[HN Gopher] Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever
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Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever
Author : MrSlo
Score : 71 points
Date : 2021-10-25 18:44 UTC (4 hours ago)
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| NKosmatos wrote:
| Wow!!! I'd like to read more details about the PC and software he
| used. Besides the Photoshop that is mentioned, no other details
| about the system (cpu, ram, disk...).
| ginko wrote:
| A professional large photo plot of this would probably look
| seriously impressive.
| semi-extrinsic wrote:
| Even at 200 dpi this would be 15 meters wide and 2.25 meters
| tall.
|
| Imagine that in a museum, just a massive wall with 100 billion
| stars. It would be ridiculously cool.
| zokier wrote:
| Realistically, that seems pretty achievable goal for a
| Kickstarter? Rent some smallish exhibit space (500-1000sqft
| old warehouse or something?) in the valley/bay area outskirts
| for a few months, find a large format printer service, print
| out in strips, and figure out physical installation. How much
| can that really cost? $10-20k total? Somehow I feel its not
| far fetched that there would be a thousand geeks willing to
| chip in $10-$20 bucks for this sort of thing
| dang wrote:
| A related thread:
|
| _Milky Way, 12 years, 1250 hours of exposures and 125 x 22
| degrees of sky_ - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26490579 -
| March 2021 (139 comments)
| kerblang wrote:
| Apparently 100 billion stars in there. That is nuts.
| yumraj wrote:
| Yup. Even at 1 in every 1 million systems, that could be
| 100,000 systems with life.
|
| Or, even at 1 in every 10 million, that could be 10,000 systems
| with life.
|
| In a way I hate these photos. It's like showing a kid an ultra
| delicious _looking_ candy, but telling them that they will not
| be able to taste it in their lifetime.
| zokier wrote:
| But for all we know the odds could be 1 in every 100 billion;
| we have no way of knowing, almost any guess you'd make is
| equally unfounded.
| p1necone wrote:
| It's like the one tank variant of the German tank
| problem[0], except the tanks aren't even numbered.
|
| [0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_tank_problem
| micromacrofoot wrote:
| the candy might also be filled with razors and end all life
| on our planet though
| Nition wrote:
| Is there a higher resolution image of this available anywhere?
| The 7000 x 1150 one is nice, but I couldn't find a link to
| anything larger. It says the original is 120,000 x 18,000 so it
| was a little disappointing to have the available version not even
| fill the vertical resolution of my monitor.
| jl6 wrote:
| Intense pareidolia a quarter of the way across, of a sci-fi
| warrior/genie dude holding up a weapon.
| [deleted]
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