Is it me, or does the object look like Mr. Potato Head???
It has goofy eyes, a small nose and a frowning mouth, and small ears!!!
Odd little thing!
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No, we're not. A view of our region from the galactic center would look much like images we take from here towards most other parts of the sky. The density of material (and stars) near the center of the Milky Way is much higher than it is out here towards the edge.Amateur wrote:Very interesting. The comment on Saturn plus the text "objects less than 20x our solar system are discernible" got me wondering how it would look if HST and Spitzer took a similar shot from Galactic centre towards our solar system ? I guess we are surrounded by similarly much gas and dust and stars.
Any such pictures would of necessity be artist interpretations only! Unless, of course, our galactic center neighbors sent us pictures.Amateur wrote:Any APOD posted yet which might represent such an image ?
bystander wrote:Any such pictures would of necessity be artist interpretations only! Unless, of course, our galactic center neighbors sent us pictures.Amateur wrote:Any APOD posted yet which might represent such an image ?
I think you are right. A star heating up a sphere of gas. Like a small planetary nebula. Since this is an infra-red photo.HMS wrote:Following the arch of bright clouds containing the mentioned pillars in the lower left corner from left to right you find a bright object which looks like beeing sourrounded by a sphere of gas.Panning right (2050px form left, 2180px from top) you find a saturn look-alike object. What is it?
ftp://ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cosmic/data/mar ... an2rot.gifBoomer12k wrote: Can anyone tell me the names of more of the objects in the picture. Names of Stars, etc.... I am trying to identify the region of space in Starry Night.