Amateur Photographer Shoots 37,000 Photo Panorama of the Night Sky (wired.com)

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aik 15y ago ↗

That's amazing. I would love to know what is in the center of is in the center of our galaxy?!

Maybe the other end of our galaxy ;)

Current theories hold that there's a supermassive black hole at the center, surrounded by a very high density of massive, old stars.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_Center

dnlk 15y ago ↗

i just love the fact that with all the really expensive (so i believe) hardware and software he used, this really stood out to me:

"GIMP: final assembly, curve & saturation tweaks" (from his website skysurvey.org)

timerickson 15y ago ↗

I was curious what software would be powerful and flexible enough to stitch together 37,000 photos. Clearly GIMP is the choice for that job.

markbnine 15y ago ↗

Mosaics that include far more photos are made all the time using spacecraft data. One of the software packages of choice is ISIS: http://isis.astrogeology.usgs.gov/

lloeki 15y ago ↗

A magnificent starscape from the point of view of our pale blue dot.

Ironically you may be inclined to look at the brightest, colorful part of the galaxy but be sure to take a look at the overwhelming number of stars that pop up by zooming in the darkest areas by a few notches. Breathtaking.

Best experienced fullscreen.

tybris 15y ago ↗

Openzoom version works better for me: http://media.skysurvey.org/openzoom.html

ramynassar 15y ago ↗

I wonder how long the hardware took to render/stich it all together? Amazing shot