A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe
A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/989527
The fact that we are able to detect galaxies as they were a mere 300 million years after the creation of the universe is mind numbing.
The light emitted by HD1 is as it was over 13 billion years ago. Crazy.
8 0 ReplySpace is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Adams had it right.
7 0 Replyoh this is one of my wallpapers
i did a 1920x1080 version out of it by horizontally tiling 3 duplicates of it like this (i got the freely licensed version from wikimedia commons under https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en)
5 0 ReplyTIL there's a Saraswati supercluster..
3 0 ReplyThis image is 10mb!
3 0 ReplyThat fibrous look at the top of the image, is that what the universe looked like, or would sill look like from a sufficient distance?
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