Comments on: The Angry Red Galaxy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/ I am an astronomer, writer, and skeptic. I likes reality the way it is, and I aims to keep it that way. My real name is Phil Plait, and I run the Bad Astronomy blog. Fri, 25 May 2012 01:58:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-353371 Michelle Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:30:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-353371 very scary and cool at the same time. i think it would be cool to find out more about it. do you all. very scary and cool at the same time. i think it would be cool to find out more about it. do you all.

]]> By: CB http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352898 CB Mon, 17 Jan 2011 21:28:44 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352898 <blockquote>What I think is interesting is the hole with a bright dot right around the core. I’m guessing that is the central black hole and it has devoured much of the dust in its area.</blockquote> Or, it's just where the star-subtracting process Phil discussed resulted in a black spot large enough to see on the scaled image. After all, that's the brightest (so most star-filled) spot in the visible light image.

What I think is interesting is the hole with a bright dot right around the core. I’m guessing that is the central black hole and it has devoured much of the dust in its area.

Or, it’s just where the star-subtracting process Phil discussed resulted in a black spot large enough to see on the scaled image. After all, that’s the brightest (so most star-filled) spot in the visible light image.

]]> By: Wil http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352721 Wil Mon, 17 Jan 2011 05:54:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352721 The body on the moon was later identified as missing Chinese Olympic high jumper Wang Pow. Man, could that guy jump! The body on the moon was later identified as missing Chinese Olympic high jumper Wang Pow.

Man, could that guy jump!

]]> By: Firemancheesehead http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352704 Firemancheesehead Mon, 17 Jan 2011 00:57:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352704 Anyone else notice that in the IR picture, the black hole is actually, well, black? Just reread Brians comment at #29... So I'm not the only one Anyone else notice that in the IR picture, the black hole is actually, well, black?

Just reread Brians comment at #29…

So I’m not the only one

]]> By: Aleina http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352661 Aleina Sun, 16 Jan 2011 15:37:08 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352661 The New York Times on March 15th 2009 brought out another sensation. The above noted Chinese official, Mao Kan mentioned that he has obtained more than 1000 secret photographs which reveal not only human footprints but a human dead body on the surface of the moon. It was also stated by the said official that some bones from that dead body was missing. It is believed that the human dead body have been dropped on the moon from alien spaceship and extraterrestrials kept few tissues for research. http://funnyandspicy.com/three-extraterrestrial-spaceships-will-attack-earth-in-2012 The New York Times on March 15th 2009 brought out another sensation. The above noted Chinese official, Mao Kan mentioned that he has obtained more than 1000 secret photographs which reveal not only human footprints but a human dead body on the surface of the moon. It was also stated by the said official that some bones from that dead body was missing. It is believed that the human dead body have been dropped on the moon from alien spaceship and extraterrestrials kept few tissues for research.
http://funnyandspicy.com/three-extraterrestrial-spaceships-will-attack-earth-in-2012

]]> By: Brian Rose http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352657 Brian Rose Sun, 16 Jan 2011 13:38:17 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352657 What I think is interesting is the hole with a bright dot right around the core. I'm guessing that is the central black hole and it has devoured much of the dust in its area. What I think is interesting is the hole with a bright dot right around the core. I’m guessing that is the central black hole and it has devoured much of the dust in its area.

]]> By: Daniel J. Andrews http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352640 Daniel J. Andrews Sun, 16 Jan 2011 07:15:57 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352640 War of the Worlds (the old one, not the Cruise one) is what scared me when I was a little kid. I was 5. What the heck was my aunt thinking in letting me watch it? I had nightmares for years about big monsters towering over buildings and forests, coming after me. War of the Worlds (the old one, not the Cruise one) is what scared me when I was a little kid. I was 5. What the heck was my aunt thinking in letting me watch it? I had nightmares for years about big monsters towering over buildings and forests, coming after me.

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352637 Messier Tidy Upper Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:06:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352637 Wow, Dave W. you could be a doppleganger of my brother .. ;-) Thinking of resemblences, I see a certain similarity with this : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WayneTWOTW.jpg there. Fewer legs maybe but quite reminiscent still. 8) Wow, Dave W. you could be a doppleganger of my brother .. ;-)

Thinking of resemblences, I see a certain similarity with this :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:WayneTWOTW.jpg

there. Fewer legs maybe but quite reminiscent still. 8)

]]> By: WJM http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352633 WJM Sun, 16 Jan 2011 05:00:34 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352633 Is that the spider that eats patrons as they exit the <a HREF="http://www.gallery.ca/english/1946.htm" rel="nofollow">National Gallery of the Canada</A>? Is that the spider that eats patrons as they exit the National Gallery of the Canada?

