Hmmm? They DO mention Mira's bow shock: "In addition to Mira's tail, the Galaxy Evolution Explorer also discovered a bow shock, a type of buildup of hot gas, in front of the star, ..." This gives yet more job security for a lot of cosmologists and astronomers - looking for stuff visible in the UV wave length. Got any pictures of "Dark Matter" to share with NASA Andy? AZ Build a 120/35mm Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. Now an E-book. http://www.panoramacamera.us > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [SPAM] Re: NASA news release with PhotoForum connection - sort > of > From: Roger Eichhorn <eichhorn@xxxxxx> > Date: Fri, August 17, 2007 2:04 pm > To: List for Photo/Imaging Educators - Professionals - Students > <photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Andy, > > That's great. We can see the turbulence following, but not the > shockwave. Of course, Andy's phenomenon requires a compressible > fluid to surround the bullet. > > Roger > > On 17 Aug 2007, at 8:50 AM, ADavidhazy wrote: > > > OK - so a little bitty shameless self-promotion! ;) > > > > This note is for nothing more than to share I've made a > > connection to a NASA news release - 1st for me!! You can > > start (if interested) with the news release at: > > > > http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-090 > > or immediately go further in the news release page to: > > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/ > > or right to my tiny contribution at: > > http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/20070815/f.html > > > > or see this last page off my web folder at: > > http://www.rit.edu/~andpph/a-misc/nasa-bullet-shadowgraph-1.jpg > > > > cheers! > > andy > >
