Oh my Gosh! M104

erick (Eric) · #1 11-03-2008, 10:37 PM

Catching up on APOD images there is this:-

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap080308.html

That is amazing!

Just a bit more detail than I observed in my 12" from Snake Valley the last few nights!

jjjnettie (Jeanette) · #2 11-03-2008, 10:47 PM

OMG that just blows me away.
It's an extraordinary image.

Karlsson · #3 11-03-2008, 11:03 PM

Looks like the view from Spain is much better than ours...

erick (Eric) · #4 11-03-2008, 11:23 PM

ps. Anyone feel like counting all the other galaxies in the full size frame!

citivolus (Ric) · #5 12-03-2008, 07:13 AM

Personally I find the technique they used to be too oversharp for vertical detail. It just looks faked.

#6 12-03-2008, 09:53 AM

I agree, looks to "edited" CGI kinda...

Ric · #7 12-03-2008, 03:30 PM

What an amazing image Eric.

The detail is awesome in the dust lanes.

Cheers

goober (Doug) · #8 12-03-2008, 03:59 PM

I love the "little Sombrero" at around 2 o'clock. Sort of like Mini Me.

Screwdriverone (Chris) · #9 12-03-2008, 04:05 PM

Check out the two little blue face on spiral galaxies down at 7 o'clock at the bottom of the larger picture.

Looks like they are exchanging star fluids or just holding hands!

Chris

goober (Doug) · #10 12-03-2008, 04:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Screwdriverone

Check out the two little blue face on spiral galaxies down at 7 o'clock at the bottom of the larger picture.

Looks like they are exchanging star fluids or just holding hands!

Chris

Cute! I look forwards to hearing how many there are when Eric's finished counting them

Ric · #11 12-03-2008, 04:10 PM

I've just put this on my desktop at work, it's just to nice to look at once.

erick (Eric) · #12 12-03-2008, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goober

............ when Eric's finished counting them

....128, 129, 130.............

Matty P (Matt) · #13 12-03-2008, 04:45 PM

That is one amazing image! There is so much detail showing.

Thanks for posting.