]]> By: Phil Plait http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352630 Phil Plait Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:49:28 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352630 Dave W (24): That shirt is <strong>AWESOME</strong>. Where did you get it? And stupid as it is, that bat spider scared the pee out of me when I was a kid. Dave W (24): That shirt is AWESOME. Where did you get it?

And stupid as it is, that bat spider scared the pee out of me when I was a kid.

]]> By: Dave w http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352629 Dave w Sun, 16 Jan 2011 04:44:26 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352629 I'm the proud owner of an Angry Red Planet T-shirt: http://bit.ly/fwNg7k Unbelievably, not even the nerdiest shirt I own. I’m the proud owner of an Angry Red Planet T-shirt: http://bit.ly/fwNg7k

Unbelievably, not even the nerdiest shirt I own.

]]> By: Tail http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352539 Tail Sat, 15 Jan 2011 04:34:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352539 Looks remarkably like a tissue specimen under a microscope.... Looks remarkably like a tissue specimen under a microscope….

]]> By: Messier Tidy Upper http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352524 Messier Tidy Upper Sat, 15 Jan 2011 02:05:54 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352524 Incredible, awe-inspiring, fascinating image - well worth the pains that were taken to get it. :-) @13.Zucchi : <i>What the hell would “staking pain” mean?</i> The last pain a vampire ever feels? ;-) @ 1. Todd W. : <i>I already called Buffy</i> Wait; you know Buffy the vampire slayer - and have her number!? :-o 8) Or were you meaning the community of wiser, super-advanced elder beings living on the ice dwarf world "Buffy" (2004 XR190) instead? ;-) Incredible, awe-inspiring, fascinating image – well worth the pains that were taken to get it. :-)

@13.Zucchi : What the hell would “staking pain” mean?

The last pain a vampire ever feels? ;-)

@ 1. Todd W. : I already called Buffy

Wait; you know Buffy the vampire slayer – and have her number!? :-o 8)

Or were you meaning the community of wiser, super-advanced elder beings living on the ice dwarf world “Buffy” (2004 XR190) instead? ;-)

]]> By: JB of Brisbane http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352518 JB of Brisbane Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:49:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352518 Cat: Is that what I think it is? Lister: What do you think it is? Cat: An orange whirly thing in space! Cat: Is that what I think it is?
Lister: What do you think it is?
Cat: An orange whirly thing in space!

]]> By: R http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352516 R Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:42:25 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352516 Hi everyone, This query is completely unrelated to the topic but I was wondering if any of you guys could explain it to me. What does this mean? 'Makar Sankranti (A day celebrated in some cultures) is the day when the sun moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere'. I'm afraid the only thing I know about zodiac signs is that they're hokum and would be grateful if someone could clarify this...:) Hi everyone,

This query is completely unrelated to the topic but I was wondering if any of you guys could explain it to me.

What does this mean? ‘Makar Sankranti (A day celebrated in some cultures) is the day when the sun moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn during the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere’.

I’m afraid the only thing I know about zodiac signs is that they’re hokum and would be grateful if someone could clarify this…:)

]]> By: Peter Eldergill http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352511 Peter Eldergill Sat, 15 Jan 2011 00:12:20 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352511 The first thing I thought was can you overlay a golden rectangle/spiral onto that image? It would be be pretty cool Pete The first thing I thought was can you overlay a golden rectangle/spiral onto that image?

It would be be pretty cool

Pete

]]> By: Sam H http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352507 Sam H Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:49:02 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352507 HOLY CRAP!! :o Memo to Aragorn, Hobbits, remaining Elves and all the friends of Gondor - SAURON HAS RETURNED!!! Well, maybe that wasn't funny but I couldn't help myself :) Anyway, there seems a slight clearance of dust in an oval shape around the core region roughly 2000 ly or so lengthwise. Could the dust clearance be due to the black hole? Maybe that another thing our galactographers are still working on... @dave cortesi: the moment I read your comment I thought of "The Fractal Universe" by Mat Zo. Dang great song, would go along nice with an image of the universe :) HOLY CRAP!! :o Memo to Aragorn, Hobbits, remaining Elves and all the friends of Gondor – SAURON HAS RETURNED!!!

