Carina Dust: NGC 3324 (APOD 07 Oct 2008)
Carina Dust: NGC 3324 (APOD 07 Oct 2008)
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 ... 002_carina
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 4/video/b/
Added Hubblesite and Hubble Heritage Links (10:05 CDT)
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 ... 002_carina
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archiv ... 4/video/b/
Added Hubblesite and Hubble Heritage Links (10:05 CDT)
Last edited by bystander on Tue Oct 07, 2008 3:07 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap081007.html
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Yes, the zoom and pan across the Milky Way to the Carina NebulaArramon wrote: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.
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.
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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.Forelan wrote:Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.
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Hi emc, I'm with you about wishing for interstellar space flight. Until Einstein is debunked, check out Celestia, the best interactive 3D model of the Universe I know.emc wrote: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.Forelan wrote:Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.
I was recently introduced to http://www.wikisky.org/Forelan wrote:Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.
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Thanks for the link Pete!Pete wrote:Hi emc, I'm with you about wishing for interstellar space flight. Until Einstein is debunked, check out Celestia, the best interactive 3D model of the Universe I know.
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.
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I noticed they also have a forum... http://wikisky.org/forum/ but it's relatively new and not as populated as this one.bystander wrote:I was recently introduced to http://www.wikisky.org/Forelan wrote:Google Sky isn't everything you want, but its very useful for browsing images of the universe in relation to each other.