What Ultra Deep Space probably looks like

[Matt Wastell (Matt)]

A classic! I was always blown away with this image - the size of the image scale is what you would see if you looked through a drinking straw that was 2 meters long!
The HST is possibly the greatest scientific tool ever!

[styleman333]

I agree . The hubble deep field shot is the most awes inspiring , stunning picture ever taken . RIP Carl Sagan .

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

It's nice to be awed by the sheer enormity and number of galaxies without bringing up debates and arguments about religion or if the Universe if infinite.
To me they spoil the moment of enjoying the image as an image.

Isn't it nice to just sit back and look at an image like this without analysing it all the time.

[strongmanmike (Michael)]

Originally Posted by ballaratdragons

It's nice to be awed by the sheer enormity and number of galaxies without bringing up debates and arguments about religion or if the Universe if infinite.
To me they spoil the moment of enjoying the image as an image.

Isn't it nice to just sit back and look at an image like this without analysing it all the time.

Too true.. but I guess the feelings conjured when viewing such a picture inevitably and anavoidably link to the why and how so directly that it is unavoidable that such questions get asked so readily

Mike

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by strongmanmike

Too true.. but I guess the feelings conjured when viewing such a picture inevitably and anavoidably link to the why and how so directly that it is unavoidable that such questions get asked so readily

Mike

And that is good Mike. In a separate thread

Let's just drool in this one. Analyse somewhere else

[blindman]

And just ONE civilization !
Isn't that mind boggling ?

Sports against brains......hmmmmmm

[alistairsam]

Good one Ken.
I remember seeing the ultra deep image or similar in 3D in the Hubble Imax Movie. that was an unforgettable sight to see so many galaxies 13 billion light years away.
They then pan out of that and that's when the sheer scale of things hits you. one of the primary reasons I got hooked on to this hobby.
unforgettable in 3D, you come out thinking, geez how small am I!!

aren't there any more of the Hubble ultra deep images? wonder if nasa ever made a mosaic as well.

[ballaratdragons (Ken)]

Originally Posted by alistairsam

Good one Ken.
I remember seeing the ultra deep image or similar in 3D in the Hubble Imax Movie. that was an unforgettable sight to see so many galaxies 13 billion light years away.
They then pan out of that and that's when the sheer scale of things hits you. one of the primary reasons I got hooked on to this hobby.
unforgettable in 3D, you come out thinking, geez how small am I!!

aren't there any more of the Hubble ultra deep images? wonder if nasa ever made a mosaic as well.

Alistair, there is 1 Deep Field North, 1 Deep Field South, and also only 1 ULTRA Deep Field (also in the south).

Telescope time is at a premium.

I must see Hubble Imax one day.

[alistairsam]

Hi Ken,

its still playing.

this reminds me of the millennium simulation from the max Planck institute,
"the largest N-body simulation carried out thus far (more than 10power10 particles). By zooming in on a massive cluster of galaxies, the movie highlights the morphology of the structure on different scales,"

http://www.mpa-garching.mpg.de/galform/millennium/

some cool videos and posters there.

and to think the universe might actually look like a huge spider web of matter with dendrite like connections between galaxies.
what amazes me is how the edge of the universe that we've seen might be so very different after 13 billion years (light) with everything moving away from each other. when will we ever learn what the "universe" truly is.

we need wormholes!!

[Jen]

wow thats amazing