cool picture of M81

[watermelony2k]

this picture is amazingly crisp. i dare you not to zoom in.

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/publicationjpg/heic0710a.jpg

P.S. Now, if you look at the corners of the pictures you can find more individual galaxies in the distance

 

[Ronald Held]

Thanks for the link of the image.

 

[Who_Trek]

Very nice...

 

[Brent]

Hello new wallpaper!

 

[Brent]

watermelony2k said:
P.S. Now, if you look at the corners of the pictures you can find more individual galaxies in the distance

hrm, what's that thing on the very bottom, right, that looks like a mushroom?

 

[SulibanScript]

Great pic, I imagine this is from the Hubble

Brent said:

watermelony2k said:
P.S. Now, if you look at the corners of the pictures you can find more individual galaxies in the distance

hrm, what's that thing on the very bottom, right, that looks like a mushroom?

It looks like a pair of galaxies stuck together in a very distant place in the Universe

For example
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0717a.jpg

 

[Nerroth]

Ah, the home of the Tholian Will and Seltorian Suzerainty/Tribunal in the Star Fleet Universe!

Looks cool.


(In that alternate setting, the Tholians originated from M81, which they eventually conquered, engineering the Seltorians to be their oxygen-breathing slave-warrior-overseers... until the Selts figured out how to overthrow, and virtually annihilate, the Tholian race, sending the remnants fleeing to other galaxies, such as our own. Of course, the Seltorians weren't keen on leaving it at that, and sent task forces of their own to hunt down the survivors!)

 

[Brent]

SulibanScript said:
Great pic, I imagine this is from the Hubble

Brent said:

watermelony2k said:
P.S. Now, if you look at the corners of the pictures you can find more individual galaxies in the distance

hrm, what's that thing on the very bottom, right, that looks like a mushroom?

It looks like a pair of galaxies stuck together in a very distant place in the Universe

For example
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/screen/heic0717a.jpg

That is so freaking cool it gives me warm fuzzies, to think i'm looking at two galaxies, so very far away, with so many stars/planets, merging, stuck, going through chaos, whatever... so AMAZING

 

[The Squire of Gothos]

Brent said:Hello new wallpaper!

Until my daughter was born I used to have nebulae and galaxies as my work desktop