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This is just freaking wierd!!

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 3:18 pm 
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The "Cygnus Bubble" nebula may actually be a cylinder that is being seen from one of its ends. This image was taken with the Kitt Peak Mayall 4-metre telescope in Arizona.

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Actually it looks like he didn't clean his telescope. Could be an old snot bubble.

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marc wrote:
Actually it looks like he didn't clean his telescope. Could be an old snot bubble.


If you read the article, they already eliminated that possibility.

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Loose contact lens?

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A drop of his tear when he received bad news from his blood test.

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