Local Galaxy Cluster About to Go Boom 19
A. Price writes "The Slacker Astronomy podcast reports on a recently discovered super star cluster located just 10,000 light years away. This system is expected to spawn 1500 supernovae in about 40 million years. I don't
plan to be around to see the fireworks, but I wish I could. The show will be awesome. SA is a weekly look at astronomy by astronomers as told by a 20-something gal from Harvard and two of her friends. It's funny and cheesy, like the Dr. Who of podcasts."
Miki Berenyi (Score:1, Offtopic)
Truth in advertisement...??? (Score:5, Informative)
First I thought you found a nearby dwarf galaxy that is expected to undergo catastrophic star bursts. A bit disappoined to find out that it's just Westerlund 1...
It's a neat object, though.
Re:Truth in advertisement...??? (Score:1, Interesting)
Although you can debate whether it is nearby or not. For Pamela, who did her PhD on extra-galactic stuff, this is right next door. For me, working on a PhD on stellar stuff, this is not so close.
-aaron
Re:Truth in advertisement...??? (Score:1)
Incorrect title. (Score:4, Informative)
This has nothing to do with galaxy clusters; it's a cluster of stars in our own Milky Way.
Re:Incorrect title. (Score:2)
Re:Incorrect title. (Score:2)
Now I'm curious (warning: offtopic) (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Now I'm curious (warning: offtopic) (Score:4, Informative)
Re:Now I'm curious (warning: offtopic) (Score:1, Informative)
http://www.slackerastronomy.org/transcripts/05040
-aaron
Clever, Saddam (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Clever, Saddam (Score:2, Funny)
Had to be said (Score:2)
Best Title Ever! (Score:1, Redundant)
This is awesome (Score:2, Funny)