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The Scale of the Universe

John Holgate - 26-4-2012 at 11:00 PM

Apologies if this has been posted before, but this is an awesome site that lets you zoom in from the size of the observable universe to unbelievably itty bitty stuff! Check it out:

The Scale of the Universe

Kamikuza - 26-4-2012 at 11:44 PM

You'll notice I'm not in that picture anywhere ... that's because the universe revolves AROUND me :yes:

Baluk - 26-4-2012 at 11:54 PM

That's insane!

indigo_wolf - 27-4-2012 at 01:53 AM

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Originally posted by John Holgate
Apologies if this has been posted before


Might have seen it on another forum, but it's great so who cares if it's be posted before. :smilegrin:

Double kudos and huzzahs for posting anything that kicks Mark out of lurker mode.


You can advance to the bonus round if you can do the same with maven454. ;)

ATB,
Sam

Baluk - 27-4-2012 at 01:57 AM

Don't give all the credit to him! :P School is out for the summer! And University is not a good mix with kiting!

ps- is it just me or is my avatar not showing up?

indigo_wolf - 27-4-2012 at 02:16 AM

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Originally posted by Baluk
ps- is it just me or is my avatar not showing up?


Not just you.... can't see your avatar here either. Did you try to change it recently?

ATB,
Sam

RedSky - 27-4-2012 at 05:00 AM

Okay time to own up. Who's sped through at warp speed from quantum foam to estimated size of the universe and back again ?

Me. :D

indigo_wolf - 27-4-2012 at 07:08 AM

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Originally posted by RedSky
Okay time to own up. Who's sped through at warp speed from quantum foam to estimated size of the universe and back again ?

Me. :D


Oh fine.... I did it a couple of times but only because I was trying to slingshot around the sun and go back in time. :tumble: :smilegrin:



ATB,
Sam

MikeDobbs - 27-4-2012 at 07:16 AM

This is great thanks for sharing.

Love things like this, it really puts everything into perspective. Reminds me of the sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. They have signposts along the road for the locations of each planet to scale- so you can "walk" through the solar system. It's really fascinating.


One of the things I love about kiting (and sailing) is how connected I feel with the greater world around me

indigo_wolf - 27-4-2012 at 07:36 AM

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Originally posted by MikeDobbs
This is great thanks for sharing.

Love things like this, it really puts everything into perspective. Reminds me of the sidewalk in front of the Smithsonian Air and Space museum. They have signposts along the road for the locations of each planet to scale- so you can "walk" through the solar system. It's really fascinating.


The Boston Science Museum has done something similar but markers are scattered throughout the city and as far out as Newton.

Map: http://www.everytrail.com/guide/community-solar-system-trail...

Tour Guide: http://www.mos.org/sln/wtu/passport.pdf

ATB,
Sam

OmniSmurfZ - 27-4-2012 at 08:23 AM

Some numbers to go along with the diagram.

The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman

Bigbear97e - 27-4-2012 at 10:01 AM

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Originally posted by OmniSmurfZ
The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman


Hope you're not claustrophibic Kami ... sounds croweded around you ....:smilegrin:

Drewculous - 27-4-2012 at 11:15 AM

trippy

good find!

Kamikuza - 27-4-2012 at 05:28 PM

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Originally posted by Bigbear97e
Quote:
Originally posted by OmniSmurfZ
The visible universe consists of 500 million galaxy groups, 10 billion large galaxies, 100 billion dwarf galaxies, and 2,000 billion billion suns. Over 15 billion light years across. Which may just be a speck in the larger totality that we can't see. - Incognito David Eagleman


Hope you're not claustrophibic Kami ... sounds croweded around you ....:smilegrin:

Hell no - everyone needs innumerable worshippers!

soliver - 27-4-2012 at 08:40 PM

Thanks John, that's really cool.

It truly gives you the recognition of how infinitesimally puny we are in the grand scheme, and yet we feel like we are in control of so much.

We're like chihuahua's in the grand scheme of galactic presence

So small, so confident, so certain of our greatness, and yet we really only have control over things like where we decide to take a whiz... or whether or not we'll listen and obey.