Kind neat: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
Zoomable too.
That's nice. Good pic. :)
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Neil Tyson told me so. So it must be true.
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
That's nice. Good pic. :)
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Hope it's after the weekend. I want to get a chance to relax.
Quote from: MadImmortalMan on January 09, 2015, 06:05:05 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Neil Tyson told me so. So it must be true.
Dr. Make Up Quotes? Yep.
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
That'll make it a lot easier for Tim to visit it.
Another related picture I came across, the Pillars of Creation:
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fapod.nasa.gov%2Fapod%2Fimage%2F1501%2Fm16pillarsHSTvis1024.jpg&hash=901c527201da390318df8c3d864bb2f9082b91c6)
Explanation: http://www.engadget.com/2015/01/08/big-picture-pillars-of-creation-hubble/
More NASA pictures: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html
Nice.
But kinda sad on yet another day when humans found more justifications for killing each other, rather than just taking deep breaths and gazing up at the sky or looking at any other part of creation. :hmm:
Quote from: mongers on January 09, 2015, 06:59:18 PM
Nice.
But kinda sad on yet another day when humans found more justifications for killing each other, rather than just taking deep breaths and gazing up at the sky or looking at any other part of creation. :hmm:
I use my binoculars to observe heavenly bodies. :)
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 06:07:37 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
That's nice. Good pic. :)
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Hope it's after the weekend. I want to get a chance to relax.
In four billion years or so, give or take.
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 07:22:35 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 06:07:37 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
That's nice. Good pic. :)
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Hope it's after the weekend. I want to get a chance to relax.
In four billion years or so, give or take.
Great. That gives me plenty of time :)
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 06:52:27 PM
Another related picture I came across, the Pillars of Creation:
I just got back from an astronomy club lecture and they discussed this. :nerd:
I love that new Pillars of Creation pic.
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 07:56:02 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 07:22:35 PM
Quote from: Jacob on January 09, 2015, 06:07:37 PM
Quote from: 11B4V on January 09, 2015, 05:54:58 PM
That's nice. Good pic. :)
I understand it's going to collide with our galaxy.
Hope it's after the weekend. I want to get a chance to relax.
In four billion years or so, give or take.
Great. That gives me plenty of time :)
Watch it, those years will pass by quicker than you think.
We are all stardust. :wub:
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2015, 10:26:19 PM
Watch it, those years will pass by quicker than you think.
Yup...and the next thing you know, you're expanding and expanding, before finally shrinking in your old age and collapsing on your core.
look where my hand was
time isn't holding up
time is an asterisk
same as it ever was...
Quote from: CountDeMoney on January 09, 2015, 10:41:39 PM
Quote from: garbon on January 09, 2015, 10:26:19 PM
Watch it, those years will pass by quicker than you think.
Yup...and the next thing you know, you're expanding and expanding, before finally shrinking in your old age and collapsing on your core.
Well you can avoid most of that if you just work hard at tightening your core.
This is what the galaxy would look like from Earth if it was bright enough to see clearly. :nerd:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/01/moon_and_andromeda_relative_size_in_the_sky.html
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FF5KqKSl.jpg&hash=18b34a9b2944496a093442c6c88943e9f1198308)
If only people were bright enough to see clearly. :(
Shiny happy people holding hands?
Quote from: The Brain on January 10, 2015, 03:01:59 AM
If only people were bright enough to see clearly. :(
Some are so bright that you gotta wear shades.
Quote from: jimmy olsen on January 10, 2015, 12:45:11 AM
This is what the galaxy would look like from Earth if it was bright enough to see clearly. :nerd:
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/01/moon_and_andromeda_relative_size_in_the_sky.html
(https://languish.org/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FF5KqKSl.jpg&hash=18b34a9b2944496a093442c6c88943e9f1198308)
If you could really see it like that, there would be religions worshiping it.