Hi all, Thought y'all might find the attached reply from S&T's Rick Fienberg interesting. And if you haven't done it yet, make sure you download the full-size (important!) recent image from NASA of the "Tadpole" galaxy and take some time to look over all the multitude of galaxies visible in the background. It will take your breath away. Hopefully your computer's RAM and/or your graphics card are up to the task (not to mention your modem!): http://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/stsci/0211a.jpg Rich Note: forwarded message attached. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
Thanks for that, Rich. Stunning, beautiful, thought-provoking image, one of Hubble's best, IMO. It's pictures like that, that make me think that if we are the only intelligent species in the universe, what an incredible waste it all is. It also makes me think that we just can't possibly be alone. Thanks also to Rick! C. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
Couldn't agree with you more Chuck. When I saw the image in the latest S & T my jaw dropped and I was just mesmerized. Those little fuzzies in the eyepiece just blow me away everytime. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away.... Joe Borgione -------------------
Thanks for that, Rich. Stunning, beautiful, thought-provoking image, one of Hubble's best, IMO.
It's pictures like that, that make me think that if we are the only intelligent species in the universe, what an incredible waste it all is. It also makes me think that we just can't possibly be alone.
Thanks also to Rick!
C.
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A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....
It's ironic that we can image distant galaxies like this, and we can't even see the other side of our own Milky Way! My parallelogram is coming along nicely. Got the arm assembly done late last night, and now working on the bino-holder/pivot assembly. This one will allow the binocular to swing laterally 180-degress, so I can sweep side-to-side without moving the parallelogram itself. Thinking about Jo Grahn's remark the other day about tripping over tripod legs, I found some LED flasher units that I may attach near each tripod foot if I have time. Admitedly, my parts bin may be better-stocked than most, but so far my out-of-pocket costs have been $0. I'm thinking about either an observing contest or raffle at Binopalooza. What's more appealing to you folks, an observing list (perhaps with different divisions according to aperture, to make it fair) with a prize for the most successful, or a random drawing for a prize, among all attendees? Don't get excited, the prize will probably be either an appropriate book, or some piece of astro-hardware. Please let me know if you feel strongly one way or the other. Thanks! Chuck __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
Does anyone know if this is available in a color print or poster size. Would be a waste if it weren't. Jim --- Joe Borgione <jborgion@xmission.com> wrote:
Couldn't agree with you more Chuck. When I saw the image in the latest S & T my jaw dropped and I was just mesmerized. Those little fuzzies in the eyepiece just blow me away everytime.
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away....
Joe Borgione
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Thanks for that, Rich. Stunning, beautiful, thought-provoking image, one of Hubble's best, IMO.
It's pictures like that, that make me think that if we are the only intelligent species in the universe, what an incredible waste it all is. It also makes me think that we just can't possibly be alone.
Thanks also to Rick!
C.
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Jim, I've already deleted it, but I think Rich's original post mentioned that S & T would be offering it as one of their "Spotlight Prints". IIRC, they are available in 11 x 14 & 16 x 20. Imagine what the night sky would look like if you lived on a planet somewhere in the middle of that debris trail....the galaxy itself would fill half the sky. Those distorted spiral arms swooping across vast stretches of night... Look at the bright, young blue stars that make up most of that trail. Clusters by the hundreds, thousands. Starburst on a massive scale, a river of creation a couple of hundred thousand light-years long...It would make our night sky look impoverished and forlorn in comparison. I hate to ask for more, but I wonder just how long that trail is? It tantalizingly runs off the edge of the frame, still fairly dense! C. --- Jim Stitley <sitf2000@yahoo.com> wrote:
Does anyone know if this is available in a color print or poster size. Would be a waste if it weren't. Jim
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This is probably THE MOST incredible deep sky photo I ever saw, bar none! I have got to get a large print of the whole photo. Do you know how it is referred to in order to order one? Just got to track it down and get one - way too awesome !!! Jim --- Chuck Hards <chuckhards@yahoo.com> wrote:
Jim, I've already deleted it, but I think Rich's original post mentioned that S & T would be offering it as one of their "Spotlight Prints". IIRC, they are available in 11 x 14 & 16 x 20.
Imagine what the night sky would look like if you lived on a planet somewhere in the middle of that debris trail....the galaxy itself would fill half the sky. Those distorted spiral arms swooping across vast stretches of night...
Look at the bright, young blue stars that make up most of that trail. Clusters by the hundreds, thousands. Starburst on a massive scale, a river of creation a couple of hundred thousand light-years long...It would make our night sky look impoverished and forlorn in comparison.
I hate to ask for more, but I wonder just how long that trail is? It tantalizingly runs off the edge of the frame, still fairly dense!
C.
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Does anyone know if this is available in a color print or poster size. Would be a waste if it weren't. Jim
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That is one nice picture. I'm going to save this email so I can make it a background in Linux. Speaking of Linux and astronomy, does anyone know of good astronomy software for Linux offhand? I can probably do a search on www.google.com and find some, but that doesn't mean I'll find all or the best ones. BTW, any star parties coming up? I'm kind of a lurker and tend to hit the delete the messages when I don't have time to read them. I'm in school and one of my classes lasts 4 weeks so we cover a chapter a day. It started monday and today I had a test. Joe Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote: And if you haven't done it yet, make sure you download the full-size (important!) recent image from NASA of the "Tadpole" galaxy and take some time to look over all the multitude of galaxies visible in the background. It will take your breath away. Hopefully your computer's RAM and/or your graphics card are up to the task (not to mention your modem!): http://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/stsci/0211a.jpg --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience
That's just about the most amazing space photo I've ever seen! WOW! Thanks for alerting us. -- Joe
xephem is probably the best one out there. Search for that. Rich --- Joseph Barney <jbarneyut@yahoo.com> wrote:
That is one nice picture. I'm going to save this email so I can make it a background in Linux. Speaking of Linux and astronomy, does anyone know of good astronomy software for Linux offhand? I can probably do a search on www.google.com and find some, but that doesn't mean I'll find all or the best ones. BTW, any star parties coming up? I'm kind of a lurker and tend to hit the delete the messages when I don't have time to read them. I'm in school and one of my classes lasts 4 weeks so we cover a chapter a day. It started monday and today I had a test. Joe Richard Tenney <retenney@yahoo.com> wrote: And if you haven't done it yet, make sure you download the full-size (important!) recent image from NASA of the "Tadpole" galaxy and take some time to look over all the multitude of galaxies visible in the background. It will take your breath away. Hopefully your computer's RAM and/or your graphics card are up to the task (not to mention your modem!): http://explorer.arc.nasa.gov/stsci/0211a.jpg
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Rich is right, XEphem is certainly the best and has the most features. There is, however, a new one that shows promise. Visit http://edu.kde.org/kstars . The features aren't all there, and you need a recent KDE version to run it, but in time I think it will be the one to use. dave Richard Tenney wrote:
xephem is probably the best one out there. Search for that. Rich
Thanks to all the people that responded with the Linux astronomy programs. Hopefully I'll make it to a star party or two this summer and meet some of you. Joe __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com
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