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Infamous Scribbler Posts: 607 Joined: 4 Sep 2008 | |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 | ... Dang. That's like... big. |
Beat Writer Posts: 193 Joined: 30 Apr 2008 | Intresting info SmugFrog. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 72 Joined: 1 Sep 2008 | yeh makes you realise just how little an impact our tiny orb has in the grand scale of things. |
Press Junketeer Posts: 358 Joined: 28 Aug 2008 | That's just the observable universe. It is hypothesized that if what we can see were as small as a quarter, the rest of the universe would be the size of the Earth, or something to that effect. |
On the Record Posts: 7327 Joined: 23 Dec 2007 | Big. |
BANNED Posts: 829 Joined: 9 Aug 2008 | Nice. We as overly curious humans will never get bored at this rate. User was banned for: Half-wits to the left of me, Wankers to the right. (Permanent) |
On the Record Posts: 5674 Joined: 2 Dec 2007 | If I kill a guy... the universe won't care. . Would it? |
Beat Writer Posts: 209 Joined: 15 Aug 2008 | And some people say theres an edge to the universe. I wouldn't see how you could see it since it's so damn far away because it's so frigging GIANORMOUS!! |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 | That picture makes me want to photoshop another galaxy into the picture and set up a spot-the-difference thing. Oh so cruel. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1306 Joined: 17 Jun 2008 |
Would I win a cookie for solving it? |
Paperboy Posts: 35 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 |
There's no such thing as an 'edge' to the universe. According to bigbang theory (and I'm not claiming expertise in any field here) the curvature of space means that the universe is shaped like an extra-dimensional sphere (only that each point of it's surface borders the opposite side). So the amount of energy and matter in any part of the universe is more or less the same as any other part. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 |
Yes! What else do we give as prizes on the internet? EDIT: Holy crap that is going to take a while to download. 6000x6000? My gosh. (Using the OP's linked one) Double edit action!: Going to make 2, one with Anarchemitis's as well as the OP's. Two cookies now up for grabs. |
Paperboy Posts: 35 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 | People often make the mistake of imagining the bigbang as an explosion of matter that occured in already infinite space (an illusion that is propegated by popular media). Therefore many people imagine that, if you could travel far enough, you would eventually reach the 'end' of the universe. In reality the expansion of the universe is an expansion of space itself, when scientists predict that the universe was (for example) 1 inch in diameter at (again i'm not qouting figures) 0.5 seconds from it's beginning, they mean that SPACE was that big, not that matter had travelled that far in an explosion. |
BANNED Posts: 2994 Joined: 16 Aug 2008 | looking at this picture while tripping would be hilarious. User was banned for: Ketchup Packets... Why in the heck are they sooo small?. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3252 Joined: 8 May 2008 | Awesome. Just, awesome. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1306 Joined: 17 Jun 2008 |
I love doing that when I'm camping in the middle of nowhere. But around here the city lights pretty much kill all but a small portion of the stars. |
Copy Clerk Posts: 52 Joined: 28 Aug 2008 |
well that's not fair, many of the stars you see are dieing or dead already. The city just helps you realize it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 | Ok, prepare for image-death. Right click on these and select "view image" for the full size. Can you spot the difference? Have fun peoples. Remember, a cookie is on the line. Also, sadly I will not be doing the other one right now. It's too large for my internet to handle in under an hour and a half. |
Paperboy Posts: 35 Joined: 11 Apr 2008 |
Define 'dieing' |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2019 Joined: 25 Jun 2008 | Wow, I didn't realise infinity was so big. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1308 Joined: 21 Nov 2007 |
There's theories that it just wraps around. Kinda like Pac-Man when you cross the edge of the screen.
http://img242.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cookieot1.jpg Just Fed Ex the cookie to the Student Center of Penn State Worthington/Scranton, and make sure you put "For Tito" on the packaging. They'll know who to give it to. :) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1308 Joined: 21 Nov 2007 | Oops, double post |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2664 Joined: 4 Nov 2007 |
Except everywhere is the middle of the screen and the edge of the screen at the same time since any piece of space is connected to the next and there is no "edge of the screen" where all the magic happens because the magic happens everywhere and ohmigod my head hurts. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1031 Joined: 17 Jul 2008 | I will bet anyone that there is life up there... If you can't tell i'm into theoretical physics |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2770 Joined: 13 Feb 2008 |
Ignoring that. *throws cookie really hard in the direction of Penn State Worthington* Seriously though I went back and did it, and realized that I put it in a silly place. I should have done 1 of 2 things: either make the images different sizes so that people cannot simply rapidly switch between them to find it, or make the dot a little more subtle. Good job though. |
BANNED Posts: 5167 Joined: 26 Feb 2008 |
My Laptop lagged downloading Anarchemitis' picture.... The universe is immeasurable, at least by a single living human....... User was banned for: Ipod Saves Girl's Life. (Permanent) |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2851 Joined: 20 Jul 2008 | Damn, Lovecraft was dead on about our world being a tiny island in a sea of black. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1308 Joined: 21 Nov 2007 |
Why thank you kind sir! O:) You should also consider rotating the image by some arbitrary amount. Preferably by a percentage with a really long decimal. :D |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2355 Joined: 14 Sep 2007 |
Can't speak for the universe, but the parents, friends and family of the victim, as well as the local police, attorneys and any gangs the victim was in; they might have a few things to say about it. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 3771 Joined: 18 Dec 2007 |
Nope, sextillion is just fine and sums up how cool the universe is in a single word. Thanks for the info and the new word. |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 783 Joined: 27 Aug 2008 | Holy crap. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 1900 Joined: 22 Jul 2008 |
My sentiments exactly. |
Gone Gonzo Posts: 2355 Joined: 14 Sep 2007 |
The Universe: Rated 'S' for Sexcellent. |
Infamous Scribbler Posts: 659 Joined: 10 Aug 2008 | I can comprehend it all. |
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It's estimated that our galaxy, the Milky Way, contains anywhere from 200,000,000,000 to 400,000,000,000 stars (I used the 0's to give you more of a visual on the size). Now obviously every galaxy in our universe doesn't contain that many stars, and some will contain more - but keep that number in mind.
While you think about that, check out this image - my favorite:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Hubble_ultra_deep_field.jpg
Then click on the full view to see it in its 20 megabyte glory.
- This image contains an estimated 10,000 galaxies.
- Astronomers compare the Ultra Deep Field view to looking through an eight-foot-long soda straw. That's the small area of sky you're seeing.
- It would take 50 of these pictures to cover our view of the moon. (Wikipedia says 10, the Hubble site says 50)
- To do the entire sky, it would take 12.7 MILLION more of these images. This would take almost 1 million years (at our current technology and equipment) to process. Hubble took this picture over 4 months, using 800 exposures - about 11.3 days of viewing time total.
Link to the article:
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/
Estimating 200 billion stars per galaxy, with 10 k viewable galaxies in each picture, multiplied by 12.7 million:
25,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars could be in "viewable" distance from earth. That's 25.4 sextillion, but that doesn't look as awesome without the zeros. Obviously, you wouldn't be able to see each individual star, but that is just awesomeness.