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I took this image of the Sun a few days ago. That sun spot to the right is about the size of Earth.

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finally something i can post on

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>>677800382
>how insignificant we all are

Speak for yourself. I'm fucking awesome.

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>>677800971

haha here's my attempt at M31!

Yours is upside down compared though.

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>>677801216

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>>677801347

>>677800646
Good picture

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>>677801223

and here's my Io! The small dark circle in front of Jupiter.

>>677801458
>>677801143
>>677800900
These ones are really cool.
I just wish that we could see shit like this with our naked eyes.
Look up in the sky and see blues and reds of nebulas and shit, would be amazing

It makes me uneasy that I will never get to explore space.

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>>677801846
You never know, i think we are edge of commercial space travel....

>>677801846
We kind of are exploring it now
With the technology we have we can see and learn things never dreamed of.
And with the rate of advancement in technology i hope that we can go even further

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this one works for split monitor background

>>677802046

we'll not see galactic exploration in our lifetimes.

>>677800382

The best part about this nebula is that it was probably destroyed long before we ever found it.

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/crux/2015/01/06/pillars-of-creation-destroyed/#.VwPXQUc9YzE

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I love this image.

Looks so upclose and familiar...Yet so alien, it's unreal.

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>>677800382
Nothing like some Hubble deep field pictures to make you feel insignificant...all those galaxies.

>>677802270
venus right?

>>677802156
Oooh a new background would be nice.
>>677802208
Anyone got one like this for a split monitor background?

>>677802364

It is.

>>677801846
>implying space travel won't exist by 2030
>implying immortality won't be invented by 2066

>>677802270
imagine how the engineers felt when they first saw yes

>>677802364
yes

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>>677802163
why not ?
maybe in few years we will find a way to live much longer... and we will be able to see

>>677800646
What the fucking fuck.

We're so insignificant that our planet is the size of a sun's pimple?

>>677801733
Unless they were really special, you probably wouldn't be able to see nebulas very well, even if you were directly in one. The light collected by the dust would become increasingly spread-out as your approached it, and it the nebula would be nearly the same luminosity as viewing it from afar.

>>677802564
The Sun makes up 99.8% of the mass of the entire solar system. It's fucking huge in comparison to Earth.

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the sun is not special

>>677802564
Yep

>>677802538

You do realise that allowing us to live much longer will totally kill this planet. Imagine people not dying. The world would be in war within 10 years.

>>677802564
Yeah, the first time I thought about it I felt suicidal because I realised that it didnt even matter

>>677802665
The sun is a pretty average star, too. In fact, it's quite on the small side.

>>677802208
It always irks me...

What is in the center of that galaxy? How come it's so bright? Does all stars gather there?

>>677801726
this real or shoop?

>>677802770

>inb4 that gif of all the stars getting bigger.

>>677802714
we are already killing eachother...
new oreder shit or something like this maybe...
i want to believe

>>677802208
Name of galaxy?

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>>677800382


Did you know that those nebulas are actually 7 fucking light years long?

>>677802807

haha it's not real. A black hole has never been captured in an image. We only know of them because of their effects on things around them.

>>677802345


That picture scares the fuck out of me. It's not even possible to comprehend how vast it is.

>>677802538
>>677802714
we wont live much longer...google telomeres, basically every time DNA get replicated it gets shorter. Eventually you run out of telomeres and DNA starts to get deleted, causing problems. Alot of research has been done on trying to extend telomeres but to my knowledge none has been fruitful. Heres to hope though

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>>677802794

it's full of stars and cosmic just. You see it in our own sky. I took this image looking into part of the milky way. this isn't even the core but you can still see how "busy" it looks. You can see this with the naked eye if you're away from cities.

>>677802452
implying in 1950 we wont all be driving flying cars by 2000

>>677803160

*dust

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>>677802564
ready for mindfuck?

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>>677802838
You actually make me shivers and experience a slight existensial crisis.

Christ.

>>677803054
just imagine there are about billions of stars in an average galaxy and billions of galaxies in the observable universe.

Plus
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74yIuLTMyJw

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This always irked me

>>677802923
"artist's impression"

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>>677801987
>i think we are edge of commercial space travel
>i think we are edge

>>677802794
Pretty much all images of galaxies and nebulas are heavily edited to appear much more satisfying to the uneducated public. Unrealistic amounts of contrast, dynamic range, color shift, and unnatural hues make them seem much more tangible than they really are.

