@[email protected] to AstrophotographyEnglish • 3 days agoThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up1144arrow-down12
arrow-up1142arrow-down1imageThe Andromeda galaxy screaming towards us at 300km/slemmy.blahaj.zone@[email protected] to AstrophotographyEnglish • 3 days agomessage-square14fedilink
minus-squareGreat Blue HeronlinkfedilinkEnglish3•3 days agoOh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
minus-square@LovableSidekicklinkEnglish1•edit-22 days agoExtremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.
Oh, wow. I expected someone to correct me and say it will be much sooner due to the size of the two galaxies but didn’t think I was that far off.
Extremely technical use of “technically” - we’re talking about maybe 1 atom of hydrogen per cubic meter, but if that atom is bound by a galaxy’s gravity it sort of is part of that galaxy, kinda.