David_S85
Sep-06-2006, 07:56 PM
and if this (http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/156306main_spitzer-20060831-browse.jpg) doesn't qualify as The Big Picture, I don't know what would.
The Spitzer Space Telescope (http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/) has been busy snapping away capturing some nifty infrared frames of the Large Megallanic Cloud (a small companion galaxy of our own Milky Way). The good folks at NASA/JPL and Caltech have stitched these individual shots together into a wonderfully detailed view.
Now, if you've stitched images, you might know it isn't always easy to do. Software makes it easier. This image was stitched from, get this, about 300,000 separate images. Yes, 300,000. Not a typo.
Story here (http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/spitzer-20060831.html) at NASA's pages. And another story here (http://www.badastronomy.com/) (the Blog will change it's content by 6th Sept). Here's a HUGE version (http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-17b.jpg) (10MB). Breathtaking. Hope you have a fast connection (I don't, but it was worth it).
Enjoy! :D
The Spitzer Space Telescope (http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/) has been busy snapping away capturing some nifty infrared frames of the Large Megallanic Cloud (a small companion galaxy of our own Milky Way). The good folks at NASA/JPL and Caltech have stitched these individual shots together into a wonderfully detailed view.
Now, if you've stitched images, you might know it isn't always easy to do. Software makes it easier. This image was stitched from, get this, about 300,000 separate images. Yes, 300,000. Not a typo.
Story here (http://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/starsgalaxies/spitzer-20060831.html) at NASA's pages. And another story here (http://www.badastronomy.com/) (the Blog will change it's content by 6th Sept). Here's a HUGE version (http://ipac.jpl.nasa.gov/media_images/ssc2006-17b.jpg) (10MB). Breathtaking. Hope you have a fast connection (I don't, but it was worth it).
Enjoy! :D