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Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever
- ISL 13y agoFrom the author: http://skysurvey.org/blog/2011/2/17/for-all-the-nights-stars http://skysurvey.org/blog/2011/2/17/for-all-the-nights-stars I was surprised to find that this wasn't a compilation of Sloan images, or one of the larger sky survey collaborations. This appears to be a one-person project.
- nsxwolf 13y agoiPad / iPhone version not available? Come on.
- jamesjguthrie 13y agoI know, I'm sick of websites that do things like this.
- duiker101 13y agoI suppose it's because they want you to download the app that is linked on the bottom right corner?
- dgesang 13y agoAnd I'm sick of iPhone users ...
- nsxwolf 13y agoSo sorry. Some of us just think that if we have a standards compliant web browser we should be able to use it to view things regardless of what device it is running on.
- zonkey 13y agoIs there a reason why it appears more populated and dense in the middle as opposed to the upper or lower regions? Is that the plane of our galaxy, or something to do with the light?
- ds_ 13y agoYes, it's the plane of our galaxy. If you click show constellations and objects, you can see where we are in the spiral, bottom left.
- jordanthoms 13y agoInteresting, I haven't seen this clustering from looking at the sky before - is it because this is more sensitive than the naked eye?
- ds_ 13y agoYou can see it in areas with little light pollution (although not quite like this image), otherwise most of the stars are too faint.
- ddeck 13y agoThis is one of the downsides of living in a heavily populated area. It's quite visible once you get away from the light pollution around cities.
- Pitarou 13y agoIt's called the Milky Way! In general, you can't see it if you're anywhere near an urban area.
- theallan 13y agoWhat is the "shadow" that appears to go across the plane in a very irregular manner? Is there a local dust cloud obscuring parts of the main plane?
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- tade 13y agoThis looks amazing. I wish the app was available to us foreigners as well.
- tehwalrus 13y agoI am about to buy an iPad for the first time, and I thought "this would be a great app, cool!" and clicked on the store link. So annoying that it's US store only - why do devs do this, anyone know?
- MartinMcGirk 13y agoI guess because the title here says "photograph" it didn't occur to me until the second visit that I could click and drag to look around. When I did though I got hit with the "Oh wow. That's incredible." sensation. I love this.
- jsilence 13y agosame here
- CmonDev 13y agoNo WP/Android version => failure.
- tempestn 13y agoReally? The project is an abject failure because it was made available without an Android or Windows Phone version? Sure it would be cool if it had one, but I think there are enough people out there with access to desktop browsers or iOS devices to make it at least marginally worthwhile!
- sdoering 13y agoJust do not feed (idiotic) trolls. Who knows what hit him last day/morning/night, that killed his mood and changed him into antisocial-hulk. ;-)
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- cauliturtle 13y agoI felt I am the actor in gravity!
- koala_advert 13y agoI wish there was an easy way to save the current view as a PNG. I could set it to full screen and use Print Screen, but the app icon and interface buttons would need to be edited out.
- ds_ 13y agoIndeed, it would make a nice wallpaper.
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- cellover 13y ago1. Play Eve Online 2. Set a route going through dozens of hisec system 3. Hit Autopilot (ctrl+s) 4. Enter windowless mode (ctrl+F9) 5. Sit back and enjoy the nicest interactive screensaver o7
- jonah 13y agoYou could probably shift the view up a bit, take a second screenshot and stitch the two together well enough for a wallpaper.
- antirez 13y agoImpressive to see how big (near) the Andromeda galaxy is compared to all the rest.
- cellover 13y agoAndromeda looks actually really big! It reminds of this post on APOD showing the apparent size compared to the moon: http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html Mind = blown.
- alok-g 13y agoWow! I had seen Andromeda before as a casual star-gazer and still had not realized this, just as the cited NASA webpage points out.
- Pitarou 13y agoIt looks so different like this! The Andromeda Galaxy was easy to spot, but I couldn't find any of the constellations I'm familiar with (until I found the "Show Constellations and Objects" button).
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- nirai 13y agosky map with higher resolution: http://server7.sky-map.org/v2?ra=17.243&de=-38.586&zoom=2&img_source=DSS2 http://server7.sky-map.org/v2?ra=17.243&de=-38.586&zoom=2&im...
- userulluipeste 13y agoIt would had been better if this sky map was not only Earth-centric, but also had Earth's polar coordinate system, or at least Earth's rotation axis. Here if you look "up" and rotate the sky, there isn't a North Star sitting there, and that's weird.
- INTPenis 13y agoCan anyone find any planets in this photo?
- warbastard 13y agoJupiter is there. Press on the (i) icon and it shows constellations. Jupiter's orbit is shown in green.
- tbomb 13y agoAccording to the map, the green band is Earth's ecliptic, The suns path from our view on earth.
- flpgr 13y agoThe green line is actually the ecliptic, the path which the Sun travels on the celestial sphere. You may find all the other planets along it also, because it is coplanar with Earth's orbit around the sun and, as consequence, almost coplanar with the other planet's orbits.
- moocowduckquack 13y agoCan't get it to work on firefox (v26.0) on osx (v10.7.5)
- vixen99 13y ago
- jimmytidey 13y agoDoes anyone know what the clouds of black are in the galactic plane? Is there something in the way, or are there no stars there?
- nfg 13y agoDust and gas blocking light from the stars behind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_dust http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_dust + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_lane http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_lane
- edem 13y agoI was able to spot the Magellan clouds, the Andromeda but where is Triangulum?
- lake99 13y agoJust below Andromeda. Find Mirach, the brightest star below the plane of Andromeda, then go the same distance further south.
- cellover 13y agoSmallest false-color tiny FOV long exposure photograph from Val Thorens ever: http://pilgrimbreak.com/sites/default/files/DSCF2027.JPG http://pilgrimbreak.com/sites/default/files/DSCF2027.JPG
- acheron 13y agoLovely picture. Looks a bit different from the sky outside my house: that's what I get for living near other people... Anyone used their iOS app? Is it better/different than Star Walk?
- wreegab 13y agoJust found you can zoom with the mousewheel. Zomming in on what appears an interesting feature reveals more and more details. This is just awesome. I can't help but feel more insignificant than usual when exploring this sky map.
- rtkwe 13y agoIt'd be even cooler if there were deeper zoom levels which linked in images specifically of a particular object. Say I find and zoom in on the Horse Head Nebula I get to images of that specific object.
- leephillips 13y agoWell, you can click on the object which takes you to further information.
- ganessh 13y agoWhy it is bright only in middle and dark else where?
- cellover 13y agoImagine you are look at a CD from the center, you would see matter in the middle but not above nor below. It is a little bit the same thing except the solar system and our Earth are not located in the center of the galaxy but somewhere close to the edge.
- leephillips 13y agoThis is so well done - I especially like the galactic reference in the lower left corner, that shows the FOV and direction. I promise not to say anything unkind about Flash for at least a week.
- eonil 13y agoThe biggest surprise to me is it requires Adobe Flash.
- damon_c 13y agoI didn't see this info anywhere so... Try these keys: a for in, z for out, and the 4 arrow keys... much better that way!