150,000 Megapixel composite of The Milky Way

[The Ominous]

Just amazing. Try to name your own star! http://djer.roe.ac.uk/vsa/vvv/iipmooviewer-2.0-beta/vvvgps5.html

[CowboyMcCoy]

Probably now what I'd say the most important photograph in astronomy. My professor would always say it was this one.

http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/hdf/DetailWF4.gif

But combine them with the OP.... Just wow. When you zoom in that's amazing clarity. What technology we have today. If only Galileo would have had what we had, maybe he could've shown the masses and spared himself the torturous fate.

[Hoofbite]

Awesome.

Literally too big to even comprehend but still cool to see the scale.

[CowboyMcCoy]

Awesome.

Literally too big to even comprehend but still cool to see the scale.

And it stops, and there is still so much more. We didn't even get out of the Milky way...............................

[CowboyMcCoy]

By the way, the Hubble Deep Field picture I posted is just a snippet of space. To put it to scale, that photo captures the scope of what you'd see if you held a grain of sand at arms' length.

[rynochop]

Awesome.

Literally too big to even comprehend but still cool to see the scale.

Yeah, thats what gets me. I think i read somewhere that our solar system in relation to the milky way is like a quarter on the ground in the United States

[jobberone]

One of at least two billion galaxies. Beyond real comprehension.

[a_minimalist]

I just found something that looks like a metal ring next to one of the stars. I wish I could post it on here. It's pretty crazy.

edit*** here it is....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at121818PM.png

[67CowboysFan]

By the way, the Hubble Deep Field picture I posted is just a snippet of space. To put it to scale, that photo captures the scope of what you'd see if you held a grain of sand at arms' length.
If I remember correctly it's the darkest part of the sky and can not be seen from earth (other than the dark). I forget how many days of exposure that pic took to gather all the light, I want to say it was 8. Amazing stuff that really makes you think.

[The Ominous]

I just found something that looks like a metal ring next to one of the stars. I wish I could post it on here. It's pretty crazy.

edit*** here it is....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at121818PM.png

Yeah, there are some crazy looking things once you really start playing around with it, funky nebulae and star clusters, etc.

[Hoofbite]

This thing is awesome.

You could spend hours just zooming in and finding cool stuff.

If you zoom all the way in and scroll all the way to the left, there's a blue tint on the end of the picture. Kind of cool.

Spotted this.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y188/thehoofbite/ScreenShot2012-08-12at24851PM.jpg

[RastaRocket]

This is incredible. Reminds me of the gigapixel project.

Here is their website (gigapixel project).

http://www.gigapxl.org/gallery.htm

[Hoofbite]

I just found something that looks like a metal ring next to one of the stars. I wish I could post it on here. It's pretty crazy.

edit*** here it is....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at121818PM.png

Where is that at on the picture........roughly speaking?

[NorthTexan95]

I just found something that looks like a metal ring next to one of the stars. I wish I could post it on here. It's pretty crazy.

edit*** here it is....

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at121818PM.png (http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at121818PM.png)

Halo?

[a_minimalist]

Where is that at on the picture........roughly speaking?

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/1.png

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/2.png

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/3.png

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/4.png


Within that rectangle with the 4 squares. I think it was toward the top/middle closer to the top.

[a_minimalist]

Halo?

Looks like the light is just shining weird, I don't know. Maybe it's the Star Trek Enterprise.

[a_minimalist]

find the red square in the image and then match it to yours when you zoom in all of the way. you'll find it.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at81227PM.png

[Hoofbite]

find the red square in the image and then match it to yours when you zoom in all of the way. you'll find it.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a261/christiffer/ScreenShot2012-08-12at81227PM.png

Literally impossible for me to find it.

When I zoom all the way out, that square looks to be in the same spot......zoom all the way in and nothing.

Crazy to think that this is just a fraction of what is out there.

[DFWJC]

Probably now what I'd say the most important photograph in astronomy. My professor would always say it was this one.

http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/hdf/DetailWF4.gif

But combine them with the OP.... Just wow. When you zoom in that's amazing clarity. What technology we have today. If only Galileo would have had what we had, maybe he could've shown the masses and spared himself the torturous fate.

One of very favorite photos! Brings chills

[a_minimalist]

Literally impossible for me to find it.

When I zoom all the way out, that square looks to be in the same spot......zoom all the way in and nothing.

