6-gigabyte photograph of the galaxy

AdamJoshua · 03-27-2014, 12:46 PM

The main photograph is broken up into eight sections on NASA’s Spitzer website, and each section is 67,500 pixels across. As Smithsonian.com noted, a print of the full image would be about 150 feet wide.

So what, exactly, is included in this massive 6-gigabyte photograph? Only about 300 billion stars — many of which are 13.2 billion years old — that occupy a galaxy roughly 100,000 light-years in diameter.

Very cool for the insignificant specks we are.

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1624

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360

and a link to the RAW files

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360/downloads

Dave128 · 03-27-2014, 01:04 PM

That's pretty cool!

CigarNut · 03-27-2014, 01:27 PM

Very cool!

03-27-2014, 12:46 PM	#1
AdamJoshua Article 4 Free Inhabitant Join Date: Jan 2013 First Name: The Other Adam Location: Satellite Beach Posts: 14,787 Trading: (40)	6-gigabyte photograph of the galaxy The main photograph is broken up into eight sections on NASA’s Spitzer website, and each section is 67,500 pixels across. As Smithsonian.com noted, a print of the full image would be about 150 feet wide. So what, exactly, is included in this massive 6-gigabyte photograph? Only about 300 billion stars — many of which are 13.2 billion years old — that occupy a galaxy roughly 100,000 light-years in diameter. Very cool for the insignificant specks we are. http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/news/1624 http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360 and a link to the RAW files http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/glimpse360/downloads

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