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Originally Posted by Weltevreden SA
Really great stuff, Robert. Solid research, interesting facts, lucid & concise writing. I learned a lot off this thread. I sure wish you could ghost-write some of professional papers. Thanks . . . =Dana
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The recent
Imaging Forum thread by
sjastro (= Steven), about his UV observations of this galaxy, contains far-ultraviolet and H-alpha images of this galaxy; these images are superb tracers of the two-dimensional distribution of OB stars in our images of NGC 5128.
As mentioned there, the Herschel Space Observatory far-infrared images are also uniquely informative about the true
thee-dimensional structure of the dust lane; the dust lane
does not absorb light at FIR wavelengths; it
emits brightly!!
Thanks for the good review! A technical writer can never be 100 percent sure if the knowledge in his mind is clearly conveyed to his intended readership, as there is a subjective element in writing, in addition to its logical structure.
Actually, you do a very good job, yourself, in explaining things, Dana! (e.g. your Sextans A post)
Now I must get back to studying some of my soil samples!! Oddly, the 'galaxyman' also
looks downwards and studies dirt!!
(just for fun, I work with a soil scientist on invertebrates and fungi)
Best regards,
Robert Lang
I agree with your comment about scientific papers....most of them are an absolute mess, as regards the clarity of the written communication.
"A good technical writer makes difficult things easy to understand. A poor technical writer makes simple ideas seem very difficult" - R.L.