Ultra Deep Field

[LDK]

I know this is millions of light years off topic but I thought I would share it anyway.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAVjF_7ensg

[starleen2]

The vastness and wonders of the universe always amazes me

[tonyj]

Did you see that deep space sign that read "Last gas for 400 billion light years?"

Truly hard to comprehend. I am just glad to know we are the only intelligent life form out there.

Thanks for sharing that video.

[Fenlason]

wow!

thanks for sharing..

[planovet]

You mean we aren't the only galaxy out there?

Like Scott said, space never ceases to amaze me

[alffink]

In the video as the narator, quickly goes over, but is a key point.
In the first Hubble deep sky shot, the astronomers picked an area that appeared to be empty, of stars within our MilkyWay Galaxy or other galaxies in the background, yet you saw what they found, other telescopes and other cameras have saught out nothing, but we have yet to find nothing.....there seems to be a nearly limitless space, always with another galaxy to fill the void.

It is really near impossible for us to be able to wrap our minds around numbers like 200 billion, the conservitive number of stars within our MilkyWay galaxy, now try to immagin more than 200 billion other galaxies, with 100's of billion stars in each one.......

Now let's talk Dark Matter...no lets not, it's even more mind numbing.

[Corwin C]

Here's something to think about ... it's not entirely accurate, but close enough for the typical person.

Everything that you can see in the night sky without the help of lenses or mirrors is a fraction of what's in our galaxy. (In actuality, there are several objects that can be seen in certain dark sky conditions, Andromeda Galaxy, Magellanic Clouds, etc.)

Everyone of those dots in the Deep Field pictures is another galaxy with just as much stuff in it as our own.

[Shadow Catcher]

I have used Hubble shots and windows wall paper http://hubblesite.org/gallery for years (off and on). I am reading E.E. Doc Smiths Lensman series started in the 30's on into the 50's. Hubble changed our view of the universe as infinitely more awesome than what any SF writer then or since ever dreamed of.

[LDK]

Here is more info on the ultra deep field. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1T_pi62ozT8

[rebapuck]

It is really near impossible for us to be able to wrap our minds around numbers like 200 billion,

Try getting your mind around the national debt!!

[alffink]

Those numbers are truly ASTRONOMICAL

I'll stick with the Universe much easier to comprehend