October 31, 2005

Amazing picture from the Large Binocular Telescope at Arizona of NGC89 - a 24 million light years distant galaxy.

Compare with previous image.

posted by tellurian 18 years ago
  • 404.
  • Correct link
  • Thanks Evstar
  • This is another "previous" image.
  • Doing well aren't I.
  • Stuffed link, incorrect galaxy naming, similar picture already available. I'm going home.
  • well i think it's pretty....
  • Cool to see we're finally getting back pictures from this scope. They've been working on it for years and years and years. The last mirror was brought up a couple of months ago. Here's the story behind the haul: How to haul a mirror up a mountain (Click the pictures for larger versions. ) I can assure you that that road is extremely challenging to drive a car up, let alone haul a multi-million dollar pieve of precision glass that took years to make. I used to go camping on that mountain twice a year, and the stargazing there is second to none. They should be getting a lot of showstopper photos from this scope.
  • Martin Segundo and his Scintilla Strings: 'When Twilight Falls on NGC 891'.
  • I looked at the cakes first and my mind must be stuck there because that looks genital to me!
  • Kewl, giant blue kitty.
  • Stuffed link, incorrect galaxy naming, similar picture already available. I'm going home. .
  • Man, can you imagine the size of the Telrad they need on that thing?
  • Yeah, but what about this incredible image?
  • Great back story azpenguin, very Fitzcarraldo. Thanks for fixing the link tracicle. Hey Wolof, I just went home, I didn't die :-)
  • Chyren should get some kind of prize for the Dark Star reference.
  • YES! Thankyou.