MJ
402 posts
Apr 09, 2012
12:42 PM
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Every now and then it is interesting to put our self importance in perspective to everything else. Those big worries and self inflated opinions are not always as big or important as they may seem. Click the link and see for yourself.
http://htwins.net/scale2/scale2.swf?bordercolor=white...
Last Edited by on Apr 09, 2012 12:43 PM
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bluemoose
719 posts
Apr 09, 2012
1:23 PM
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Wow...do the deep dive from far right to far left.
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Frank
575 posts
Apr 09, 2012
1:33 PM
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That's probably the music the Heaven's Gate cult heard as they were transported to the big space ship in the sky...
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Miles Dewar
1227 posts
Apr 09, 2012
2:41 PM
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Nice! I have not seen this yet. Thanks for sharing!
*snicker* The nebulae pictures are hilarious.
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You can do a small-scale version of this using your eyes or binoculars, and imagination if you can locate 4 things in the night sky:
(1) The Ecliptic path of the planets.
(2) The sun's location just after sunset.
(3) The Milky Way "Band."
(4) The Andromeda Galaxy.
First you determine the Ecliptic. You do this spotting the planets that you can see (Venus, Jupiter, and Mars are all easily detectable right now as the brightest objects, and the brightest/earliest-rising red dot), then using the sun's position, use your imagination to picture what Earth looks like from it's current position relative to the sun, giving you a view of the position of Earth in our solar system.
Next, find the Milky Way "Band." Use your imagination to picture the solar system's position within our galaxy (The "Band" is an edge-on view of our galaxy from within it).
Next, with good eyesight or cheap binoculars, find the Andromeda galaxy (You can Easily see it with the naked eye). Note the position of it relative to our galaxy's position.
If you want to go further, grab a telescope and note the position of other galaxies relative to ours. The Virgo Galactic cluster is a Fantastic start, you can see many galaxies in one small location... Then note the distances and with Extreme use of your imagination, you can determine your approximate location relative to the galaxies you have found.
After some practice, your head will be swirling around the universe just like on that website!
Last Edited by on Apr 09, 2012 2:42 PM
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MJ
403 posts
Apr 09, 2012
2:53 PM
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You can also scroll inward and see the micro scopic "universe"
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STME58
118 posts
Apr 09, 2012
2:58 PM
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That is a great display. A modern version of the film powers of 10 I remember from high school.
When I saw the thread title I thought the scale of the universe would be 42 steps to the octave!
Last Edited by on Apr 09, 2012 2:59 PM
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nacoran
5511 posts
Apr 09, 2012
3:02 PM
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Pretty awesome. I think the music helps put you in the right frame of mind to experience the wonder.
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Miles Dewar
1228 posts
Apr 11, 2012
5:03 AM
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If you are into astronomy, don't miss the Venus transit across the sun this June. The next one will be in over 100 years. Make a "pinhole viewer" if you don't have a solar telescope.
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MP
2161 posts
Apr 11, 2012
12:21 PM
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cool stuff MJ!
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