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Message 1024374 - Posted: 12 Aug 2010, 22:33:33 UTC

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Voowerp.. Fascinating photo, and no idea what Voowerp means.
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Message 1024385 - Posted: 12 Aug 2010, 23:06:19 UTC

It’s called “Hanny’s Voorwerp” after its discoverer, Dutch amateur astronomer Hanny van Arkel. Apparently _voorwerp_ means something like “thingummy” or “whatsit” here. It’s now thought to be a cloud of intergalactic gas being ionized by radiation from the black hole at the centre of the galaxy just above it in the photo, IC 2497. See the articles on APOD and Wikipedia.
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Message 1024553 - Posted: 13 Aug 2010, 14:15:21 UTC - in response to Message 1024385.  

I've been doing a bit of Moonzoo myself. It's pretty cool to see how cratered the moon is even in what appears to be relatively smooth areas. Its also kinda fun to see rock falls landslides and crater tracks. I still have yet to find an lander or manmade material on the moon


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