Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (Data Release 8) zoom

All of the imaging data for SDSS-III DR8 visualized. For the first half of the zoom, you are seeing the calibrated pixels; for the second half, the calibrated catalog.

Construction of the frames involves touching every object in the entire DR8 catalog. The images and video were created with IDL, the SDSS-III photoop system, idlutils, imagemagick and ffmpeg.

The data were taken as part of the SDSS, SDSS-II, and SDSS-III projects, with a 2.5-m Telescope at Apache Point Observatory. For more information see http://sdss3.org/ . Publication credit: David W. Hogg, Michael Blanton, and the SDSS-III Collaboration.

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Science & Technology

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• sdss
• sdss-iii
• astronomy
• astrophysics
• imaging
• galaxy
• star
• celestial sphere
• timelapse
• stopmotion
• apache point observatory
• telescope

[ModeLTU]

Universe is one huge motherfucker.That's all I'm saying

[Tapiola2007]

@rlwieneke You mean it's too challenging for you when you know that science shoots holes in your untenable world view so you try to convince yourself that scientists are bad people. How foolish. Let's see, what good does science do for you? Got a TV, cell phone, car? Do you live in a house or a cave? How's your health, been to a doctor lately? Do you enjoy fresh or rotten food? When you use the WC, do you flush in the comfort of your home or take a crap in the corner of your yard? Get real!

[iEatYourToast]

@Tapiola2007 Exactly.And people think universe was made only for us...a tiny planet...amongst thousands and billions of others...and millions of them maybe with life...

[rlwieneke]

@IamaninjalolXxX Fearless Last Words from your side. Here is mine to you: Don't hold your breath.

[Mixetc]

@tcass2011 Check out Google Sky then

[IamaninjalolXxX]

@rlwieneke *Haven't been proven, not can't be proven.

[samlt2k1]

@neocon70 sorry, no.

[IamaninjalolXxX]

@sdensley The only reason that your god is defined that way is so that no one is able to challenge it's existence. By saying it is incomprehensible it shuts down anyone's arguments because you just counter it by saying they can't understand it.

[gabchalmer]

@neocon70 proof denies faith genius...

[Tapiola2007]

@weemikey70 "Facile-minded"? My comment was a list that also included inventions in the fields of medicine, food and domestic comfort. Couldn't you make it to the end before sending me your frivolous reply?

[weemikey70]

@Tapiola2007 Rather facile-minded is it not to imply that TV, cell phones and cars are inherently 'good'. These are amongst the worst 'best inventions' ever conceived. Now, had you said penicillin, the wind-up radio, or the hearing aid...

[Hendar23]

No Youtube video is complete without a raving theist/atheist argument in the comment section!