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Author Topic: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?  (Read 3994 times)

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NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« on: November 05, 2011, 04:46 AM »
Hi,

I once visited a web site which displayed/compared different kind of 'views' on the same galaxy:
- gamma radiation (only grey and black... not much to see here = boring)
- visible light (a little bit better but... still more or less boring)
- electro-magnetic combined with something else (awesome colors = WOW!!*)

*picture something like this Antennae Galaxies image:

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6701/heic0615a.jpg
NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?


Now I can't find that site anymore...  :(

Who knows where to find something like that?


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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #1 on: November 05, 2011, 05:18 AM »
This one? http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images

And there's this beautiful pack of background images for Windows: http://windows.micro...idden-universe-theme

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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #2 on: November 05, 2011, 05:25 AM »
And there's even a second Windows (7) theme: http://windows.micro...sa-spacescapes-theme

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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #3 on: November 05, 2011, 05:50 AM »
Thanks for the links! http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images has some good images, I just can't find comparison images there?

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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #4 on: November 05, 2011, 05:59 AM »
I just can't find comparison images there?
I hadn't especially searched for that feature :-[ there are quite a few nasa.gov sites/pages that host images like that, I'd guessed there would be the comparison pages too, but I'm not sure where to find them :(

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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #5 on: November 05, 2011, 12:58 PM »

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Re: NASA / Hubble: comparison images of galaxies?
« Reply #6 on: November 06, 2011, 01:51 AM »
Something like this?

http://www.cosmotogr...spitzer_compare.html
YES, thanks!  :Thmbsup:

Too bad they only have it for one galaxy. Lots of other great images on that site though.