Heart of the Milky Way Photos From NASA 111
PBH submitted a link to a really amazing composite image of the Milky Way released by NASA. They combined infrared, visible, and x-ray images taken by Spitzer, Hubble, and Chandra to create one beautiful image to commemorate the 400 years since 1609, when Galileo looked up.
Meanwhile, on a mountain top in Hawaii... (Score:5, Funny)
The Keck I telescope quietly pouts. "We're pretty great," it says. "We're a great observatory."
"I know, I know," says the Keck II consolingly. "It's just a name; don't let it get you down. We'd beat them in a second if we weren't too big to put in orbit."
"Are you saying I'm fat?" Keck I cries.
"Come on, that's a good thing for a telescope, am I right?" the Keck says encouragingly. "We're the fattest!"
"Yeah!" Keck I says brightly, spirits seemingly lifted. But as Keck II returns to observations, Keck I still feels the sting of not being in the spotlight.
Later, scientists analyzing data from Keck I find minor anomalies, caused by unexplained water droplets on the primary.
Wow. (Score:1, Funny)
That image has stellar composition!
How big? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:How big? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Anyone else see the skeletal hand? (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Seriously cool ... (Score:3, Funny)
A printed map? Don't they know that this is already obsolete? [space.com]
Can't we get this electronically on a Tom Tom, so we can find our way home?
Re:Seriously cool ... (Score:3, Funny)
I looked hard, but I still can't find the black hole....