NASA Released the Largest Image Ever Taken of Space (in Jan 2015) & it's About to Shake Up Your Universe

[thejazz97]

On January 5th, 2015, NASA released an image taken of one of our closest galactic neighbors, the Andromeda Galaxy. It was captured using the Hubble Telescope, but this really is a whole new level even for Hubble. They shot 411 images and stuck them together to create this whopping 1.5 billion pixel image. It requires 4.3 GB of disk space to contain all of it!

What we see are 100 million stars over 40,000 light years. You might find yourself feeling very very small, but that’s okay, because so are the rest of us.

http://higherperspectives.com/largest-image-of-space/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU

The full image is at the very end, but still very freakishly cool if you watch the whole thing.

[jstewboy]

Why would you post this. At least delete the date and act naive.

Why.

[MJDDawg]

Very cool. Then consider that the universe has 100 Billion galaxies in it, each with approximately 100 million stars, and you realize the mind-boggling size of the whole thing.

[Fox Mulder]

I want to believe

[Aladeen]

Pffff my schlong is twice as big

[drummer4now]

I thought all this scientific advancement was against your religious beliefs?

[Ghostsof1915]

To put this in perspective. The Andromeda Galaxy is 780 Kiloparsecs (A Kiloparsec is 3262 light years) in other words 2.5 MILLION light years away.

You are looking at the Andromeda Galaxy as it looked 2.5 Million Years Ago. In other words we were just evolving from Apes at that time.

[Nuxfanabroad]

No wonder we can't find a D-man...

[Mr.DirtyDangles]

So cool Jazz Great post !

I watch this below like a few times a year to put me back into a humble perspective. Regardless of ones beliefs space is bloody fascinating

[nucklehead]

This just in...space is infinite.

[Heretic]

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[Mr.DirtyDangles]

Cool and cool music!

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[Tom Sestito]

To put this in perspective. The Andromeda Galaxy is 780 Kiloparsecs (A Kiloparsec is 3262 light years) in other words 2.5 MILLION light years away.

You are looking at the Andromeda Galaxy as it looked 2.5 Million Years Ago. In other words we were just evolving from Apes at that time.

Wrong. We are 2000 years old.

(not srs)

[thejazz97]

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[-AJ-]

Wow, the universe is so awesome and amazing. I love things like this.

[felixthecat_potvin]

Pffff my schlong is twice as big

not what your ex tells me

[ForsbergTheGreat]

[Baer.]

Yo momma so fat they needed this to take a picture of her

[SabreFan1]

In about 4 Billion years, no telescope will be needed to see the Andromeda Galaxy from the Milky Way.

http://www.space.com/15947-milky-andromeda-galaxies-collision-simulated-video.html

[JohnLocke]

Pffff my schlong is twice as big

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