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« on: August 31, 2009, 01:45:59 PM »

In the next release of universe sandbox, I believe that this photo should be used for the milky way, or something similar besides the rendition.



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« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2009, 02:05:01 PM »

That is what scientists now think it looks like. Spiral barred galaxy.
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« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2009, 04:55:23 PM »

Ohhh... beautiful!  Shocked Grin
Red purple?  Grin

Although, who knows what it looks like  Tongue
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« Reply #3 on: August 31, 2009, 06:20:28 PM »

Ohhh... beautiful!  Shocked Grin
Red purple?  Grin

Although, who knows what it looks like  Tongue

I noticed that, too.
It should be edited, to look less active, since the red and purple indicates star formation.
We should be more brownish and a bit red since thats the color you see when looking at the Milky Way.
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« Reply #4 on: August 31, 2009, 06:32:52 PM »

That's a great image and I'd be happy to add it to the next version of Universe Sandbox.

Do you know what the actual name of this image is?

And in order to distribute it, I also need to know the source to make sure that there aren't any legal restrictions on this image.
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« Reply #5 on: August 31, 2009, 07:16:55 PM »

Ohhh... beautiful!  Shocked Grin
Red purple?  Grin

Although, who knows what it looks like  Tongue

I noticed that, too.
It should be edited, to look less active, since the red and purple indicates star formation.
We should be more brownish and a bit red since thats the color you see when looking at the Milky Way.


Actually no..... See near the center there is a brown haze? That indicates old stars. The outer part correctly interprets the color since new stars are forming as the gasses condense.
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« Reply #6 on: August 31, 2009, 07:35:10 PM »

That's a great image and I'd be happy to add it to the next version of Universe Sandbox.

Do you know what the actual name of this image is?

And in order to distribute it, I also need to know the source to make sure that there aren't any legal restrictions on this image.

I'm not sure of the name, but if you want to find it, type in milky way galaxy and search the pages, you should find it if you are using firefox.
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« Reply #7 on: August 31, 2009, 08:56:41 PM »

Found it:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_Way_Galaxy.jpg

And it's copyright free...

Thanks.
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« Reply #8 on: August 31, 2009, 09:07:10 PM »

Your welcome.
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« Reply #9 on: September 01, 2009, 09:07:15 AM »

That's a very beautiful picture. If this is what our galaxy looks like, I'm no longer embarrased of it being a barred spiral. Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: September 01, 2009, 01:16:13 PM »

Since we live in the Milky Way we aren't able to get above it to get a good photograph.

This Artist's conception of the Milky Way galaxy is based on there two images:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:236084main_MilkyWay-full-annotated.jpg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Messier51_sRGB.jpg
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« Reply #11 on: September 01, 2009, 05:18:44 PM »

Yeah I noticed it sort of looked like the Whirlpool galaxy.
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« Reply #12 on: September 01, 2009, 06:03:15 PM »

Found it:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Milky_Way_Galaxy.jpg

And it's copyright free...

Thanks.

awwgh i'll miss theolkd milky way in universe sandbox
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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2009, 06:34:02 PM »

Welcome to the forums ff2!
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« Reply #14 on: September 01, 2009, 06:50:26 PM »

awwgh i'll miss theolkd milky way in universe sandbox

I'll only replace it as the default if I think it's better (and I may remove the red coloring).

Either way the plan is to let you choose from all the available images when you create a customized galaxy.

And yes... Welcome.
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« Reply #15 on: September 01, 2009, 10:38:20 PM »

Open these links to easily compare the galaxy versions:

Old version
New version

The new version has a smaller central bar. Smiley
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« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2009, 07:43:14 AM »

Wow...  Shocked
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« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2009, 09:37:33 PM »

What about this? Note that it is in Vivid Mode.


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« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2009, 11:16:51 AM »

What is that galaxy behind the Milky Way improved? It looks like an elliptical galaxy..

I like inverted stuff, so I inverted the Milky Way (you can see structures)..


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« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2009, 06:28:04 PM »

What is that galaxy behind the Milky Way improved? It looks like an elliptical galaxy..

I like inverted stuff, so I inverted the Milky Way (you can see structures)..

It's probably what they believe the hidden galaxy next to us looks like.
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« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2009, 06:39:58 PM »

Probably.
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« Reply #21 on: September 04, 2009, 11:17:44 AM »

Welcome to the forums ff2!
ogh and ive been singed up for a long time this is just my first time posting
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« Reply #22 on: September 04, 2009, 04:40:38 PM »

So, welcome!
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