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  • Even the narrator, Gina Moynihan, who stands edge-on to this world, and derides her status-conscious sister for minding that the woman three doors down at Brittas Bay has wooden blinds on her mobile-home windows, nourishes her own "Sunday-supplement dreams".

    The Forgotten Waltz by Anne Enright – review 2011

  • To help with fund-raising, Rich Kron had put together a brochure called Map of the Universe, whose front cover was a hand-drawn, edge-on Milky Way, looking like a tadpole with a tail at each end.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • I would also point out that, band-new, recent, very deep, imaging of edge-on galaxy NGC 891 by deep Surbaru imaging has revealed stellar streams most likely from cannabalization of several dwarf galaxies caught in NGC 891's gravitational well.

    Astronomical Eye Candy from WISE First Images | Universe Today 2010

  • Hubble has been snapping pictures of the planet at different angles since the beginning of the mission in 1990, but 2009 brought a unique chance for Hubble to image Saturn with the rings edge-on and both poles in view.

    Hubble Captures Double Aurorae Light Show on Saturn | Universe Today 2010

  • In January and March 2009, researchers using Hubble took advantage of a rare opportunity to record Saturn when its rings are edge-on, resulting in a unique look featuring both of the giant planet's poles.

    Hubble Captures Double Aurorae Light Show on Saturn | Universe Today 2010

  • To help with fund-raising, Rich Kron had put together a brochure called Map of the Universe, whose front cover was a hand-drawn, edge-on Milky Way, looking like a tadpole with a tail at each end.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • The bright streak across the middle of the picture is our own galaxy, the Milky Way, viewed edge-on.

    Planck telescope sends back a postcard of the universe 2010

  • It is a part of a small galaxy group consisting of lenticular galaxy NGC 7770 to the south and edge-on NGC 7771A to the west connected to magnificent spiral NGC 7769.

    "Horsefeathers" – NGC 7770/71 Galaxy Group by Ken Crawford | Universe Today 2010

  • To help with fund-raising, Rich Kron had put together a brochure called Map of the Universe, whose front cover was a hand-drawn, edge-on Milky Way, looking like a tadpole with a tail at each end.

    A Grand and Bold Thing Ann Finkbeiner 2010

  • But this "Seyfert" Galaxy isn't alone… If you are using a larger scope, be sure to look for 11th magnitude edge-on companion NGC 1055 about half a degree to the north-northeast, and fainter NGC 1087 and NGC 1090 about a degree to the east-southeast.

    Weekend SkyWatcher's Forecast – January 8-10, 2010 | Universe Today 2010

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