The center of that galaxy is brighter because it contains a much higher density of stars. Their age distribution is different than the stars in the arms, causing them to be different colors. There are so many stars that it essentially appears to be a solid, glowing cloud of dust. However, even in the galactic center, there is a large amount of empty space in between stars. It is nearly impossible to gauge the immense size of a galaxy by looking at an image of one.

>>677803286
And this is an old picture, there's two larger candidates now, NML Cygni and UY Scuti

>>677803286
fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu...

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>mfw the james webb space telescope is launched and goes online
>mfw it works right off the bat unlike hubble and its problems
>mfw im a bear

>>677803626
WOW i thought the moon was smaller than the earth xD

Anyone up for a scrolling adventure?
http://joshworth.com/dev/pixelspace/pixelspace_solarsystem.html

>>677803494

you may need to be on a pc to see but take a look at this image of Andromeda.

http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/

You can zoom right in to see individual stars.

>>677803811
>anyone up for burning 5 hours

>>677802673
yeah, ofcourse you are not special, too.

>>677803494
>Pretty much all images of galaxies and nebulas are heavily edited to appear much more satisfying to the uneducated public

yes the images are typically edited for color and contrast but the coloring most of the time is not just artistic. Typically they are displaying elements present in object being photographed or because the photos are not been taken the visible light spectrum

http://hubblesite.org/gallery/behind_the_pictures/meaning_of_color/index.php

>>677804013
but my mum says im special

>>677803286
Your wars mean nothing
there is no "right side" of history
unless you (humanity) work together you will kill yourselves and no one would be the wiser.

>>677803664
Let's hope it works

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>>677804138
becuz your mom is normal like you

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>>677801015
Nice iWatch.

>>677802673
It is to me,

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>>677803516
Found it.

kek.

I really did found it though, just google it or open wikipedia.

>>677803494
Do they collide with each other with that density?

>>677803962
>http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
Anyone got a jpeg file or something of this?

>>677804776

Not usually. M31 (Andromeda) is heading towards us but when it hits there is likely not going to be much impact as there is so much distance between the stars.

>>677804353
wht am i looking at here

>>677803230
Good to see a fellow realist.

It all stinks of propaganda to me. Unscientific too to make predictions of what will be achieved before they have been. It would actually take a massive coincidence for a science fiction prediction to come true but you trying telling the fans that.

>>677803494
>Their age distribution is different than the stars in the arms, causing them to be different colors
nope, color of stars is based on size, composition, and temp

>>677805049
Sunset on Mars, taken by the Curiosity Rover.

>>677805108
Whilst this is true, age is a factor in all those things. Young stars have different compositions to old stars, which in turn gives different temperatures and sizes.

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Every single person alive who or who had ever lived is framed within this photo. All expect 1 person. The photographer.

>>677805282
true but old stars are not necessarily closer to the a galactic center than new ones

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>>677800382

>>677803300
Dude...we're literally fucking nothing. Honestly, absolutely nothing. We are a quark in a grain of sand, in the desert that is the Universe.

Damn.

>>677804599
Just about to ask if that was a Speedmaster on the other wrist. That watch dwarfs all others, ever.

>>677800382
You are correct. For any betas here, this is how I came out of my shell. I realized after learning how small we are, not just on the scale, but on the time line as well, that it really doesn't matter, so just go talk to her. She's insignificant too

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>>677805643

>>677805701

it's actually a mirror so he can adjust the dials on the front of his suit.

>>677801216
Ah, thanks.

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>mfw some niggers think the earth is flat
I understand wanting to be special and not just a tiny speck of dust shit in the grand scale of the universe but these pictures are so much more mysterious and entertaining.

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>>677800646
nice pic bro

>>677802734
really? cause I felt the contrary when I discovered that. I mean, from all the insignificant shit we could have been in the WHOLE FUCKING UNIVERSE, we were born as humans, creatures that are alive, in this small planet, also the most intelligent animals in our planets. The chances of being that on the universe are almost impossible.
(sorry if I have bad english, I'm still learning).

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>>677800646
Nice, I took this one a few weeks ago

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>>677805945

fuck I've spent the last month arguing with them on IG...4 of th efuckers have now blocked me.

