Milky Way Hot and Cold

[quasiphatpaul]

Shouldn't the hottest parts be red and the coldest blue? Why switch an association that we all have?

[AleximusMaximus]

Astrophotography - showing us an otherwise invisible, but absolutely real universe all around us. Beautiful :)

[Caldari1]

The heavens declare the glory of God : )

[iTzBurg3Rsempai]

@Caldari1 You. Out.

[AleximusMaximus]

@Caldari1 Only if you assume God exists, otherwise they just declare the glory of themselves. And lol.. Caldari < Gallente < Minmatar < Amarr.

[jedi390669]

is it possible to develop a telescope that will see Dark Matter and Dark Energy?

[bbboooommmm]

@jedi390669 the only way to see dark matter curently known is by creating it with a large hydron colider like the CERN have

[Ezmarii]

Is this the same way NASA produced the coloring for their picture, 'the eye of god'? if anyone knows what I'm talking about~

[mitsukai89]

where can i find these images???

[ananiasacts]

@mitsukai89, have you tried a search for "spitzer images" or "hershel images." It worked for me.

[sorry8140]

w8, 24 microns...is that how big the strand of light is? that seems unlikely. what object is 5, 2.4, and 500 microns?

[imyyz4u]

Light can be measured as a wave, the number of microns is the length of the wave.

Objects give off different wavelengths of light at different temperatures, longer (red) cooler, shorter (blue) warmer.

Basically he is using the wavelength of light in microns to tell you the temperature of the objects.

[RyuDarragh]

Yes.. the "Blackbody Temperature" curve. This also explains the color of stars. Red to orange to yellow to white, then blue (increasingly shorter wavelengths indicate higher temperatures and blue is the shortest wavelength). No green, sorry :P

[Robb0688]

that's the wavelength of light. that strand of orange is probably lightyears long

[karadan100]

Galileo would have loved to live in these times.

I feel privileged to live during an era of such fascinating discovery.

[Lpoolboy]

Think about what we might miss in the future. Enjoy it whilst it lasts. :)

[SomethingIntence]

@karadan100  I too feel privileged to live in this era, but... God I wish I could live in a time when anyone could visit these stars as we visit other countries today... God damn why was I born now and not in 200 years or when ever we are able to go to these beautiful stars and understand dark matter...

[andres5501]

@SomethingIntence Yeah same thing I think, too bad I was born now, and not 100-200 years from now, where *if we are still alive and not dead from a stupid war* Space travel hopefully was closer, and also more information was present. Well the only thing one can do is save enough money to go on those Virgin airlinies trip around the earth kind of thing...

[Nectrosu]

@karadan100 What about in 5-10 centuries? Don't you want to live there?

[karadan100]

@Nectrosu Yes and no. I'm fascinated as to what sort of things we will have discovered by then (as long as we aren't already extinct) but i fear the kinds of changes in society would be very difficult to adjust to. We are used to living in the present and can cope with gradual change. If you brought Someone from 500 years ago to present day, they would have a very hard time dealing with the world. Everything would be far too scary for them.

[Leifthrasir]

So cool!

[TheModerndaymartyrs]

Glorious.

[CuuijqyMuruqdte]

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[bartjoboy]

Wow, very nice pictures! :D

[RevDevilin]

;-) 5 stars

[Kevstar19]

Incredible...

[CousinoMacul]

I love composite astronomical pictures from different "invisible" wavelengths. Totally sweet!

[GNoodle]

COOL!

[VWLPT]

That was refreshing.

[lhbcs]

nice

[lureftw1]

beautiful :) and iteresting.

[JackyRBKwan]

yay nice

[villur]

3rd

[FackHillsongPublish]

bliss !