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Hubble Deep Field 3D. Quite breathtaking.

Posted by on August 12, 2009 No comments

A fascinating visualization of the famous Hubble Deep Field image. By taking the redshift of all the galaxies seen in the image, it’s possible to reconstruct how far they are from Earth. This information allows a computer to construct a 3D model. It’s quite breathtaking. Be sure you watch the HD version.  Again, here it is on Youtube.

Details from the HDF illustrate the wide varie...

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In a galaxy far, far away…

Posted by on October 12, 2008 No comments

… stuff is forming. Gizmodo posts about an image captured at the Keck Observatory which shows a spiral galaxy in the process of formation.

Two neat things about this:

  1. This galaxy is 11-billion light years away.
  2. It was caught at the detail it was because of gravitational lensing.