Comments on: Amazing Galaxies

By: p00p

p00p — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 22:45:25 +0000

this is weird n kool :O

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 07:03:30 +0000

Dave: the duplicate galaxy you see is due to gravitational lensing. Look it up on Wikipedia and check out the Einstein’s Cross to see another example.

The lensing is the cause of the arcs and overall circular pattern.

By: dave

dave — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:56:49 +0000

It’s not real, or it’s been edited. Look at the full size image of the purple spiral galaxy 1/4 of the way down on the right hand side, just above a large light arc. It has 5distinct lights inside that form an arrow head or an > shape.
Now if you look from the centre down and left you will notice another spiral galaxy of a similar colouring, inside there are again 5distinct lights forming a similar if not the same pattern to the I described previously.
If this isn’t enough you will also notice some other lights within this galaxy (ignoring the brighter one on the left, which is clearly in the foreground), which can be seen mirrored in the first spiral galaxy.

I’ve heard of NASA editing photos and duplicating star fields, maybe this is another of those, or maybe it’s a strange but natural occurrence.

What d’you think?

By: dave

dave — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 23:54:54 +0000

It’s not real, or it’s been edited. Look at the full size image at the purple spiral galaxy 1/4 of the way down on the right hand side, just above a large light arc. It has 5distinct lights inside that form an arrow head or an > shape.
Now if you look from the centre down and left you will notice another spiral galaxy of a similar colouring, inside there are again 5distinct lights forming a similar if not the same pattern to the I described previously.
If this isn’t enough you will also notice some other lights within this galaxy (ignoring the brighter one on the left, which is clearly in the foreground), which can be seen mirrored in the first spiral galaxy.

I’ve heard of NASA editing photos and duplicating star fields, maybe this is another of those, or maybe it’s a strange but natural occurrence.

What d’you think?

By: Jake

Jake — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 02:08:02 +0000

This is an actual photo from the Hubble Telescope. The colors may have been added, but that’s it.

By: Tracey

Tracey — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:41:02 +0000

Prclmr,

what makes you think this is not a real picture

By: Prclmr

Prclmr — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:08:32 +0000

This is not a real picture, half of this picture is digitally created.

But I heard about a black hole next to the moon in view from earth, that contains the same kind of mass galaxies when u look closer.

By: cadz

cadz — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:58:11 +0000

its nice pic. but i dont think that you can capture all the galaxy in one shot!! hmpp.. but nice 1^_^

By: arsalan

arsalan — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:04:54 +0000

great, nice

By: tron

tron — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 18:51:31 +0000

I disagree that it puts everything in perspective. Although anyone with the sense of how big a galaxy is, will get the idea how much this picture captures. Anyone who doesnt know how big a solar system, or a galaxy is.. wont be able to see the scale of things.

Nice pic tho. Top notch!