cubosh
cubosh OP t1_it3m6t5 wrote
Reply to comment by Turbulent_Diver8330 in NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation by cubosh
i often have similar daydreams about beings that live in a different galaxy that is in the process of merging with another galaxy. like imagine if you could see the andromeda galaxy taking up a quarter of our night sky. it seems likely that all intelligent beings have their views shaped by their skies
cubosh OP t1_it0zc3g wrote
Reply to comment by Marchello_E in NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation by cubosh
good thinking but its absolutely not parallax. not enough distance in earths orbital diameter to do that with this nebula.
cubosh OP t1_it0yxlm wrote
Reply to comment by 619364290163 in NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation by cubosh
the pillars of creation nebula is 5 lightyears across. for scale, the distance between us and the next nearest star alpha centauri is 4 lightyears. so the nebula occupies a space spanning numerous star systems. it takes our own planet Neptune 165 years to orbit our sun and its only 4 light hours distant. with that said i would look for pixel sized deviations in the nebula after at least several centuries elapsed
cubosh OP t1_iszapw7 wrote
Reply to comment by Pesky_Moth in NASA's Webb Takes Star-Filled Portrait of Pillars of Creation by cubosh
simply because there are nearby stars in and around the cloud casting their light on it all. the very dark areas indicate thickness or density in cloud matter
cubosh t1_j6m2xm6 wrote
Reply to I can finally post cat pics! This is Athena and I just adopted her [OC] by Lifeguard_monkey
magnificent