Posted on 05/20/2011 4:14:18 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
[Credit & Copyright: Nick Risinger (Photopic Sky Survey)] Explanation: Majestic nebulae and stars of our Milky Way Galaxy stretch across this panoramic image of the entire night sky. At full resolution, the 5 gigapixel mosaic was stitched together from over 37,000 images, the result of a season following, year long effort and 60,000 travel miles in search of still dark skies in the American west and the western Cape of South Africa. The well-planned project combined many exposures from the dark sites, intended to produce an inspiring view of the night to rival the brightness of day. An interactive journey through the scene will uncover a congeries of innumerable stars with vast clouds of gas and dust strewn along the galactic plane and central bulge, too faint to see with the unaided eye. Even galaxies of stars beyond our Milky Way can be found within the cosmic vista.
(Excerpt) Read more at apod.nasa.gov ...
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Yeah, I didn’t click it right away, mea culpa.
Wow, bigger is better.
Thank you for the lovely APOD, Sunken Civ!
Wow, Civ! Look at all those light years, and they fit on my computer screen quite nicely.
A monumental effort yielded a monumental return. What a gorgeous picture.
More Teri Garr!
Thanks, another reason I’m glad monitors are wide-screen now.
LOL!
another thread about it:
The Night Sky As You Have Never Seen It Before (Must See To Believe)
Gate | 7/13/11
Posted on 07/13/2011 3:50:10 PM PDT by OneVike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2748128/posts
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