Chubby, brunette Eunice Kinnison sat in a rocker, reading the Sunday papers and listening to the radio. Her husband Ralph lay sprawled upon the davenport, smoking a cigarette and reading the current issue of EXTRAORDINARY STORIES against an unheard background of music. Mentally, he was far from Tellus, flitting in his super-dreadnaught through parsec after parsec of vacuous space. E.E. "Doc" Smith, Triplanetary, Chapter 5: "1941"
Friday, September 10, 2010
Remnant
Today's Astronomy Picture of the Day shows the glowing remnants of a supernova in Vela. Too faint (as far as I know) for most amateur-class equipment, amazing detail can be found in this image.
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