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How have we taken the picture of our own galaxy? All the milkyway pictures look like taken from outside the galaxy.
jobyts said:How have we taken the picture of our own galaxy? All the milkyway pictures look like taken from outside the galaxy.
berkeman said:What pictures? Can you provide a link?
jobyts said:You need a link to see the picture of our galaxy? Never mind.
I said it looks like. I would also be interested to see our galaxy's picture from outside.Sorry! said:There are images of our galaxy from the outside? I would love a link too.
jobyts said:I said it looks like. I would also be interested to see our galaxy's picture from outside.
Me too!Sorry! said:There are images of our galaxy from the outside? I would love a link too.
They probably do, but the OP was incoherent, so they were getting him to clarify what he meant. Sometimes it helps a person figure out the answer for themselves.EseehC said:The pictures he is talking about are not pictures of other galaxies, but the artist conceptions you always see (seriously how do you guys not know what he is talking about)
I would think we'd only be able to simulate a small portion of it, though. Anything more than a few thousand light years away (guess) would be obscured by dust/gas.SpaceTiger said:It would be an interesting project to simulate an image of the Milky Way from the outside using the images and data we've taken from inside. Perhaps not so scientifically interesting... but the press would like it.
russ_watters said:I would think we'd only be able to simulate a small portion of it, though. Anything more than a few thousand light years away (guess) would be obscured by dust/gas.
They do.russ_watters said:They probably do...EseehC said:The pictures he is talking about are not pictures of other galaxies, but the artist conceptions you always see (seriously how do you guys not know what he is talking about)
russ_watters said:They probably do, but the OP was incoherent, so they were getting him to clarify what he meant. Sometimes it helps a person figure out the answer for themselves.
DaveC426913 said:They do.
EseehC, you have made an assumption in the absence of facts.
Is he referring to artist conceptions? Or is he referring to real photos of other galaxies? We don't know unless he gives us references.
You may very well be giving him misinformation. Which is why we ask questions.
jobyts said:I felt the earlier responses were a bit rude and sarcastic.
I thought my question was clear. Seems like I was wrong.
jobyts said:How have we taken the picture of our own galaxy? All the milkyway pictures look like taken from outside the galaxy.
I think this one set the tone, hmm?:jobyts said:I felt the earlier responses were a bit rude and sarcastic.
jobyts said:You need a link to see the picture of our galaxy? Never mind.
No, what you can do (as was asked) is point us to what you are talking about.jobyts said:"artist conceptions" was the answer to my question. I cannot put that in my question.
That is an assumption. You do not know that what you are looking at is our galaxy. You may be referring to artist's conceptions, or they may well be pictures of other galaxies. We still don't know since you haven't shown us what you're talking about. Further, as berkeman points out:jobyts said:I clearly mentioned in my OP that it is about our galaxy.
berkeman said:Your original post (OP) was quite clear about "taking pictures"
Indeed, this is in the spirit of PF.berkeman said:How does that old saying go?... "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime."
berkeman said:Certainly didn't mean to be rude, but yes, we were being a little bit sarcastic. Your original post (OP) was quite clear about "taking pictures"
which is physically impossible. That's why I asked for a link, so that you would go trying to find one, and see for yourself that none exist.
How does that old saying go?... "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime."
The way I heard it from Click & Clack - the Tappit Brothers. It goes - "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and he sits in a boat all day and drinks beer."berkeman said:How does that old saying go?... "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime."
Explanation: A recent survey of stars conducted with the Spitzer Space Telescope is convincing astronomers that our Milky Way Galaxy is not just your ordinary spiral galaxy anymore. Looking out from within the Galaxy's disk, the true structure of the Milky Way is difficult to discern. However, the penetrating infrared census of about 30 million stars indicates that the Galaxy is distinguished by a very large central bar some 27,000 light-years long. In fact, from a vantage point that viewed our galaxy face-on, astronomers in distant galaxies would likely see a striking barred spiral galaxy suggested in this artist's illustration. While previous investigations have identified a small central barred structure, the new results indicate that the Milky Way's large bar would make about a 45 degree angle with a line joining the Sun and the Galaxy's center. DON'T PANIC ... astronomers still place the Sun beyond the central bar region, about a third of the way in from the Milky Way's outer edge.
Astronuc said:The way I heard it from Click & Clack - the Tappit Brothers. It goes - "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and he sits in a boat all day and drinks beer."
Set a man a light and he'll be warm for a day.berkeman said:How does that old saying go?...
It was not a misunderstanding on your part.Sorry! said:Yeah, at first I wasn't sure what the OP pictures were which was why I asked... after it seemed to me that they were talking about actually pictures (as in photos) which is why I said what I did.
sorry for the misunderstanding on my part.
I was actually going to use that! Seriously.berkeman said:How does that old saying go?... "Give a person a fish, feed them for that day. Teach a person how to fish, and you feed them for a lifetime."
Wow, I've never seen it represented that way. Very cool.Hepth said:You can see the milky way in this picture (huge) its a 360 panorama:
http://www.nps.gov/labe/parknews/images/Nightsky_from_Beds_2_KFalls_moonrising_milkyway.jpg
And especially since evidence suggests that MW has recently torn apart and absorbed another galaxy.turbo-1 said:... especially since signs of interaction such as enhanced star formation have high-frequency spectra that are easily attenuated by intervening gas and dust.
I went to a neighbor's place today to borrow his old grader (suitable for the 3-point hitch on my Kubota). When I came back up out of the woods, my other neighbor (who often uses the other other guy's very large tractor-backhoe, etc) said "Why didn't you stop in so I could help you?" My reply was that I wanted to learn how to do it right. He would have made the hook-up easy, and I might not have understood WHY. Now I know that if you're going to back a tractor up to an implement, you should line up with the lowest hitch-pin first, raise the 3-pt to line up the upper active pin, then adjust so that you can hitch the passive upper link. It took me about 30 minutes to find out for myself what I could have wasted years to understand with only intermittent usage of that implement with skilled operators telling what to do. Sometimes you really have to be in the trenches.russ_watters said:I was actually going to use that! Seriously.
This site is a science education site and if we just answer the question, all you've gained is a single factoid that you may or may not remember in a month. It hasn't really helped much. But if instead you go back and pay a little bit more attention to what you were looking at, form a more coherent question, etc., and answer it for yourself, you'll learn something far more valuable: you'll learn how to learn.
The picture of our galaxy was captured using a combination of ground-based telescopes and space-based telescopes. The ground-based telescopes were used to capture wide-field images of the Milky Way, while space-based telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope were used to capture more detailed images of specific regions.
The process of capturing the picture of our galaxy took several years. The initial planning and data collection took about 2 years, followed by another 2 years of data analysis and processing. Finally, the images were combined and edited to create the final picture of our galaxy.
The picture of our galaxy is considered to be highly accurate, as it was created using data from multiple telescopes and extensive data analysis. However, it is important to note that the picture is constantly evolving as new data is collected and our understanding of the galaxy improves.
The picture of our galaxy provides valuable insights into the structure and composition of the Milky Way. It can also help us better understand the formation and evolution of galaxies in general. Additionally, the picture can be used to identify and study specific regions of interest within our galaxy.
While our solar system is located within the Milky Way, it is not visible in the picture of our galaxy. The picture shows a wide view of the galaxy, and our solar system is relatively small in comparison. However, some of the stars and nebulae in the picture may be similar to those in our solar system.