want to feel that we might not be alone, just zoom into the sharpest ever view of Andromeda

[Chez Lopez]

lol sorry. that's a composite image bro.

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31Page.html

The following image of M31 is a mosaic of 40 separate greyscale frames taken from
September to November 2002. Color data for the mosaic came from previous images of M31
I took over the last few years using various short focal length instruments.
Cumulative exposure time for the entire mosaic was 50 hours.
Each greyscale frame was imaged at a focal length of 2000mm and
had a resolution of 1.7 to 2.5 arcseconds depending on sky conditions.
The equipment used was a 12.5" Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain (at F6) and ST10XME.
The mosaic was assembled using Adobe Photoshop 6.0



I don't mean to burst you guys collective astronomical bubble but yeah the picture was altered with color schemes from grayscale, on photoshop. cheers bros.

 

[MewTwo]

We have telescopes that can see far into the universe and we've yet to spot a space ship, why?

 

[☑︎#VoteDemocrat]

It is incredibly self-absorbed to claim composite images don't present a "real" look anyway. Those images are more "real" than anything our limited brains could process from our shytty under-evolved human eyes

Thing is, if you take infrared, UV, or gamma ray pics of the same thing, they look a lot different.

 

[Brown_Pride]

It is incredibly self-absorbed to claim composite images don't present a "real" look anyway. Those images are more "real" than anything our limited brains could process from our shytty under-evolved human eyes

basically this.

If anything these composite images or "more real" than what we can ONLY see with our eyes.

 

[Brown_Pride]

We have telescopes that can see far into the universe and we've yet to spot a space ship, why?

you're trolling right...
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right?

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

We have telescopes that can see far into the universe and we've yet to spot a space ship, why?

Um because we are looking at stars millions of miles wide instead of a 200 ft long spaceship breh.

 

[Hawaiian Punch]

you're trolling right...
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right?

He not trolling. Most humans tend to try tend to oversimplify the vastness of space

 

[badhat]

lol sorry. that's a composite image bro.

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31Page.html

The following image of M31 is a mosaic of 40 separate greyscale frames taken from
September to November 2002. Color data for the mosaic came from previous images of M31
I took over the last few years using various short focal length instruments.
Cumulative exposure time for the entire mosaic was 50 hours.
Each greyscale frame was imaged at a focal length of 2000mm and
had a resolution of 1.7 to 2.5 arcseconds depending on sky conditions.
The equipment used was a 12.5" Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain (at F6) and ST10XME.
The mosaic was assembled using Adobe Photoshop 6.0



I don't mean to burst you guys collective astronomical bubble but yeah the picture was altered with color schemes from grayscale, on photoshop. cheers bros.

He never said it wasn't a composite, he said it was visible light wavelengths.

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

We a speck of dust brehs. with smart phones and other shyt.

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

lol sorry. that's a composite image bro.

http://www.robgendlerastropics.com/M31Page.html

The following image of M31 is a mosaic of 40 separate greyscale frames taken from
September to November 2002. Color data for the mosaic came from previous images of M31
I took over the last few years using various short focal length instruments.
Cumulative exposure time for the entire mosaic was 50 hours.
Each greyscale frame was imaged at a focal length of 2000mm and
had a resolution of 1.7 to 2.5 arcseconds depending on sky conditions.
The equipment used was a 12.5" Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain (at F6) and ST10XME.
The mosaic was assembled using Adobe Photoshop 6.0



I don't mean to burst you guys collective astronomical bubble but yeah the picture was altered with color schemes from grayscale, on photoshop. cheers bros.

that picture is a true color representation of what you would see from the human eye. I realize that it is a composite and they use technology to achieve this.

lol, also, the sun isn't yellow, its white, lol, you're walking around living a lie.

 

[Juneya]

He not trolling. Most humans tend to try tend to oversimplify the vastness of space

Lol... But YOU understand it right lol

 

[Juneya]

I've done 40 pages of this already.. Lol... Nevermind

 

[rapbeats]

sure thing bro. but I believed that's how space really looked until I did some further research. turns out the fantastic imagery was a lie and these nebulae and galactic gas expulsions that cause those beautiful colorful pictures are invisible.

Turns out most science is like that, a slight of hand.

so basically you got your heart broken, so you can in here to break ours early. i feel you. its the same way i felt when i first heard about this years and years ago. i was like awwww thats some bullls.. then i read WHY they do that. and it made sense. I mean we have depictions of black holes. knowing good and well you would never visually see it. even if you were right next to one. its like one of those little dust twisters that you cant see until the trash/paper close by starts spinning around. without the debris you would never see that air move. but best believe it would bother you if you stepped into it.

It just tells you we can only "SEE" so much with our 2 eyes. we need instruments to help us SEE better.

 

[rapbeats]

I've always said, if we didn't have insane light pollution in the cities and could actually see the milky way and other celestial bodies that our behavior would be altered. If you saw this EVERY NIGHT

you can't help but be humbled and awestruck.

you may be on to something. while we get smarter and dont attribute everything we see in the sky to God or some sun/moon god. because we some what understand how it works. but perhaps the reason those folks back in the day were all awed by it wasnt because they didnt know how it worked. but because they could visually see it at work all day, every day.

 

[rapbeats]

Except man had those views and still went to war over bullshyt.

Beautiful picture.

was it really over bs? you sure about that?