Whirlpool Galaxy

[aireen]

I've seen a photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy.. About, the core,what name do you call it?thanks!<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif" border="0" alt="Smile" title="Smile" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>

 

[derekmcd]

<p><BR/>Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I've seen a photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy.. About, the core,what name do you call it?thanks! <br /> Posted by aireen</DIV></p><p>Welcome to the Forums.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>It certainly is a stunning galaxy.&nbsp; </p><p>It has been proposed that large galaxies like ours and the Whirlpool galaxy have a supermassive black hole at their core.</p><p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Galaxy</p><p>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supermassive_black_hole</p><p>&nbsp;</p> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <div> </div><br /><div><span style="color:#0000ff" class="Apple-style-span">"If something's hard to do, then it's not worth doing." - Homer Simpson</span></div> </div>

 

[weeman]

Replying to:<BR/><DIV CLASS='Discussion_PostQuote'>I've seen a photo of the Whirlpool Galaxy.. About, the core,what name do you call it?thanks! <br />Posted by aireen</DIV><br /><br />It sure is purdy! It makes a great desktop for your computer <img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p><strong><font color="#ff0000">Techies: We do it in the dark. </font></strong></p><p><font color="#0000ff"><strong>"Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.</strong><strong>" -Albert Einstein </strong></font></p> </div>

 

[aireen]

so it's a blackwhole.wow! i've heard that it has something like "X" on the center of it. u know, the X looks like a sideview of a cross. I was really strucked! dunno if that's edtied or if it's real. well, thanks for the info.<img src="http://sitelife.space.com/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-wink.gif" border="0" alt="Wink" title="Wink" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>