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Which objects are...
1) in our Solar System?
2) in our own Milky Way Galaxy?
3) beyond our Galaxy?
Which picture shows...
4) the nearest object or location?
5) the most distant object or location?
6) the smallest object or scene (in meters)?
7) the largest object or scene (in meters)?
8) the smallest object or scene (in degrees)?
9) the largest object or scene (in degrees)?
10) the hottest object?
11) the coldest object?
Can you rank all 26 pictures by...
12) distance from earth?
13) physical size?
14) angular size?
15) temperature?
Which pictures...
16) are taken at wavelengths other than visible light?
17) already look different today, because the objects depicted have changed?
18) will look different in 1,000 years?
19) will look different in 1,000,000 years?
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By Rick Arendt. August 7, 2000