Topic: Video on the Size of the Universe

[gpw11]

Hubble Deep Field.

[ScaryTooth]

That was a cool video. I love astronomy shows and such. But I don't think I've ever seen one that actually explains how big the universe is so well. Some people have no idea either.

[Xessive]

"We live on a planet, one of 8 in our solar system..."

Ok, I know Pluto is no longer considered a planet, but didn't they discover 3 other orbs which are technically planets?? Which brings the recorded number of planets in our solar system to 11.

Cool vid though.

[Ghandi]

No, those are dwarf planets that you are thinking of. Pluto is still considered a planted, but it was demoted to a dwarf planet, so there are 8 "regular" planets in our solar system.

[iPPi]

Cool video.

[Xessive]

No, those are dwarf planets that you are thinking of. Pluto is still considered a planted, but it was demoted to a dwarf planet, so there are 8 "regular" planets in our solar system.

Really? They don't qualify to be "full" planets? Huh, I guess that's why they let them have kinda dorky names. Well, Ceres is a nice name actually.. But Xena is a little too cliché

"Charon" is just too close to "Charo"


I just read up some more on it, and Ceres is really just an asteroid orbitting Jupiter, but because of its round shape and mass they decided to classify as a planet. Charon is just a moon of Pluto, and now both will be referred to as "Plutons." And then "2003UB313" a.k.a. "Xena" is a Pluton as well.

Pretty cool stuff. Now, we must locate Lurr, Ruler of the planet Omicron Persei VIII!

[TheOtherBelmont]

I think I still have the issue of National Geographic from when those pictures first came in, awesome and humbling.

[Ace_O_Spades]

makes me wanna watch Cosmos again

[Cools]

Am I the only one who found the guy to be patronizing?

[Xessive]

Am I the only one who found the guy to be patronizing?

Haha I know what you mean, but I figured since it was a 6 minute video it was meant for people who don't know much about the "universe" and all that jazz.

[Quemaqua]

I'm not even watching it because most likely I'll just find it to be crap science.

[Xessive]

Science is awesome

[Cobra951]

I'm not even watching it because most likely I'll just find it to be crap science.

No, it's hardly that.  In fact, it's more or less just drawing simple conclusions from a very real image taken by the Hubble telescope.  In a nutshell, it's a deep-field pic of a patch of empty-seeming universe, which the telescope reveals is dotted with many, many galaxies, like stars in the sky on a clear night, in the desert.

Besides, hearing some awesome Pink Floyd as an intro is worth it all by itself.

[Cools]

Shine on You Crazy Diamond to be exact.

[Ghandi]

If anyone has a few minutes on their hands, there is an excellent cover story about space and whatnot for time magazine that appeared a month or so ago. It's extraordinarily informative.

[Antares]

I thought the whole bit about the picture being the most important image ever captured was a bit over the top, but the vid had great animation, great music and a decent narrative.

[Cobra951]

Yeah, I thought that statement was over the top too.  Maybe it has something to do with campaigning to send a shuttle to save the Hubble?

But I don't dispute that the findings are of great importance to science.

[Cobra951]

Shine on You Crazy Diamond to be exact.

Yes, the intro to Shine On You Crazy Diamond, to be more exact.  I think it's classic all on its own.  Anyone who wants to know why old timers like me think music absolutely sucks today should sit and listen to Dark Side of the Moon and Wish You Were Here in their entirety.  Then try to go back to gangsta crap.

[Quemaqua]

You don't have to be old to feel that way.  There are more than a few Pink Floyd fans from my generation, not to mention the Stones, the Doors, the Beatles, Zep, et cetera.