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Originally Posted by Octane
A fusion of science and art.
How small are we?
Simply stunning. Great viewing on my 34" monitor!
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thanks very much H. yes, we do seem to be a bit infinitesimal in the overall scheme of things .
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Originally Posted by SkyViking
Absolutely gorgeous work Ray, much better resolution and colours than my old puny webcam image!  I've always wanted to do this one again with the proper CCD, so am very glad to see your wonderful result here. Apart from the superb gravitational arc the interesting 'comet' galaxy is also well defined.
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It was your image that was the inspiration for even trying to image this area - so thanks for that. I was surprised that the comet galaxy detail included a hint of the wake as well - it certainly is sobering to read the papers describing the environment around it. Also, for interest if you haven't seen it, there is a paper detailing the process of reconstructing an image of the arc galaxy - it is just staggering how much detail Hubble produces.
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1410.6594v1.pdf
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Originally Posted by AlexN
Fantastic shot mate.
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thanks very much Alex.
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Originally Posted by AG Hybrid
Super impressive work. Congratulations. On a side note. Holy cow look at the red shift on some of those galaxies on the right! Its pictures like these that make me want to have a good crack at astrophotography. I would even call this image inspiring.
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Thanks very much Adrian. I think that in future I will have a go at getting some more colour data to see if I can get a rough measure of the red shifts of the far off stuff - should be possible to get some idea.
regards ray
