phylactery shards.
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Postby Snobal » Sat Sep 05, 2009 7:24 pm

That's just friggin' beautiful. Its in one of our two neighbor galaxies, too!
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Postby Zancarius » Sat Sep 05, 2009 9:15 pm

This is why I don't eat onions.
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Postby Snobal » Sun Sep 06, 2009 6:57 am

Or salad! Oh wait... you do eat salad. :shock:
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