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Spiral in space

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  • #2
    emo72
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,341 ✭✭✭emo72


    its a fantastic image. hubble was the best thing ever invented.


  • #3
    WalterMitty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,582 ✭✭✭WalterMitty


    I was wondering if hubble might stumble upon some image that shows a massive enginerred structure built by some highly advanced race . or maybe no telescope could see such things if they existed and were truly massive. Maybe they have and are hiding the fact till an appropriate time.


  • #4
    Beeker
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 3,645 Mod ✭✭✭✭Beeker


    WalterMitty wrote: »
    I was wondering if hubble might stumble upon some image that shows a massive enginerred structure built by some highly advanced race . or maybe no telescope could see such things if they existed and were truly massive. .
    Very surprised if Hubble could see any object built by ET. It would have to be truly masive as you said bigger tan the most massive star and even the size of a solar system if it was far enough away.

    WalterMitty wrote: »
    Maybe they have and are hiding the fact till an appropriate time.
    Ohhhhh easy now... don't start with that kind of talk:) Down with that kind of thing:D


  • #5
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Looks like a ripple to me!


  • #6
    Hal1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    That looks similiar to the Norse, Moscow and Japan spiral reported earlier this year. Interesting, SG1 anyone? :cool:


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  • #7
    Nehaxak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭Nehaxak


    It looks spectacular but, what is this almost perfect greenish coloured sphere ?
    I've put a yellow box around it as it's hard to explain exactly where it is in the original photo...


  • #8
    Nehaxak
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,717 ✭✭✭Nehaxak


    To answer my own question, it might just be jpeg artefacts - here is the fullsize original photo as a .tif image where it's not as clearly defined as a spherical object.

    http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/potw1020a.tif

    It's 6.7Mb, just a warning in case you go to download it on your mobile or something.


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