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moonshinegnomie

(2,916 posts)
Fri May 26, 2023, 10:10 AM May 2023

a universe of galaxies

ive been using a remote telescope (telescope.live) to download data for astrophotography that i can then process however i choose. I used data from an area of the sky i knew to be rich in galaxies and after processing them i used a technique called plate solving to label the galaxies in the photo. the tiny pinpoint galaxies are all on the order of 300 million light years away,the large galaxies are in the area of 20 million light years away

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https://flic.kr/p/2oD36G5

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a universe of galaxies (Original Post) moonshinegnomie May 2023 OP
There is a lot of stuff out there. Chainfire May 2023 #1
Please teach me. 3catwoman3 May 2023 #2
Text. 2naSalit May 2023 #3
yes. the green text is the catalog numbers for the galaxies moonshinegnomie May 2023 #4
Thank you. I thought that might be the case, but I can't... 3catwoman3 May 2023 #5
Wow. This is just amazing 🤩 Deuxcents May 2023 #6
No beginning, no end. No shit. twodogsbarking May 2023 #7
That's Cool! ProfessorGAC May 2023 #8

2naSalit

(92,766 posts)
3. Text.
Fri May 26, 2023, 10:30 AM
May 2023

When you zoom in, the text appears to be the names of known galaxies or other things that are out there.

3catwoman3

(25,456 posts)
5. Thank you. I thought that might be the case, but I can't...
Fri May 26, 2023, 11:55 AM
May 2023

...enlarge enough to see that on my laptop. I'll try my husband's desk top.

Deuxcents

(19,757 posts)
6. Wow. This is just amazing 🤩
Fri May 26, 2023, 12:22 PM
May 2023

I look at these photos and I’m lost for a word that expresses wonderment, excitement and lack of knowledge for such a vast universe. Humans have always had an exploration gene in our DNA but I’m not sure about finding it all out there!

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