I hope you don't count this as another question, as I only request a clarification: When I asked about a star-forming region, I was thinking of stellar nurseries or regions of high rates of star formation specifically, not just any star formation. Like in, tarantula nebula vs. the rest of the LMC, Orion nebula vs. the entire Milky Way, etc.

Is it star-forming in this sense?

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Yes, it is indeed, Arneb.

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Is it < 1 million lyrs. distance?

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< 3.1 million light years distant?

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Is it in the constellation of Andromeda?

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I'm thinking some people have never played this game before. Look at all those "No" answers. THE QUESTIONS ARE TOO SPECIFIC


1. Yes, it's larger than an astronomical bread box (1 cu. lyr).
2. No, it is not located within the Milky Way.
3. Yes, it lies within the Local Group.
4. No, it isn't a galaxy.
5. Yes, it is visible within the range of human seeing.
6. Yes, it's nebular.
7. No, it's not the Tarantula.
8. Yes, stars are being formed there.
9. No, it's not located in one of the Magellanic Clouds.
10. No, it does not reside in M31.
11. No, it is not less than 1 hour 5 minutes in right ascension.
12. No, it's not in M33.
13. No, it's not less than 11 hours of right ascension.
14. No, it is not less than 1 million light years distant.
15. Yes, it's closer than 3.1 million light years.
16. No, it's not in Andromeda.

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4. No, it isn't a galaxy.
10. No, it does not reside in M31.
15. Yes, it's closer than 3.1 million light years.
16. No, it's not in Andromeda.


Dave, Can we get that last question back since we already had the answer? twice

And Eroica you asked questions 10, 15, and 16. Pay attention will ya?


My question, is it within the range of a 6in, 150cm telescope?

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Never underestimate Eroica. There are ~ 13 galaxies in the constellation of Andromeda that are considered in the Local Group, or are strong candidates for becoming members.

Take a look at this list and it will make more sense where these questions are headed.

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oh yea, I read the answers and not the question. oops.

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Thank you, George!

Crosscountry, sometimes No is a better answer than Yes. In this case I was hoping the answer was no as it eliminates more than a dozen Local Group Galaxies. (By the way, I did not ask question 15. That was George.)

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It seems that the object we are looking for is in one of the following galaxies:

Barnard's Galaxy (NGC 6822)
Tucana Dwarf Galaxy
Pegasus Dwarf Irregular Galaxy

I'm beginning to think of the Bubble Nebula and the Ring Nebula.

Is it in Barnard's Galaxy?

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Is it Hubble X?

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Hmm, why not Hubble V?

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap011225.html

18. Yes, it is indeed Hubble X.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010216.html

http://www.spaceimages.com/hubblex.html

Bingo, Arneb, you got it!

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18, not bad!!

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George,

Actually, I thought that it would be far fewer than 18 after Eroica posed the question about the Local Group.

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I like this thread because it is such a fun way to learn. I had no idea that there were so many galaxies so close to us.

Since you posed a stellar nursery class of question, it had to be reasonably close.

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