Crazy to think that this is just a fraction of what is out there.

Weird, if you zoom in all of the way near the top right corner and just make sure the red square is near the area you should be able to find it. It takes me about 45 seconds each time I try. You just have to drag around a bit when zoomed in all of the way.

But you're right, it is crazy. Space is a very good name for it.

[Hoofbite]

Weird, if you zoom in all of the way near the top right corner and just make sure the red square is near the area you should be able to find it. It takes me about 45 seconds each time I try. You just have to drag around a bit when zoomed in all of the way.

But you're right, it is crazy. Space is a very good name for it.

Found it. Once you said top right, I zoomed in and there it was.

I kept looking more towards the center.

Zooming all the way in and backing out one make's it pretty easy to find cause it's about 7 inches below the dark space.

Pretty cool looking quirk in the photo (hopefully it's not the alien invasion coming this way)

[a_minimalist]

(hopefully it's not the alien invasion coming this way)

Deep down I'm hoping it is. If there was an emote for that maniacal finger tapping I'd do it.

[Rynie]

http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/hdf/DetailWF4.gif (http://www.stsci.edu/ftp/science/hdf/DetailWF4.gif)

But combine them with the OP.... Just wow. When you zoom in that's amazing clarity. What technology we have today. If only Galileo would have had what we had, maybe he could've shown the masses and spared himself the torturous fate.

My friend and I got into an argument about whether or not aliens exist. I showed him this picture, and explained what it was. I was like,
"you're going to tell me, with the BILLIONS of not only stars, but GALAXIES each containing THOUSANDS of stars/moons/planets, that there is NO POSSIBILITY of life out there? C'mon son!!"

[CowboyMcCoy]

My friend and I got into an argument about whether or not aliens exist. I showed him this picture, and explained what it was. I was like,
"you're going to tell me, with the BILLIONS of not only stars, but GALAXIES each containing THOUSANDS of stars/moons/planets, that there is NO POSSIBILITY of life out there? C'mon son!!"

True. Scientists think there is a possibility there may be life in our solar system. It's a slim possibility, but it's there.

[CowboyWay]

True. Scientists think there is a possibility there may be life in our solar system. It's a slim possibility, but it's there.

I don't find it to be a slim possibility at all. I can't fathom how there couldn't be life out there.

Thanks to the OP, this is a great link.

[CowboyMcCoy]

I don't find it to be a slim possibility at all. I can't fathom how there couldn't be life out there.

Thanks to the OP, this is a great link.

Well, I'm glad the visual evidence suits your belief system. I certainly won't deny it. But I was talking about in our solar systems. Astronomers think that there could be life on Europa, one of Jupiters moons, and that it would be more like life in Antarctica under the water.

The problem is, how do we through the thick, icy crust to discover it?

Interesting nonetheless.

[Kristen82]

It seems surreal that the farther out you look, the farther back in time you're looking. It's like a lot of the "stuff" you see billions of light years isn't actually there anymore and you're really seeing some sort of space fossil.

[Muhast]

I can't help but look up at the stars every night when I walk my dog. I am always amazed by them. Always been into this stuff! Thanks for sharing.

[dexternjack]

It is a mathematical certainty that life exists (or existed) elsewhere in the vast universe. The hard part is proving it which we (as a species) will probably not ever be able to do.

As for our own solar system, that other life probability is extremely lower. Someday, we can confirm that but I don't foresee that anywhere close in the future, it is going to take a lot more technology to do so.

Carbon and other essential life elements have to be somewhere else, probably not close to us, but many, many, many light years away which IMO will always be impossible for us to travel too, so we will never truly know for certain.

For me, I believe we are not alone :cool:

[Muhast]

Inside of the same little rectangle there is a wierd red "gas" like thing, and then a greenish "gas" as well. I'll try to get a few pictures.

[Sam I Am]

Just finished counting all the stars. ;)

[Muhast]

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/newoyahero/2012-08-15165601.jpg

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/newoyahero/2012-08-15165336.jpg

[Muhast]

http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/newoyahero/2012-08-15165744.jpg
http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/newoyahero/2012-08-15165314.jpg

[The Ominous]

Just finished counting all the stars. ;)

Damn you ****! I was only 33,108 away when you posted this.

[Muhast]

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I can't believe I noticed the blue/red gas but not the bright diamond in the picture