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This is the imagery released in January 2015. Though not brand new, this is an amazing image to contemplate, especially in light of the continued discoveries fr

• sndean 10y ago
  Sorry if this is a dumb question (the article pretty much says it): when you zoom all of the way in, each dot is a star (or cluster of stars)?
  • elorant 10y ago
    Not really, but close. Picture is 1.5 billion pixels and features 100 million stars. So it’s about one star per fifteen pixels.
    • captaincrowbar 10y ago
      100 billion stars, not million. So on the order of 100 stars per pixel, although obviously not evenly distributed. (Edited to add) The individual stars you can see when you zoom all the way in are the very brightest stars, mostly blue (O/B class) or red (K/M class) giants. For each star you can see, there are hundreds of smaller stars that you can't make out individually but contribute to the general background glow.
      • imglorp 10y ago
        > For each star you can see, there are hundreds of smaller stars that you can't make out individually but contribute to the general background glow. Yeah, like ours.
      • mevile 10y ago
        > 100 billion stars, not million No, it's 100 million, as the article says. > It is the biggest Hubble image ever released and shows over 100 million stars and thousands of star clusters embedded in a section of the galaxy’s pancake-shaped disc stretching across over 40 000 light-years.
        • planteen 10y ago
          I think maybe the op meant the entire Andromeda galaxy is estimated to have 200-400 billion stars (source Wikipedia)
          • haukur 10y ago
            Actually, Wikipedia says the number of stars is estimated at 10^12 (a trillion).
            • sdenton4 10y ago
              (And whoever guesses the closest gets the whole jar!)
  • s0ulphire 10y ago
    Yes, or close! Zoom in right near the top right edge, should help clear that up for you :)
    • e12e 10y ago
      How does that really clear anything up? (Not being snarky, just wondering what you mean)? That the space between stars/clusters become a little more apparent? http://imgur.com/XSgigtY http://imgur.com/XSgigtY
• lloeki 10y ago
  The bright parts are boring, let's look at the empty ones! http://petapixel.com/2013/06/06/a-mind-bending-look-at-the-hubble-ultra-deep-field-photo-of-the-universe/ http://petapixel.com/2013/06/06/a-mind-bending-look-at-the-h... Now while watching the video, do keep that picture of Andromeda in the back of your mind, and that the Hubble telescope was aimed at the darkest corner of the universe! Factor in Kepler stuff, and draw your own conclusions. And zooming back, here I am, sitting on a chair in an irrelevant part of that thin blue layer on a ball of iron and oxygen, crying of joy, hope, and a little bit of sadness for those of us that keep throwing flak – whether bombs or words – at each other in a delusion of self-importance. How feeble are we, merely able to be at peace with our kin; how frail, when we can barely camp out in such close proximity to our home. Please, world, let's race to space again, in a – this time around – friendly competition.
  • timdafweak 10y ago
    Very profound. Thank you for sharing.
• edem 10y ago
  There is a very big bright object in the middle of the image a bit to the bottom. You can't miss it. Do you have an idea what it is? It is the brightest object visible on the image apart from the galactic core.
  • wiredfool 10y ago
    It's a foreground star in our galaxy.