Well, maybe that wasn’t funny but I couldn’t help myself :) Anyway, there seems a slight clearance of dust in an oval shape around the core region roughly 2000 ly or so lengthwise. Could the dust clearance be due to the black hole? Maybe that another thing our galactographers are still working on…

@dave cortesi: the moment I read your comment I thought of “The Fractal Universe” by Mat Zo. Dang great song, would go along nice with an image of the universe :)

]]> By: Steven Colyer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352503 Steven Colyer Fri, 14 Jan 2011 23:32:41 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352503 This was always my favorite galaxy, with Sombrero a close second. Nice to see it never ceases to amaze. Have you ever been to Philocetes in NYC? Halfway up the stairs from street level they have a 10 foot print of the Whirlpool. Museums should be so lucky. Thank you, Phil. This was always my favorite galaxy, with Sombrero a close second. Nice to see it never ceases to amaze.

Have you ever been to Philocetes in NYC? Halfway up the stairs from street level they have a 10 foot print of the Whirlpool. Museums should be so lucky. Thank you, Phil.

]]> By: ProfessorEldritch http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352497 ProfessorEldritch Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:40:07 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352497 Darn! I though NASA had finally captured a picture of the Eye of Terror. Speaking of nerdy references... Darn! I though NASA had finally captured a picture of the Eye of Terror.

Speaking of nerdy references…

]]> By: Pete Jackson http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352494 Pete Jackson Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:16:40 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352494 WOW WOW

]]> By: dave cortesi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352493 dave cortesi Fri, 14 Jan 2011 22:07:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352493 DAE find that pic strongly reminiscent of images from within the Mandelbrot set? Something about the self-similar spiraling just yells "fractal" to me... DAE find that pic strongly reminiscent of images from within the Mandelbrot set? Something about the self-similar spiraling just yells “fractal” to me…

]]> By: Zucchi http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352491 Zucchi Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:58:32 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352491 Thanks, Dennis. Painstaking = taking pains. What the hell would "staking pain" mean? Thanks, Phil. The pictures are fantastic, but even more enjoyable when you've explained what we're looking at. Thanks, Dennis. Painstaking = taking pains. What the hell would “staking pain” mean?

Thanks, Phil. The pictures are fantastic, but even more enjoyable when you’ve explained what we’re looking at.

]]> By: dre http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352489 dre Fri, 14 Jan 2011 21:48:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352489 I've got an Angry Red Planet poster hanging right here in my dining room. "An adventure beyond time and space as never before seen by the human eye. SEE the strange mile-high city of Mars! SEE the gigantic Bat-Rat-Spider! SEE the dead river where only the monster amoeba can live! Spectacular adventure beyond time and space... In magnificent color... as cinemagic takes you to THE ANGRY RED PLANET" When Sid Pink and Ib Melchior put a flick together, they go all out... Everyone should absolutely see that movie. You may regret it. It may even make you angry. But you should still see it. I’ve got an Angry Red Planet poster hanging right here in my dining room.

“An adventure beyond time and space as never before seen by the human eye.
SEE the strange mile-high city of Mars!
SEE the gigantic Bat-Rat-Spider!
SEE the dead river where only the monster amoeba can live!
Spectacular adventure beyond time and space…
In magnificent color… as cinemagic takes you to
THE ANGRY RED PLANET”

When Sid Pink and Ib Melchior put a flick together, they go all out…

Everyone should absolutely see that movie. You may regret it. It may even make you angry. But you should still see it.

]]> By: Gerry http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352471 Gerry Fri, 14 Jan 2011 20:04:14 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352471 And every galaxy you see might contain several hundred to tens of thousands of advanced civilizations, just like our own galaxy.... so wave 'hi' to our cousins in the sky.... And every galaxy you see might contain several hundred to tens of thousands of advanced civilizations, just like our own galaxy…. so wave ‘hi’ to our cousins in the sky….

]]> By: Yojimbo http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2011/01/14/the-angry-red-galaxy/comment-page-1/#comment-352466 Yojimbo Fri, 14 Jan 2011 19:48:11 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/?p=26689#comment-352466 "The hell with radiation. Let's go!" “The hell with radiation. Let’s go!”

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