Posted on April 21, 2014 by Stephen Smith
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M51 (NGC 5194), the Whirlpool Galaxy and its companion M51b.
What evidence is there that M51b is a companion?
What qualifies as a companion?
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Re: Galactic Maelstrom
Surprisingly found this definition sparky :
4: a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space
So I guess the answer is nothing qualifies it except the way it looks to you Sparky.
I vote we remove the term "companion" from scientific vocabulary along with "ionized gas."
4: a celestial body that appears close to another but that may or may not be associated with it in space
So I guess the answer is nothing qualifies it except the way it looks to you Sparky.
I vote we remove the term "companion" from scientific vocabulary along with "ionized gas."
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Re: Galactic Maelstrom
Looks like M51b is physically connected to one of the spiral arms of M51.Sparky wrote:What evidence is there that M51b is a companion?
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Re: Galactic Maelstrom
ok,,,,that I can see.....nick c wrote:Looks like M51b is physically connected to one of the spiral arms of M51.Sparky wrote:What evidence is there that M51b is a companion?
"It is dangerous to be right in matters where established men are wrong."
"Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is an absurd one."
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"Doubt is not an agreeable condition, but certainty is an absurd one."
"Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire
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