Astronomers delight at red sky at night


	Astronomers delight at red sky at night

pokkets

12-11-2007 9:37 PM

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astronomy, survey, sky, stars, milky way, digital

pokkets says:

They don't just want to know how many stars ,galaxies, and nebulae are out there, they want to give them all names

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12-12-2007 4:53 AM

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