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YourFriendlyNeighborhoodWizard
Will i hear "Andromeda" by the gorillaz playing if I listen carefully enough? Or will it be a disappointment?
Jaaybiird
All I see while reading all the comments
stronomer
It' not the dust but the faintness due to distance. Size in the image is actually true, 2 degrees across, compared to moon at 0.5 degrees.
bpetersen
So basically too dim to see?
stronomer
You can see at least the center, in a dark environment (so not in the city): http://earthsky.org/tonight/find-the-andromeda-galaxy-in-autumn
werdCAsquared
CheshireWayne
Without that dust it would be too bright to sleep at night.
ElvisParsly
Norard
It's comin' right for us!
RealNamesAreNotGreatUsernames
http://www.iflscience.com/space/what-andromeda-would-look-night-if-it-were-brighter/ tl:dr image accurate, but there's more
BanThisIfYouDare
Fucking interstellar dust.
OzzieDropBear
Incendor
One day, when humanity will be long extinct, this is what whichever life form there will be left on our planet will see on their night (1/2)
Incendor
sky, constantly coming closer over the course of many thousand years, until it merges with our galaxy, filling the visible space with (2/?)
Incendor
almost countless new stars, over and over changing their positions as the centuries pass by, until it finally comes to rest and our (3/?)
Incendor
familiar, well documented, most certainly long forgotten milky way as we know it will become an even thinner chapter in the (4/?)
Incendor
the undocumented history of our universe. (5/?)
Incendor
Sorry for killing the mood and driving you into extistential nothingness. But this is what's gonna happen. Srsly. At least we'll be gone. :l
Kamahele123
I don't wanna start anything crazy here, but I think, that just maybe, this picture, is possibly, from the future. But I could be wrong.
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
if you look at the sky on a clear dark night with no light pollution you can see galaxies with night vision goggles.
diphenhydraminehcl50mg
at least military grade ones.
freema5
https://i.imgflip.com/1li1sj.gif
sycophant92
Get rid of all body hair with this one easy trick.
GodANDbeyond
Someone must have heavily mixed the title, interstellar dust isn't even close enough to block a image on that distance. 1/2
GodANDbeyond
2/3 That is the sky on earth in 5-7 billion years , when the neighbor galaxy will unavoidably collide with the Milky Way.
GodANDbeyond
That is of course if this rock will ever endure and survive such journey together with the dying sun.
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GodANDbeyond
You are questioning me without a valid objection ? Don't make laugh you hypocritical monkey.
GodANDbeyond
Here's a link so you can at least get the overall picture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda–Milky_Way_collision
metalchef72
I can almost see a crappy Mass Effect game in it
ThanosWasNotWrong
Im like 130 hours in on my second playthrough. I know the game is mediocre, but man do i love it. Sad we won't get a sequel.
VolcanicFossil
I need answers and conclusions for many things. I'm so upset I won't get them.
ThanosWasNotWrong
We'll get them, but in comic book form
Boatsntoes
You can see Andromeda with your naked eye and it is NOT that big. It looks like a smudge the size of a pea at arms length.
MichaelMars
Reminds me of the view from the hills outside of New Sheoth
apbapb11127001
I call bull shit
gumblemuntz
I strained my andromeda once... was flat on my back for two weeks
bergmanwillcry
I love this photo so much
maeflowers56
TheRealityWithin
WE GOT KETT.
Nerple
That would be awesome
Silentshaper
Reading this comments show's that there is a smart side on imgur so in your face tumbler
noderoom
*shows
AmyBernadettePenny
proletariatblues
Huh. +1
GlowstickJedi
[Blue Danube intensifies]
BemusedPenguin
Reminds me of 2001 a space Odyssey
whatimherefor
Cooper what are you doing?!
AngryMadmoth
"Docking."
SlowDownTurbo
That’s impossible
waveracer
the earth is flat though.
skellington01
Andromeda is flat. It's actually 2d. But NASA is hiding the truth!
BelairJ
Get out.
MothMonsterMan
So is your mom! ..wait
rdness
OMG IT'S COMING RIGHT AT US!!!!! EVERYONE OFF THE PLANET!!
Jechro
"I'm trying my best!!! - Elon Musk
7heng
*galaxy
DrHenryJonesJr
It actually is. Are galaxies are supposed to collide in a few billion years to form the milky-meda galaxy.
penguinscience101
I'm sorry, but I must, *Our*
NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration
I'm fairly certain it's closer & unfathomly larger than that... just an educated guess. What do I know (name may be relevant, I don't know).
GoldFrieza
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/01/01/moon_and_andromeda_relative_size_in_the_sky.html. The image is fairly correct
GoldFrieza
The SIZE is fairly close to reality, assuming you could see every Star in Andromeda. But this is photoshopped
YouExpectedAUsernameButItWasMeDio
no shit.
GoldFrieza
The guy I was responding to originally thought it was a photograph
wenturi
Not that educated.
kirosharlequin
No that is about right, that is still huge
NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration
Seems a bit larger than normal, I guess the atmosphere is magnifying the image. All depends on the situation that was taken in.
SimplyViking
The galaxy is 2 537 000 light years away and it's still taking up that much space in our sky is pretty unfathomable
DarthFluffyBottom
We are just riding a little pebble in space. And it has atmo and life. We are lucky, but fucking up our pebble.
drakhavik
But I choose to ignore the scientific evidence that clearly shows we are fucking up our pebble because I think science is dumb.
SimplyViking
tbh the pebble will be fine. the people living on it tho, they might not be very fine. storms and rising waters will take out many 1/2
SimplyViking
unless we do something about it
DistantRelativeOfTommyRepeatTimmons
One of my favorite cousins works for NASA. Such an amazing career choice. I've always admired her
NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration
With us continuing further into space, more jobs and roles are needed for us to expand! You may have a chance to hop aboard if you try!
DistantRelativeOfTommyRepeatTimmons
Oh my. I'm much too old, and love my career choice. I just always admired that she went I to such a male dominated field and stuck with it.
DistantRelativeOfTommyRepeatTimmons
That, and she's significantly more intelligent than I am.
NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration
It being male dominated is a myth. It has been and remains nearly 1:1 for men and women, still kudos for her anyway! It's awesome!
Fritztopia
Please confirm.
NationalAeronauticsAndSpaceAdministration
I stand corrected, but so does OP. According to EarthSky it's substantially smaller than this post suggests-
GoldFrieza
That is the core it seems. I'm still surprised that it can actually be as wide as the Photoshop picture claims
GoldFrieza
I found more proof. In the sky the moon takes up .5° . But andromeda is 3.167°.
swefur
This is correct, to the naked eye. A camera can pick up the weaker light from the arms, and by messing with the levels, get the image above.
GoldFrieza
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy