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TopicA new supernova has been discovered
SovietOmega
08/25/11 4:10:00 PM
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Astronomically huge picture warning:

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I wanted to see approx where M101 (the pinwheel galaxy) was located in relation to ours. I found this image...

Look at the virgo supercluster and you can see approx where it is. Then your mind can be blown realizing all those dots are galaxies and how things are spaced out when you look at the next scales of local superclusters and observable universe...

On a lesser note, the pinwheel galaxy is around 70% larger than the milky way.

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