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Thank you for lots of useful information I can start working from.

Is anyone here familiar with image processing and common data formats used in astronomy. I've been working on a small program and wanted to see if it could be useful for some simple image processing in relation to astronomy. I'm not familiar with what formats are used, like what kind of contrast res...

petethepirate wrote:As Douglas Adams said 'Space is big'. I for one am glad about that fact.

.. but is it infinite?

My fav is the Sloan Digital Sky Survey video. This is for data release 2:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... &plindex=1

(click on image to enlarge)

Craterchain The problem with what you are trying to accomplish is that it only "controls" the flow of information. Let the cafe take care of it's self, with moderator intervention only as necessary. The problem is that any who start a new post on what ever particular subject, there are pe...

The Alex Jones of Physics. I see he got the same background as me, just another computer scientist with a strong opinion. Anyway, it's his website so he's free to moderate the wiki, just as the moderators of this forum are.

But still, he's seems like a funny guy: Axions of Evil

Specifically, how did (do?) they account for the observations presented in APOD 14 January, 2007 ? I remember seeing a segment on a PBS broadcast named Monster of the Milky Way, where astronomer Andrea Ghez shows the dramatic u-turn of a star in the center of our galaxy. Couldn't find any clip thou...

I'm not completely sold on Arp's ideas, but I am completely sold on investigating more into his ideas and think the established astronomical community that is denying him funding and observatory time is doing so at its own peril of ignoring the truth and of being in denial and sticking to their his...

I am having a hard time grasping the concept of using telescopes to look back to the big bang. If everything started from one point in exsistance, how far has the earth traveled from this point of origin, and how long did it take? To one level of accuracy, the Earth has not moved at all ... it is i...

Harry, I recently stumbled across a great introduction to physics dubbed Physics for Future Presidents , taught by a man called Richard A. Muller (UC Berkeley) . The course teaches basic physics for non-physicist. Hardly any math is involved, but the ideas of a wide range of topics are explained in...

A very instructive picture about size, distance and density of objects in space. Thanks for posting the link!

When can we expect a complete Google-map with zoom functionality?

Harry, I recently stumbled across a great introduction to physics dubbed Physics for Future Presidents , taught by a man called Richard A. Muller (UC Berkeley) . The course teaches basic physics for non-physicist. Hardly any math is involved, but the ideas of a wide range of topics are explained in ...

Thanks for the links. Great photos. What I am wondering is, has anyone assembled these photos from available resources to create a picture of the sky that contain all of these impressions? Hope that makes more sense. I recently stumbled across a student work of Andromeda backdropped to the moon and...

Another clue is to look for ALL CAPTION headers. :roll: I see a lot of blogs using spam filtering software that blocks new user comments based on rules. I guess spam recognition software is a disciplin of it's own, so looking for some software extension to this forum software might be the way to go....

Maybe they're just guessing based on watching other galaxies? :) I don't know how much of our galaxy have been mapped, but the more stars being mapped (3d-positioning), the better a "virtual-view" you would get of the galaxy. If you're interested, you could check out this software: http://...

http://twm.co.nz/hologram.html :shock: - "Relative to other WM (cloud seeding) services, TWM is capable of generating a wide range of modified weather events with greater accuracy. This is possible because it operates at a fundamental level of physical manifestation. " If we live in a hol...

Agree. I think the novelty weared off some years ago.

btw .. there's a own section for APOD here.

It shows how stupid some cosmologists with position with lack of info directed the science and observations and results. Hehe. I guessed it would appeal to you, though I'm in no way convinced by this documentary, it's still interesting to get other perspectives. Hopefully it can fuel another 40 pag...

How many forks would the flying spagetti monster need to handle this thread? :roll: Just wanted to dump a video I remembered seeing on the national telly some years ago. Beware, there are english speaking norwegians included! :lol: The Universe: Cosmology Quest http://video.google.com/videoplay?doci...