Galactic Center of milky way [Video]

I was browsing the web when I came across this time-lapse movie showing the galactic center of the milky-way rise above a star party in Texas. It's quite amazing (and so simple to achieve).

Have a little look (action kicks in a 20 seconds).

View Video on vimeo here


Enjoy!

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[edit on 18 May 09 by Gools]

I didn't realize you could see things like that without telescopes!

I need to get out of the city!

reply to post by breakingdradles


It's quite amazing what you can see when out of the lights.

If you can take a camera with a M mode then you can get a great shot with about 15 seconds exposure and no star-trails. If you can then load into photoshop then its amazing what you can get out of the 'blackness'.

In this image the guy had the filter in the camera removed which gives much more detail. You can still get fab results though without this modification.

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


WOW, excellent footage. Great post, star and flag. It is amzaing the things you can see without light pollution. That Milky Way "Swaft" (the center) is where our galaxy got its' name from.

wow

that's all i was going to put, cos sometimes less is more. I dunno, I wish I could see stuff like that, I live sort of half in the countryside, but there's enough light pollution to keep out the good stuff like that.

reply to post by jkrog08


Thanks - I am always impressed with the images that come out of the star-parties in the states.

Makes me want to go outside tonight but knowing blighty it will be wet, cold and cloudy!

Have yourself a flag and a star : )

Awesome video!

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


Are you an astronomer (amature or otherwise)?

Thought I would post a pic of the center here on the thread...



Coutesy of astrosurf.com

reply to post by jkrog08


Amateur dabbler!

I have a nice scope which I will be getting out again soon. Still, sometimes there is nothing like a good pair of binos or a DSLR with wide lens......



[edit on 18/5/09 by AlwaysQuestion]

Wow...so beautiful

Thanks for sharing!

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


Cool, what kind of telescope do you have? I am going to school to be either a Cosmologist or Astrophysicist but don't take time to visually observe the stars like I should. Last year in my Astronomy class we went out a few times and saw some decent objects.

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


Ah yes, the story of Lucifer, that morning star, who sought to replace God, the father, in the throne of heaven....

Very cool find S&F Thanks for sharing that

I'm in awe, nothing much more to say there.
I really need to be in the middle of nowhere... Maybe come summer...

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


I'm pretty sure it is impossible to see the center of the Milky Way from Earth

reply to post by AlwaysQuestion


I think its an amazing video to say the least. I wasn't aware that one could see the center of the Milky Way like that. I'll have to get out my video camera one of these nights and see what I can see to the ESE.

reply to post by RussianScientists



I think, in this video, we are seeing a cross section of the plane of the Milky Way. You would need infrared vision to see the actual center, as it is obscured by Nebulae.


[edit on 18-5-2009 by 420prajna]

reply to post by 420prajna


Yea, no actually you can see it from Earth. Of course this is only the center, or core plane of our galaxy, we are seeing it from our view in the galactic plane. We can not actually see the core however due to interstellar dust interference. What is being seen is the plane throughout the center of the galaxy.Obviously you can not see the galaxy as a whole since we are in the galaxy.

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[edit on 5/18/2009 by jkrog08]

reply to post by jkrog08


Oh ok, I see what you are saying...we are looking towards the Center, but not seeing the core...