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Title: 46 Billion pixel image of the Milky Way
Post by: Kenny on Oct 30, 2015, 10:05:39

Weighing in at a massive 46 billion pixels, a new image of the Milky Way from the astronomers at Ruhr University Bochum in Germany is the largest astronomical image of all time.

http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20151028-at-a-massive-46-billion-pixels-this-is-the-largest-image-of-space

The viewing tool is here.
http://astro.vm.rub.de/

Title: Re: 46 Billion pixel image of the Milky Way
Post by: MarkS on Oct 30, 2015, 18:30:08

Amazing!

And with my new rural FTTC (Fibre To The Cabinet) broadband I can scroll around to my heart's content.

Title: Re: 46 Billion pixel image of the Milky Way
Post by: RobertM on Nov 01, 2015, 19:02:33

Strange considering the effort but I don't find it aesthetically very interesting.

Orpington Astronomical Society

Astronomy => In the Media... => Topic started by: Kenny on Oct 30, 2015, 10:05:39