Artists impression of Omega Centauri from the centre

Anthraquinone · Post by **Anthraquinone** » Fri May 26, 2006 1:24 pm

re todays (26-05-2006) picture of the globular cluster Omega Centauri
Has any one drawn, or knows of, an artists impression of the night sky from the centre of a globular cluster. If so are there any links to it. It would make an interesting follow up for APOD.

Pete · Post by **Pete** » Fri May 26, 2006 3:48 pm

I'm not much of an artist, but here's my rendition of the sky as it would appear to an observer on a planet similar to Earth whose star lies near the center of Omega Centauri:

The best good globular cluster visualizations I could find are from the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Maryland, USA:
http://terpsichore.stsci.edu/~summers/v ... z/spz.html

Qev · Post by **Qev** » Fri May 26, 2006 6:03 pm

http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsde ... 19/image/a

harry · Post by **harry** » Sun May 28, 2006 10:26 pm

Hello All

The link http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsde ... 19/image/a

Talks about the early universe.

It implies that the universe was formed by the big band. The big bang is only a theory and although it is the standard model people should not assume that it is law.

Until we get more info we must leave our options open.

Qev · Post by **Qev** » Mon May 29, 2006 8:04 am

Everything in science is "only a theory", so calling the Big Bang Theory a theory in no way calls into question its credibility. Also bear in mind that there's no such thing as a scientific "law" (despite some things being poorly named as such).