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>>677805945
Life on a flying saucer lost in space is not something which can be forgotten easily

>>677800900
>>677800971
>>677801020
>>677801143

theese pics move, when i focus on them, same with white walls. I know its off topic, but what the fuck? nice pics btw.

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>>677805505
>every single person who or who had ever lived
false: people were born after the photo was taken

>>677806109

Nice bro. I wish I had a HA scope.

>>677802384
anyone got anything?

>>677806048

Your english is quite acceptable

>>677806235

I meant when it was taken. Don't be a dick.

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>>677806121
learn how the northern and southern lights work.
Explain to them how they dont happen at the same time
Its my choice argument for an obviously round earth

>>677806121
>actually arguing with flat earth niggers
Why even bother? They won't change their minds and you won't change yours.
Much like religious debates, both sides have strong views and lots of arguments to back their points, and both are completely 100% sure to be right, it's not even about being retarded at this point.

>>677806410

"Do your own research! you're indoctrinated! NASA is the devil! FREEMASONS!"

And then they'll spout some shit from the Bible.

>>677802564
>he doesn't know about space
wew lad

>>677806121
Wait people actually believe that?
We annoy the nerdy space obsessed kid in our class by saying this and coming up with bullshit explanations and evidence. It's hilarious

>>677800805
Saturn.
Have you been there? I've never been there.

>>677806521

Except flat earth is wrong.

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>>677805701
Not a speedmaster. The crystal(?) is made of plastic because astronauts don't want potential glass shards flying about.

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>>677801584
nice. . .I did this with a 6" sct you can kinda see the moon above the dark dot.

>>677806601
id say, buy a weather balloon, helium or hydrogen gas and a go pro or digital camera with a large memory card

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95NDkABAsSk

>>677806521
Flat earthers aren't all bad. A lot of them don't actually think the earth is flat they're just skeptics of what we're told because there's a lot of bs slipped in there with the facts.

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>>677806981

cool man. I only have a 130SLT so can't do DSOs. I can't even focus my DSLR without a barlow so it sucks. Seeing is always shit in the UK too.

my best Saturn. Not amazing.

>>677800646
>pic of the sun
>grey
gr8 b8 m8

>>677806601
>But what about telescopes?
>"they're loaded with fake pictures inserted by the NASA!"
>>677806701
For flat earth niggers, you are wrong, and for most religious people, atheists are wrong and vice versa. There's no debate to be had between strongly indoctrinated people.
The same way I'll try to prove the Earth is flat with pictures despite having never actually seen our planet from above, I'll never believe a them because of things they read on the internet.
I think the Earth is round because that's what I've been told for many, many years, same goes for them.

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It sucks that we have only 1 earthlike planet in our solar system. Imagine the effort put into space exploration if there was another planet with life to visit.

Venus and Mars should've tried harder at school.

>>677807035

unfortuntately Gopros use wideangle fish-eyed lenses and cannot be used to proof this. I don't even thing you'd see the curve from that height. the ISS is 240 miles up and the curve isn't massive there. This balloon can't be much more than 24 miles?

>>677807319
I wouldn't be surprised if this wasn't bait

>>677806367
I apologize anon. Work and stuff, ya know?

>>677807334

Well they thought Venus may have had life before they sent the probe. Now it's likley moons such as Europa harbour life in an vast underice ocean. There is still chance.

>>677805644
KAMEHAMEHA

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My pic of moon

>>677807421
no idea on how high the balloon is going but then id say use a digital camera without a fisheye lens

>>677807434

I'll prentend this is not bait and answer.

You stick a sheet of baader solar film in front of the scope. It looks like tin foil. It blocks out almost all of the light and radiation.

>>677807774

This is mine bu tit's processed.
>>677801224

You should stack a load and see what you get.

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>>677800382
check this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3L7KblM5Zc

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>>677800382
Kill yourself, my man.

There's nothing insignificant about us. The amount of planets there are that either aren't habitable or simply don't have intelligent life on them simply don't even compare to the amount of the inverse. We're rare as fuck, just like any other life-forms that have ever come as far as us.

We're small, but we can fuck up a single planet if it means anything. So fuck you and your "we're insignificant" just because we're small. Our dicks can't reach the stars but there are other things to rape for now.

>>677800382

Watch Power of 10 on YouTube op and Brian Cox vids about the universe