Norma contains the "Great Attractor", a massive object pulling us all towards it at 600-1000 kilometers per second. We have a little while to go - it is 150-250 million light years away.
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Peter Quinton
Palerang, March 2014
Sunday 30 March 2014
Norma Rising - the Great Attractor
A pitch black night - with the air crisp after the recent rain. A sad end to the week here in the mountains - a farm-house in the local area burnt down this week.
The constellation Norma (the carpenter's square - lower center) lies in the plane of the Milky Way. Norma has started to rise in the South-Eastern evening sky.
Norma contains the "Great Attractor", a massive object pulling us all towards it at 600-1000 kilometers per second. We have a little while to go - it is 150-250 million light years away.
Peter Quinton
Palerang, March 2014
Norma contains the "Great Attractor", a massive object pulling us all towards it at 600-1000 kilometers per second. We have a little while to go - it is 150-250 million light years away.
Peter Quinton
Palerang, March 2014
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