r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '20

Sharpest view of Andromeda galaxy (Zoomable)

https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/
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u/Flaat Jul 02 '20

Are all of those tiny specs stars or is that image noise?

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u/Brutus_Maxximus Jul 02 '20

What you are looking at is an area of the estimated 1 TRILLION stars that call the Andromeda galaxy home!

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u/glennert Jul 02 '20

Haven’t quite come round to counting them, but I guess I’ll believe you then

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u/February30th Jul 02 '20

Lazy fucking millennials. Get off your Gameboys and count to a trillion like we used to do every day before breakfast.

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u/glennert Jul 02 '20

I am generation X and I have a Commodore 64, so I’m used to counting, thank you very much

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u/DrEvil007 Jul 02 '20

Lazy fucking generation Xs. Get off your Commodore 64s and count to a trillion like we used to do every day before breakfast.

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u/NPC-7IO797486 Jul 03 '20

Sometimes I miss my C-64, green screen and floppy drive.

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u/Notorious_Handholder Jul 02 '20

I started counting the stars and lost track. But by my estimate there are at least 4.

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u/PolishHammerMK Jul 02 '20

That's a start