Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Two Stunners From Hubble
The Hubble in the past has given us the likes of the Hubble Deep Field images, which continue to boggle my mind. Today, it gave us two absolutely stunning images of two galaxies that are about 60 million light years away from Earth. The images are so detailed and crisp that the files both come in at about 30 megabites each. These two images put together will take up roughly the same amount on your hard drive as 60 minutes of high-quality music. If you've ever doubted that a picture is worth a thousand words, check out these babies (there are likely more stars in these images than words in the English language, FYI).
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I had posted a comment on this and it didn't show!
ReplyDeleteThe original comment I had posted asked what astronomers can tell us about a specific galaxy by looking at its formation, color, size and what not? The photos look beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI also appreciate that you gave some context to the quality/image size of the photos given that those galaxies are so incredibly far away.
These photos are amazing. Truely awesome.
ReplyDeleteAnd to think that these are galaxies, full of stars and planets. That's mind-blowing.
I was also wondering the same thing Michael was. What can these pictures tell us about these galaxies?