Space Megathread

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

Some better pictures for the OP:

[img width=700]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/0210/Andromeda_gendler_sm.jpg[/img ]
[img width=700]http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/52238main_MM_image_feature_89_jw4.jpg[/img ]
[img width=700]http://ut-images.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/milkyway.jpg[/img ]

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[Shinji]

Thanks

I updated the nebula picture, the new one's way better. It doesn't have stuffty quality.

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

I updated the nebula picture, the new one's way better. It doesn't have stuffty quality.

Thank you again.

[SeventhSandwich]

No reason to get pissed at a picture, though. Its not going to change someones life.

When did I ever say I was pissed about it?

There's tons of other issues with the OP besides that picture.

[Shinji]

When did I ever say I was pissed about it?

There's tons of other issues with the OP besides that picture.

it'd be way better to give constructive criticism and actually let him know what's wrong and possibly give suggestions on how he can improve it instead of just straight up telling him it's stuffty.

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

When did I ever say I was pissed about it?

There's tons of other issues with the OP besides that picture.

The thread is also about how stuff works in space, not just about planets and galaxys and stuff.

it'd be way better to give constructive criticism and actually let him know what's wrong and possibly give suggestions on how he can improve it instead of just straight up telling him it's stuffty.

Pretty much this, I know i'm not great at making threads but there's no other way for me to learn unless I get constructive criticism.

[Brickman]

This composite image shows a superbubble in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), a small satellite galaxy of the Milky Way, located about 160,000 light years from Earth. Many new stars, some of them very massive, are forming in the star cluster NGC 1929, which is embedded in the nebula N44. The massive stars produce intense radiation, expel matter at high speeds, and race through their evolution to explode as supernovas. The winds and supernova shock waves carve out huge cavities called superbubbles in the surrounding gas.

X-rays from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue) show hot regions created by these winds and shocks, while infrared data from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope (red) outline where the dust and cooler gas are found. The image was released Aug. 30, 2012.

it's a star womb
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[Shinji]

Hourglass Nebula

[Nitro_Weavile]

i want to fap in space... :c

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

I have this program called Autostar Suite, it came with my telescope so I don't know if its free or not.
I can take any DSS image of any galaxy, cluster of stars, or anything with it. (Besides the planets, for some reason it wont let me do that).
It doesn't come in color but i'll post some soon.

[Shinji]

You should check out SpaceEngine.

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

Centaurus A

Andromedia Galaxy

Great Orion Nebula

Yes, that is probably a planet and a moon, that black spot, but probably a bug in the program or something else
Yes that really is a Nebula, its extremely bright so the Satellite makes it all blurry.
You can take a picture anywhere you want which is amazing.
If you want me to try to find a galaxy or something, feel free to ask.
It might take a while because there's no search button.

[The Big Bad Jellyfish]

Bump.

Iran flew a monkey to space, hooray for them I guess.
Lets hope they don't use missiles full of monkeys now.
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[Slate521]

i want to fap in space... :c

if you tried, your testicles would be violently sucked into your urethra, and you'd get the worst possible sunburn on your richard.

[Brickman]

if you tried, your testicles would be violently sucked into your urethra, and you'd get the worst possible sunburn on your richard.

I'm 100% sure he meant in a pressurized space cabin.