Found this map of the universe on bbzzdd

[George P Burdell]

Thanks to leet_haxxor on pics.bbzzdd.com:

Universe | Milky Way

Stuff like this makes me wish we had 3D projectors to help see things like this in a new light.

I preemptively claim amnesty from Oldsmoboats Second Law.

UPDATE:

Originally posted by: Anubis
sorry it took so long here are the full size versions


http://www.rootminus1.com/things/milkyway.jpg <- 11.3 megs 6000x3877

http://www.rootminus1.com/things/universe.jpg <- 10.1 megs 6000x3888

 

[SSSnail]

BS, the Universe is on Orion's belt.

 

[Synomenon]

Those are great posters. I have the first one you linked to, hanging on one of my walls.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: IsLNdbOi
Those are great posters. I have the first one you linked to, hanging on one of my walls.

yep, the first one my parents saved from some magazine (Probably Time). It's in one of the bathroom drawers actually. Love pulling it out to read over it while on the throne. It's breathtaking.


+

 

[Iron Woode]

I have a box full of National Geographic posters going back to 1977.

When did the Universe one come out? I swear I've seen it.

I also have their Our Universe book as well.

 

[JJChicken]

Marvellous

 

[Anubis]

if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

Sweeeeeet.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

:thumbsup:

I'd love to read it, I'd even offer to host it for you

 

[Bateluer]

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

I'm interested in those. I can't read the posted pics, the text is too small.

 

[paulxcook]

Originally posted by: Bateluer

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

I'm interested in those. I can't read the posted pics, the text is too small.

x2

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: loki8481

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

:thumbsup:

I'd love to read it, I'd even offer to host it for you

same. i could put up a mirror also

 

[sao123]

Ive seen the above posters and they are great... please post the full rez versions.

 

[Anubis]

they will go up when im home, i dont need any help hosting them i got that covered, i know other OTers have them from when i posted them last time

 

[Lalakai]

remarkable how the stars can call to us. we can only image what it would be like to explore those spaces. Here are a couple links for the other addicts out there, who love to look up at the stars and wonder....................

Universe

NASA Archive

ps...........if you also love the stars, invest in good quality binocs or telescope; but you have been warned and your evennings may no longer be under your voluntary control.

 

[Iron Woode]

Originally posted by: Lalakai
remarkable how the stars can call to us. we can only image what it would be like to explore those spaces. Here are a couple links for the other addicts out there, who love to look up at the stars and wonder....................

Universe

NASA Archive

ps...........if you also love the stars, invest in good quality binocs or telescope; but you have been warned and your evennings may no longer be under your voluntary control.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/archivepix.html

way cool pics

 

[MetalMat]

I have always wanted to get a decent telescope for doing some star gazing. Any recommendations?

 

[RightIsWrong]

After seeing the links in this thread, I am further convinced that the FSM has created us and one other race on some distant planet so that we could race to see who would be able to get the technology first to travel to the other's world and then have it out in a intergalactic battle royal.

 

[MisterJackson]

Sorta on topic (maybe), but I've always wondered would a high powered telescope/obsevatory on Antarctica help us see what observatories on other area of the planet might not?

I'm a noob on this stuff, so don't laugh if that's stupid.

 

[Lalakai]

Originally posted by: MetalMat
I have always wanted to get a decent telescope for doing some star gazing. Any recommendations?

really depends on your eyes and wallet. i worked in an optics department and would help people buy binocs and scopes. i would always set out a range of binocs and see if the people could tell the difference, and if it was important to them for their viewing. some folks couldn't tell the difference between $50 binocs and $500 binocs; sold them good durable ones that cost the least. Others could tell the difference between $1000 binocs and $1600 binocs; that's when your wallet comes into play, and how important the clarity and true-color-transmission is.

