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Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by dylan604 »

zokier wrote: post #9
yumraj wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

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.

The scary (sad) thing to me is that it could be 1 of 1.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by dylan604 »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #14
yumraj wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

the candy might also be filled with razors and end all life on our planet though

oh man, has the news been running halloween stories in your area again?

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by dylan604 »

Nition wrote: post #12

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.

It could be the creator of the image is with holding that image from just tossing to the hordes in the hopes of doing something with it to possibly be rewarded for their effort.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by r3trohack3r »

sen wrote: post #15
Nition wrote: post #12

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.

Yeah I'd pay for a full resolution version so I can get this printed across my entire wall. Despite the "high" resolution of many of the pictures on the page, not a single one is high enough resolution to print much larger than A3 or so while still seeing the stars/details.

Author is a professional photographer. Suspect that, with an email and a pile of cash, they’d license you the work.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by pfp »

sen wrote: post #15
Nition wrote: post #12

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.

Yeah I'd pay for a full resolution version so I can get this printed across my entire wall. Despite the "high" resolution of many of the pictures on the page, not a single one is high enough resolution to print much larger than A3 or so while still seeing the stars/details.

He's selling (up to A2 or so) prints via https://astroanarchy.zenfolio.com/ . Maybe you can contact him & ask for something larger.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by omnicognate »

wahern wrote: post #20
mensetmanusman wrote: post #18

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What are the odds we are the only one?

Nobody can tell you without pulling numbers out of thin air. That's the point. The only thing that can be said is that the probability of intelligent life arising is greater than 0, which follows from our own existence. Beyond that, any claims about the likelihood of intelligent life are just 20th and 21st century versions of "there must be a God because the universe couldn't have arisen by chance."

Strictly speaking our own existence doesn't even tell us the probability is greater than zero. For an event to have probability zero doesn't imply it can't occur. If a number is chosen from a uniform distribution on the reals between zero and one, whatever the result is the probability of that exact result occurring was zero.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by yumraj »

micromacrofoot wrote: post #14
yumraj wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

the candy might also be filled with razors and end all life on our planet though

Oh crap, now not only do I have to live in disappointment that I won't get to eat the candy, I also have to live in fear that the candy monster might come by and eat me.

Sad and Scared... my life is over...

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by beezle »

mensetmanusman wrote: post #17
zokier wrote: post #11

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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…

Might be even less. Japan is huge on making very large graphics from printing on sheets of white adhesive: https://youtu.be/ioyMec7YU0Y If they added it to the ground it cheaper to install and then kids could run on it in the gym (could easily cover an entire Gym, lol): https://youtu.be/mBjSM783Tug Would be fun with the retroreflectors added like in the latter video, as with the lights off and only head lamps on you…

That's pretty neat. But I wonder what the surface looks like after removal?

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by micromacrofoot »

yumraj wrote: post #27
micromacrofoot wrote: post #14

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the candy might also be filled with razors and end all life on our planet though

Oh crap, now not only do I have to live in disappointment that I won't get to eat the candy, I also have to live in fear that the candy monster might come by and eat me. Sad and Scared... my life is over...

well, guess we should spend our whole lives praying just in case
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