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Post by Dust » 31 Jul 2007 16:48

http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/me ... -010.shtml
Overhead View of our galaxy (it's painted... obviously...)

http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective
Size Comparisons of celestial bodies...
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Post by Rakmar » 01 Aug 2007 10:23

Dust wrote:http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/me ... -010.shtml
Overhead View of our galaxy (it's painted... obviously...)

http://www.kiroastro.com/writings/perspective
Size Comparisons of celestial bodies...
Thanks Dust, that comparison is really interesting, I knew of the difference but actually seeing the proportions is stunning, especially if you see those other big stars compared to our sun.
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Post by Nightslayer » 02 Aug 2007 12:40

:shock: earth is quite small ;P
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Post by Dust » 05 Aug 2007 14:49

http://earth.jsc.nasa.gov/

A collection of photos shot by astronauts. They have quite a view up there :)
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Post by Dust » 25 Oct 2007 16:05

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Post by Dust » 30 Jan 2008 14:23

http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnik ... e/nano.swf

A great size comparison. Or tiny. :)
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Post by MindyMcfly » 30 Jan 2008 14:53

Really makes you think how in the general scheme of things you really are nothing!!
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Post by Dust » 05 Mar 2008 00:34

http://wms.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.html

The japanese space agency launched a moon probe last year. Here are some pictures.

Here the homepage of the project:
http://www.selene.jaxa.jp/index_e.htm
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Post by Dust » 26 May 2008 11:24

An other prome managed to land on mars, NASA's Phoenix is now operating from the pole and taking pictures and samples:

http://fawkes4.lpl.arizona.edu/imageCategories.php
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Post by Dust » 27 May 2008 13:47

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Post by Dust » 27 May 2008 18:19

http://www.nasa.gov/mov/230220main_9247_web2.mov

Isn't that incredibly cool? Mankind has a satelite on mars that can make pictures of a mars lander. And that with a lag of over 3 minutes!

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/fa ... sfact.html
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Post by Dust » 15 Jun 2008 22:43

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTDTUG3HF_index_0.html

A realy cool mission ends soon.
Ulysses has shown the poles of the sun. Has left the ecliptic of this solar system.

Well... I like space probes :)

Check out the movies:

http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEMTDTUG3HF_index_1.html
http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMPB1VG3HF_index_0.html
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Post by Dust » 25 Feb 2009 00:20

The best blog I've found on the web so far (the only one worth reading)
http://marsandme.blogspot.com/

It's a mars rover driver's diary, delayed by five years.
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Post by Dust » 09 Apr 2009 11:58

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Post by Dust » 15 May 2009 21:42

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