telescopes will be the same. do a simple google search for telescope reviews, and you will find a ton of them, ranging from $65 - $6500. get to a store and see what your "eye" tells you, and use that as a starting point. then you can factor in size, magnification, additions, to see just how much you want to spend. another thing to remember about "light gathering abilities" of telescopes; it's tempting to get telescopes with a range of view magnifications ex: 20X - 80X. but more magnification comes at the expense of more glass that the light has to pass through, and each time the image passes through a glass element, it has more chance to be distorted &/or loose light (the light gets reflected back out of the system). high quality glass causes less distortion and the higher quality lense coatings will reflect less of the light back; but you pay for it. the larger the diameter of the telescope (simple rule), the more light it gathers, making it easier to see dim objects; the larger the diameter, the larger the glass elements, the higher the cost. lol you've been warned.

you could easily spend $150 on a basic telescope that will tell you whether or not your interest and ability is high enough to warrent a more expensive purchase. good luck and hope you have an understanding spouse.

 

[Lalakai]

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Sorta on topic (maybe), but I've always wondered would a high powered telescope/obsevatory on Antarctica help us see what observatories on other area of the planet might not?

I'm a noob on this stuff, so don't laugh if that's stupid.

always a learning curve to everything we do; the real noobs are the ones that think they already know it all.

global positioning of the observatory has limited impacted on viewing area. of more importance is "light pollution" from nearby areas, clarity of the atmosphere (a plus for a polar station, and one of the reasons why Hubble is so successful), and simple accessibility. someone else had tried explaining why the polar areas seemed very suitable but in actuality they weren't; now i'm trying to push the grey matter to remember that conversation. hopefully someone else can expand a bit more.

 

[Tobolo]

Originally posted by: Anubis
if you guys wan the full rez versions of these which are HUGE ill put them up when i get off work

and when i say huge i mean huge, they are ~10 meg Jpegs with a massive resolution

AWESOME

hmm, me thinks me may be hijacking the poster printer at work.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Lalakai

Originally posted by: MisterJackson
Sorta on topic (maybe), but I've always wondered would a high powered telescope/obsevatory on Antarctica help us see what observatories on other area of the planet might not?

I'm a noob on this stuff, so don't laugh if that's stupid.

always a learning curve to everything we do; the real noobs are the ones that think they already know it all.

global positioning of the observatory has limited impacted on viewing area. of more importance is "light pollution" from nearby areas, clarity of the atmosphere (a plus for a polar station, and one of the reasons why Hubble is so successful), and simple accessibility. someone else had tried explaining why the polar areas seemed very suitable but in actuality they weren't; now i'm trying to push the grey matter to remember that conversation. hopefully someone else can expand a bit more.

Off the top of my head, I figure that maybe the wind would be a problem there, constantly depositing snow on the optics. And of course the temperature - new adaptive lenses use small motors to constantly reshape the mirror to adjust for atmospheric distortion. They'd have to be insulated and possibly heated to keep them going.
Then there's just the problem of staffing the place. Not many people say, "Yeah, I want to live in Antarctica, where I can take a casual stroll outside and be dead in a few minutes!"

I think that these adaptive mirrors can actually produce images which rival Hubble's focal quality. However, Hubble, and other orbital telescopes, have some advantages, at least that I can think of:
- Long term exposures of a tiny point, such as its Ultra Deep Field image. It can point at the same spot very precisely, and be unaffected by any odd vibrations. Yes it does so during multiple orbits - the UDF took something around 1 million seconds of exposure time. 1 orbit takes about 90 minutes, so it'd be looking at one spot for maybe 45 minutes (2700 seconds), go around the planet, and look at the same spot again. At least that's how I think they did it.
- Ability to see wavelengths of light that the atmosphere filters out.
Link - scroll toward the bottom for some charts. They show the wavelengths that don't make it through the atmosphere. A lot gets filtered out before making it to the ground.

 

[Atomic Playboy]

Thank God we're not in the Scutum Arm of the Milky Way. Although, if I were the scientist in charge of naming everything, we probably would be. I'm just misanthropic enough to reduce our existence to a scrotum joke.

 

[roguerower]

It's amazing the amount of things that we don't know. It sometimes hurts when I think about all the stuff going on in my life and then multiply it by 6 billion