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Jara sang (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 10:36 PM Original message |
Biggest 3-D Map of the Universe |
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karlrschneider (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 10:40 PM Response to Original message |
1. Bosh and piffle. Everyone knows the universe is 6000 years old. |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. It's 5880 Years Tops |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 10:42 PM Response to Original message |
2. Reading the article, it doesn't sound like they've mapped every star... |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 01:16 AM Response to Reply #2 |
5. They don't claim they mapped every star, they do claim |
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Dudley_DUright (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 04:36 AM Response to Reply #5 |
6. It is very difficult to measure the distance to a galaxy |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 05:31 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. true, but doesn't mean it was "more estimated then measured" |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 06:48 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Here's what gave me that impression |
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rman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 09:01 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. ..based on color-redshift correlation, not estimates. |
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Peace Patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu May-18-06 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
3. And a yellow, well-worn paperback copy of "The Sirens of Titan," with |
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TacticalPeek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 12:42 AM Response to Original message |
4. Stellarium. |
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Solon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 06:54 AM Response to Reply #4 |
9. Too bad you are stuck on Earth with Stellarium... |
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Fuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 06:54 AM Response to Original message |
10. I have a map of the US that's actual size |
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JackBeck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 09:04 AM Response to Original message |
12. Looking at the picture in the article made my brain hurt. |
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Octafish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
13. Now that's the Big Picture. |
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Jigarotta (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri May-19-06 09:41 AM Response to Original message |
15. check this beauty out... hubble.swf |
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