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Saturn Rides Bareback On The Galactic Dark Horse
universetoday ^ | 22 Jun , 2017 | BoB King

Posted on 06/22/2017 5:57:32 PM PDT by BenLurkin

I didn’t notice it with the naked eye, but as soon as the time exposure ended and I looked at the camera’s back display, there it was — Saturn riding barebacked on the Galactic Dark Horse! The horse, more of a prancing pony, is a collection of dark nebulae in the southern sky beautifully placed for viewing on late June evenings. The Dark Horse is part of the Great Rift, a dark gap that splits the band of the Milky Way in half, starting at the Northern Cross and extending all the way down to the “Teapot” of Sagittarius in the south.

While appearing to be little more than empty, starless space, in reality the Rift consists of enormous clouds of cosmic dust and gas in the plane of the galaxy called dark nebulae that blot out the light of more distant stars. If you could suck it all up with a monster vacuum cleaner and expose the billions of stars otherwise hidden, the Milky Way would cast obvious shadows — even suburban skywatchers would routinely see it.

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TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: saturn

1 posted on 06/22/2017 5:57:33 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin; beaversmom; GraceG
What about seeing Attack Ships on Fire off Shoulder of Orion?

Watch C-Beams Glitter in the dark near The Tannhauser Gate.

All those moments will be lost.

In Time.

Like Tears in Rain.

2 posted on 06/22/2017 6:00:59 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If you want on First Lady Melania's, Ivanka Trump's or Sarah Palin's Ping Lists, just let me know.)
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To: BenLurkin
Saturn Rides Bareback On The Galactic Dark Horse

Doggone it that's the 'go' signal isn't it? I'm not ready yet!

3 posted on 06/22/2017 6:03:34 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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To: KC_Lion

I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe...


4 posted on 06/22/2017 6:03:53 PM PDT by canalabamian
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To: KC_Lion

:)


5 posted on 06/22/2017 6:12:43 PM PDT by beaversmom
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To: BenLurkin

I plan on looking at this part of the sky on Saturday night.

I just got a Explore Scientific 34mm 2”barrel lens and hope to put it to good use in that part of the sky.

By the By, anything from Bob King is alright by me!


6 posted on 06/22/2017 6:34:50 PM PDT by Conan the Librarian (The Best in Life is to crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and the Dewey Decimal System)
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To: BenLurkin

The pictures at the link are terrific!


7 posted on 06/22/2017 6:37:07 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: BenLurkin

I didn’t even know Saturn had come out...


8 posted on 06/22/2017 6:40:32 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: BenLurkin

Did not anyone tell Saturn about safe sex with his butt buddies?


9 posted on 06/22/2017 6:43:51 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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To: BenLurkin

Re #1. I thought that this was supposed to be a picture of Saturn, not UR-ANUS.


10 posted on 06/22/2017 6:47:01 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: TigersEye
It's the Dark Horse of the Apocalypse: When He broke the third seal, I heard the third living creature saying, “Come.” I looked, and behold, a black horse; and he who sat on it had a pair of scales in his hand. And I heard something like a voice in the center of the four living creatures saying, “A quart of wheat for a denarius, and three quarts of barley for a denarius; but do not damage the oil and the wine.” — Revelation 6:5-6
11 posted on 06/22/2017 7:54:17 PM PDT by Writingwhiz
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OK


12 posted on 06/22/2017 8:09:51 PM PDT by TigersEye (Investigate the Awan brothers and Wasserman Schultz)
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To: BenLurkin

You had me at bareback


13 posted on 06/22/2017 8:13:43 PM PDT by onona (i don't know what the reticent is)
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To: BenLurkin

i thought his online birth certificate says “barack” not “bareback,” but i could be wrong lol.


14 posted on 06/22/2017 9:40:33 PM PDT by SteveH
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