Starship Asterisk*

[quote="bystander"][quote="Forelan"]Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.[/quote]
I was recently introduced to [url]http://www.wikisky.org/[/url][/quote]

I noticed they also have a forum... [url]http://wikisky.org/forum/[/url] but it's relatively new and not as populated as this one.

[quote="Pete"]Hi emc, I'm with you about wishing for interstellar space flight. Until Einstein is debunked, check out [url=http://www.shatters.net/celestia/]Celestia[/url], the best interactive 3D model of the Universe I know.[/quote]

Thanks for the link Pete!

Starry Night is turning out to be cool but it's not free. I am anxious to check out Celestia after seeing some of the screenshots.

[quote="Forelan"]Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.[/quote]
I was recently introduced to [url]http://www.wikisky.org/[/url]

[quote="emc"][quote="Forelan"]Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.[/quote]

Thanks Forelan, I have recently acquired Starry Night which does a pretty good job. I just had an outburst onto the forum from my space faring wishful thinking. I have always wanted to fly to and beyond the stars. It is fun to imagine such a journey is possible in a reasonable timeframe.[/quote]
Hi emc, I'm with you about wishing for interstellar space flight. Until Einstein is debunked, check out [url=http://www.shatters.net/celestia/]Celestia[/url], the best interactive 3D model of the Universe I know.

[quote="Forelan"]Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.[/quote]

Thanks Forelan, I have recently acquired Starry Night which does a pretty good job. I just had an outburst onto the forum from my space faring wishful thinking. I have always wanted to fly to and beyond the stars. It is fun to imagine such a journey is possible in a reasonable timeframe.

Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.

[quote="Arramon"]like a window into another dimension... =b

I love the zoom in video. Shows some good dust cloud penetration... and we can actually see beyond obscuring dust to other emissions.[/quote]

Yes, the zoom and pan across the Milky Way to the Carina Nebula
2D image is pretty cool… but I’m not satisfied.

What I would love is an interactive 3D model of the Universe (just the Universe we can see would be fine) such that I could speed up and reverse time at will. The entire universe should be animated including all of the motions of all of the objects relative to each other... and I would also like detailed animated surface features for every object… especially dust clouds and have the animations true-to-life such that real-time scientific studies can be made along with greatly speeding up or slowing down time so as to make the astrophysics and planetary geology more apparent to a novice such as myself. It must include a flight simulator capable of landing on alien worlds and travelling at speeds that allow trekking from one side of the universe to the other within a few earth minutes. The pilot must also be immune to heat, cold, gravitational torment and death.

[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Michael_Lukas_Leopold_Willmann_001.jpg/250px-Michael_Lukas_Leopold_Willmann_001.jpg[/img]
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Michael_Lukas_Leopold_Willmann_001.jpg]Jacob's Ladder as imagined by Michael Lukas Leopold Willmann[/url] Ge 28:12

like a window into another dimension... =b

I love the zoom in video. Shows some good dust cloud penetration... and we can actually see beyond obscuring dust to other emissions.

[img]http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2008/34/videos/b/flash_preview.jpg[/img]

Are planets formed by the stars/dust clouds activity?

[img]http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2008/34/videos/a/flash_preview.jpg[/img]

Looks like there could be a bubble on the bottom center of the picture. :?

Orin

To me, it resembles Jack, The Giant, and his harp (on the left side of the nebula) The prominent dust mountain near the middle is Jack being held by the giant (head visible near the left margin) ahd the Harp is in the giants other hand (lower in the nebula between Jask and the Giant head)
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081007.html

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap081007.html

http://heritage.stsci.edu/2008/34/index.html
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2008/34/original.html
http://heritage.stsci.edu/2008/34/supplemental.html

An interesting perspective. Video approach to NGC 3324.

Space.com Video: Fly into NGC 3324
http://www.space.com/common/media/video.php?videoRef=SP_081002_carina
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/34/video/b/

[size=75][color=blue]Added Hubblesite and Hubble Heritage Links (10:05 CDT)[/color][/size]