The Milky Way Galaxy, seen from Earth

Jburn · 11-11-2009, 02:30 AM

We really do need a science and techology subforum.

Careless22 · 11-11-2009, 02:31 AM

out of reps!! my god dude thats absolutly gorgeous. i love going to the middle of nowhere and looking at amazing sky views with every star and constellation visible.

that is just mind blowing tho, i wish i could rep you.

mr. strength · 11-11-2009, 02:35 AM

where on earth was that picture taken? it blows my mind that you can go somewhere and actually look up and see stuff like this

Jburn · 11-11-2009, 02:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Careless22

out of reps!! my god dude thats absolutly gorgeous. i love going to the middle of nowhere and looking at amazing sky views with every star and constellation visible.

that is just mind blowing tho, i wish i could rep you.

Me too, I could look at pictures like that all day long. Its so amazing that we are inside that huge bright cluster. It really makes me wonder if a Galactic Empire would really be possible (Star Wars) since there are billions of stars in a single galaxy, and possibly billions of planets.

Here is another nice one.

Dont worry about the reps either lol.

Heiber · 11-11-2009, 02:37 AM

another pic, i love long exposures

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ky_nps_big.jpg

Shangius · 11-11-2009, 02:38 AM

rsemans · 11-11-2009, 02:38 AM

brb living in big city and can't see ****

Jburn · 11-11-2009, 02:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Heiber

another pic, i love long exposures

Wtf you posting that big ass picture for?

Its not even in color. Please delete that sh!t and find something that fits the screen.

Here is another one, looks shopped though.

lurkr · 11-11-2009, 02:41 AM

We are in the milky way galaxy.

So any picture of space from earth will be of the milky way (or part of it)... right?

Ephedra · 11-11-2009, 02:41 AM

All that, and some people have the arrogance to believe we know how everything started.

Docta J · 11-11-2009, 02:42 AM

those pics of the crab nebula are still some of the mind blowing pics ive ever seen. Then when you see the "pillars of creation" pics those are pretty ****ing sick too. Google for those if you haven't seen em already.

Shangius · 11-11-2009, 02:44 AM

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those pics of the crab nebula are still some of the mind blowing pics ive ever seen. Then when you see the "pillars of creation" pics those are pretty ****ing sick too. Google for those if you haven't seen em already.

goddamn being an astronomer must be one cool fukking job

Heiber · 11-11-2009, 02:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Jburn

Wtf you posting that big ass picture for?

Its not even in color. Please delete that sh!t and find something that fits the screen.

im posting it because its one of the best quality pictures of the milky way seen from earth ive seen. thought u might be interested in it judging by the thread title.

its much more interesting in full res

and about it not being in color, i think the ones u posted are just artificially colored.. not sure though,, one looks pretty real, the vertical one

photobucket wont let me upload it at a perfect size for the screen =/

CCandME · 11-11-2009, 02:47 AM

being an astronomer would be mind=blown every day

Docta J · 11-11-2009, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Shangius

goddamn being an astronomer must be one cool fukking job

Yeah I took a couple astronomy classes in school as a couple of my electives just because I knew if i was really interested in it I could pass it. I love learning about outer space in general but being an astronaut would be the sweetest job of all.

Mindi911 · 11-11-2009, 02:55 AM

Living in the UK you don't really get to see the stars that often. Damn I miss South Africa.

Jburn · 11-11-2009, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Ephedra

All that, and some people have the arrogance to believe we know how everything started.

I agree 100% with this statement. Not trying to turn this into a debate of any kind, but human scientists couldnt possibly put together the pieces of this cosmic puzzle.

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Originally Posted by Shangius

goddamn being an astronomer must be one cool fukking job

You would think so, right? I took an astronomy course back in 06 for the lulz, and had a brofessor in his mid 60's. This dude lectured every session for about three hours, not looking at a single piece of subject matter. So I clearly saw that this guy devoted at least a decade or something to astronomy.. but he was the most boring dude ever. His voice was always monotone and I seriously wondered if he hated his life lulz, srs. He was that boring.

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Originally Posted by Heiber

im posting it because its one of the best quality pictures of the milky way seen from earth ive seen. thought u might be interested in it judging by the thread title.

its much more interesting in full res

and about it not being in color, i think the ones u posted are just artificially colored.. not sure though,, one looks pretty real, the vertical one

photobucket wont let me upload it at a perfect size for the screen =/

I do appreciate your thoughtfulness but the pic is too big, stretches out everyones text and puts a scrollbar down there. Its irritating when people post big ass pictures, especially one like that when the smaller version you posted is just as good.

