Armchair astronomer discovers unique 'cosmic ghost'


	Armchair astronomer discovers unique 'cosmic ghost'

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8-7-2008 2:48 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/4acacf43-bf76-40da-babe-b8652cb0108b/72CD5FE0-0C7E-45F5-827B-B82EECE533A3/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html" href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html" style="font-size: 11px;">www.cnn.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html"><UL><LI class="cnnHiliteHeader">Story Highlights</LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Using the Web, a Dutch schoolteacher has discovered a strange astronomical object<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The find illustrates how more amateur astronomers are contributing to science<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> The Galaxy Zoo project encourages the public to join in astronomy research online<BR /> </LI><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> Hubble Space Telescope has agreed to take a closer look at the object next year<BR /> </LI><LI class="cnnNextStory" id="cnnNextStoryCSI"><A href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/ptech/08/07/dark.knight.game.ap/index.html?iref=nextin">Next Article in Technology »</A></LI><DIV id="csiIframeObjscsi3"></DIV></UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.cnn.com/img/F726B77A-6A7B-4D23-9EF1-40FD48BE7EFA" alt="The object, named after her, is the green gaseous mass below the shining galaxy in the center of the photo." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html"><P> <B>(CNN)</B> -- Hanny van Arkel was poring over photos of galaxies on the Internet last August when she stumbled across a strange object in the night sky: a bright, gaseous mass with a gaping hole in its middle.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/08/07/space.discovery/index.html"><P> Van Arkel is a 25-year-old schoolteacher in Heerlen, The Netherlands, not an astrophysicist. But her startling find -- a mysterious and unique object some observers are calling a "cosmic ghost" -- has captivated astronomers and even caught the attention of the Hubble Space Telescope, which has agreed to take a closer look next year.</P></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/72CD5FE0-0C7E-45F5-827B-B82EECE533A3/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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