Hi all, I've been out of touch awhile. Pretty awful summer skies this year across the pond in SA.
A video astrophotographer by the handle of 'nytecam' has posted a thought-provoking image on the
Cloudy Nights Deep Sky Forum. It shows a string of galaxies at roughly 1.7 to 2 billion light years, plus a much more remote QSO at 8 billion ly. The image alone is an amazing feat of what can be done by we 'amateurs' these days. The bottom-most re-shoot reaches magnitude 18.5 visual with a 4 minute exposure.
The subject of the thread itself, galaxy strings and intergalactic bubbles, has really gotten interesting. I'd love to see our IIS ace galactophile Robert weigh in on this one. His expertise could really add some zing to the CN thread.
Please send clear skies . . .
=Dana in SA