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angrychair

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8. Not a completely accurate statement

Reply to Dear_Prudence (Original post)

Sat Nov 23, 2024, 04:26 PM

Nov 23

The Persian astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi was the first to document the observation of the Andromeda galaxy in 964 CE.
Granted he did not describe it as a galaxy but as a "small cloud" but it is the first known written observation of a galaxy outside of our own.

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Scientific anniversary [View all] Dear_Prudence Nov 23 OP

Duplicate post Fiendish Thingy Nov 23 #1

Question. When you delete a duplicate post, do you also delete the sub-posts? erronis Nov 23 #3

Just leave it duplicated. It's good one. EarnestPutz Nov 23 #4

Just leave it duplicated. It's good one. EarnestPutz Nov 23 #5

Is that why you posted this twice? Fiendish Thingy Nov 23 #6

One post was from this universe. The other came from a mirror universe. Beartracks Nov 23 #7

Issue specific Dear_Prudence Nov 23 #11

This was posted twice in the same (Science) forum. Fiendish Thingy Nov 23 #13

Oh, I get it. Dear_Prudence Nov 23 #15

That is a monumental anniversay. May they keep on coming. erronis Nov 23 #2

Not a completely accurate statement angrychair Nov 23 #8

News report? Dear_Prudence Nov 23 #12

It's not my opinion angrychair Nov 23 #14

Thank you. Dear_Prudence Nov 23 #16

happened to watch this yesterday. ngt makes the same point. mopinko Nov 24 #17

A hundred years ago SCantiGOP Nov 23 #9

Both time and space are infinite. multigraincracker Nov 23 #10

That's not a widely accepted theory, but one I like to play with. hunter Nov 24 #18