Take it down or negs, just sayin.

bee su · 11-11-2009, 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by lurkr

We are in the milky way galaxy.

So any picture of space from earth will be of the milky way (or part of it)... right?

thats what i was thinking

swordsmanzenn · 11-11-2009, 03:11 AM

i want to learn how to do this. too bad we can't see that with the naked eye.

Ectotech · 11-11-2009, 03:13 AM

I don't know, whenever we studied anything with space it involved maths...lots of maths.
brb looking at equations all day instead of being amazed by universe.

Docta J · 11-11-2009, 03:16 AM

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I don't know, whenever we studied anything with space it involved maths...lots of maths.
brb looking at equations all day instead of being amazed by universe.

lol yeah bro astrophysics is no joke, that **** is complicated as ****, one of the main reasons why I was limited in the classes I could take

Jburn · 11-11-2009, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Heiber

no we can look out past all the stars of the milky way and see other galaxys

I think they mean that my thread title is redundant in a sense, because every pic of the Milky Way will be as it is, seen from Earth. I hadnt thought about it like that when I made the thread.

We are always presented with pictures of the entire Milky Way as a complete galaxy, as seen from far away in space. But in reality it isnt possible for us to see what the entire Milky Way looks like from a distance because we are inside it.

That would be like taking a picture of the whole exterior of your house from the inside of your bedroom; not possible.

sonicology · 11-11-2009, 04:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindi911

Living in the UK you don't really get to see the stars that often. Damn I miss South Africa.

Depends where you live in the UK, up here in the remoteness of Northern Scotland I can see the stars just fine. Different constellations in the Northern Hemisphere than in the South though.

McCarthyism · 11-11-2009, 04:52 AM

Fuuuuu.... just makes me wonder why the hell the universe exists.. What's the purpose, seriously?

Ricky112 · 11-11-2009, 05:00 AM

God damn I hate light pollution.

StreetWise · 11-11-2009, 05:05 AM

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Fuuuuu.... just makes me wonder why the hell the universe exists.. What's the purpose, seriously?

Same brah

this whole "big bang" stuff just doesnt cut it for me

I really have no ****ing idea how something so detailed such as our own planet could be created by accident, let alone a whole ****ing universe full with them.

McCarthyism · 11-11-2009, 05:12 AM

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Originally Posted by StreetWise

Same brah

this whole "big bang" stuff just doesnt cut it for me

I really have no ****ing idea how something so detailed such as our own planet could be created by accident, let alone a whole ****ing universe full with them.

I'm not wondering how it happened, but why it happened. It's just crazy now neither spare nor time existed before the big bang. To me it seems like whatever caused the big bang was surrounded by negative space.

Large_Emu · 11-11-2009, 05:15 AM

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Originally Posted by StreetWise

Same brah

this whole "big bang" stuff just doesnt cut it for me

I really have no ****ing idea how something so detailed such as our own planet could be created by accident, let alone a whole ****ing universe full with them.

you do realise that radio telescopes pick up evidence from the big bang all the time right? there is a constant stream of particle going through the earth all the time. We pretty much know it was the big bang which created everything, we just don't know how the point before the big bang came to be.

Deathstriker666 · 11-11-2009, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by mr. strength

where on earth was that picture taken? it blows my mind that you can go somewhere and actually look up and see stuff like this

lol it would have had a long tracked exposure, you wont be able to see it that good with your naked eye.

RedSoxfan1978 · 11-11-2009, 05:17 AM

That is incredible. The start, astronomy and space have always mind ****ed me. LOL!

It makes you realize how small we really are. At some point Im going to get a telescope and a good digicam and the adapter to connect them. Mind= blown then!

I live in Southwest, semi rural Florida. Very few houses out here and fewer street lights. On a clear night you can see everything it seems. Up in the Northeast in Boston for instance you could see nothing, too much light pollution I guess.

I cant get enough of the space stuff. My desktop is almost always something space related. Right now its the earth rising over the moon, as photographed by the Apollo 11 crew. Truly epic and mindblowing. To see the earth rise out of the black of space is unreal.

Google the hi res of that pic, its remarkable really.

There is also a huge res of the sunrise on Mars, looks unreal to think it was taken all those millions of miles away. The rovers took it. Crazy stuff.