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Astounding Universe picture taken by Hubble

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  • 13-06-2007 12:22pm
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    Dr Pepper
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    Check this out.. The mother of all pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope (Try viewing the 4.42MB version first and read the tips/warnings if you want to download one of the full resolution versions)

    http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/06/image/c/warn/
    (Couple of months old so some of you may have seen it before!)

    This image shows the tiny sliver of sky which the above linked image depicts:

    web_print.jpg


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    mike65
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    Scary is'nt it? Just when you think you have an idea how many light-emiting celestial object there are you see you're out by a factor of 100 or so!

    Mike.


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    Kevster
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    ... ...that's impressive to think of alright. It's hard to comprehend just how many galaxies are out there. ... ...and then - oh God - think of how many stars are in each of those galaxies.


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    bonkey
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    Kevster wrote:
    ... ...that's impressive to think of alright. It's hard to comprehend just how many galaxies are out there. ... ...and then - oh God - think of how many stars are in each of those galaxies.


    My God. Its full of stars.


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    Dooom
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    "Been there, been there, been there, don't want to go there, been there..."


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    Kevster
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    ... ...You've been to these different galaxies? :cool:


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    redman
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    some of you will have seen this video version:
    (ignore silly middle piece)

    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-3020803111770641453


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    Dooom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,808 ✭✭✭Dooom


    Kevster wrote:
    ... ...You've been to these different galaxies? :cool:

    Yup, sure I was in the Horsehead nebula there a few days back, weather wasn't great though.

    I just saw the warnings for the pics, 5600 X 40000 resolution? :eek:


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    MooseJam
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    make you think there must be life out there


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    Kevster
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    Indeed. I always say: The chances of life forming on a remote rock orbiting a star are truly astronomical... ...HOWEVER, there are an astronomical amount of remote rocks orbiting stars out there.

    :)


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