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NutmegCT

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Recent Hubble photo compilation of the Andromeda galaxy -

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That's the *low" resolution image. Here's a link to the full size 45MB image, and other views:

www.esa.int

Hubble traces hidden history of the Andromeda Galaxy

The largest photomosaic of the Andromeda galaxy, assembled from NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope observations, unveils hundreds of millions of stars. It took more than 10 years to collect data for this colorful portrait of our neighbouring galaxy and was created from more than 600 snapshots. This...
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and a video tour:

 
Stunning photo and video! Thanks for sharing, Tom.
 
Agreed! If we're descendants of the first mammals (about 225 million years ago), using our brains to understand a "universe" which started ca. 14 billion years ago, is a huge challenge. (to say the least!)

Fred and Ethel, my distant relatives, hiding in the late triassic Mertz.

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NutmegCT said:
Agreed! If we're descendants of the first mammals (about 225 million years ago), using our brains to understand a "universe" which started ca. 14 billion years ago, is a huge challenge. (to say the least!)

Fred and Ethel, my distant relatives, hiding in the late triassic Mertz.

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Is that what started your fascination with the Mertzedes Benz Marque? (I'll get my coat)
 
The photo reminds me of the quote by astronaut Bowman as he enters the stargate in "2001: A Space Oddysey", "The thing is hollow---it goes on forever---and---oh my God! It's full of stars!"

I remembered the quote as being from the movie, but it's not, it's in the novelization/book by Arthur C. Clarke, who was also the screenwriter.

I have a "dumb" question: I know that the brighter points of light, red, blue, white, yellow, etc. are larger stars of varying magnitudes, but is the tannish/whitish area also stars, each of those little dots/pixels? And the glowing center?
 
NutmegCT said:
Keith - check out the high resolution image on the site:

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It's all stars and gas - like the old "It's turtles all the way down".
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I did and that's where the question came up for me, was it stars or gas? Thanks for the answer! (My innards probably look like that when they're full of stars and gas...)
 
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