# Deepfield image with half a million galaxies.. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 14, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199 "2009-12-14T08:47:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/1 "2009-12-14T08:47:19Z")
… was released by [Canada-France-Hawai Telsecope](http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/). Enjoy [Deep field.](http://terapix.iap.fr/cplt/Press_Release/gri_d1.jpg) !.Slow to load,but simply terrific . [Note: the image linked to is _huge_ – don’t click if it’s going to crash your machine or your browser. – _twickster_] You can navigate the whole image through this [link](http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/images/CFHTLS-D1-Zoom/). I get that uneasy feeling .😃 ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/2 "2009-12-14T15:22:10Z")
> [@indian](#): > > .. was released by [Canada-France-Hawai Telsecope](http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/en/). > > Enjoy [Deep field.](http://terapix.iap.fr/cplt/Press_Release/gri_d1.jpg) !.Slow to load,but simply terrific . > > You can navigate the whole image through this [link](http://www.cfht.hawaii.edu/images/CFHTLS-D1-Zoom/). Amazing. > [@indian](#): > > .. I get that uneasy feeling .😃 What do you mean? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/3 "2009-12-14T15:34:19Z")
Hey, I can see my house from here! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/4 "2009-12-14T15:41:10Z")
> [@indian](#): > > I get that uneasy feeling .😃 > [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Amazing. > > What do you mean? Somewhere in all that, someone’s looking at us. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/5 "2009-12-14T16:14:14Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Somewhere in all that, someone’s looking at us. 🆒 “… with their eyes.” -Marge Simpson Very cool picture. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/6 "2009-12-14T17:26:58Z")
Enter the vortex! Is that a piece of fairy cake? ::scoff:: ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/7 "2009-12-14T17:34:07Z")
I found Waldo ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/8 "2009-12-14T17:37:32Z")
Who took this? The guys who faked the moon landing. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/9 "2009-12-14T18:25:09Z")
I can see the back of my head ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/10 "2009-12-14T18:39:07Z")
Greeeaaaat. I blink for one second and they take the picture. I look like an idiot! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/11 "2009-12-14T18:43:12Z")
It looks like the universal conquest plans are going to be a little…harder than I first anticipated. Ah! And while we’re on the subject of scarification…[comparison of star sizes.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRU43nbVaz8) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/12 "2009-12-14T18:55:13Z")
Be warned: Do _ **not** _ click the link labeled “deep field” unless you’re extremely confident in the capabilities of your computer and web browser. There’s nothing malicious about it, but it’s about 10,000 pixels on a side, and will crash many browsers. I’ve asked the mods to put a warning in the post. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/13 "2009-12-14T19:03:01Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Be warned: Do _ **not** _ click the link labeled “deep field” unless you’re extremely confident in the capabilities of your computer and web browser. There’s nothing malicious about it, but it’s about 10,000 pixels on a side, and will crash many browsers. I’ve asked the mods to put a warning in the post. Indeed. Crashed mine. A warning is needed. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/14 "2009-12-14T19:05:38Z")
Done. twicks, MPSIMS mod ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/15 "2009-12-14T19:11:37Z")
> [@indian](#): > > Enjoy [Deep field.](http://terapix.iap.fr/cplt/Press_Release/gri_d1.jpg) !.Slow to load,but simply terrific . “My God! It’s full of jewels!” Amazing and beautiful… ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/16 "2009-12-15T01:53:30Z")
And that is just a little bitty piece of the sky, it is like that in every direction you look. ---
**Author:** ![Indian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@Indian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indian)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/17 "2009-12-15T01:57:55Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Indeed. Crashed mine. A warning is needed. Sorry about that ! :smack: **Chronos,twickster** Thanks . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Walking\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/90ced4/32.png) [@The\_Walking\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Walking_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/18 "2009-12-15T02:22:35Z")
That is truly amazing. I know someone with a plotter, I may have to have that on my wall. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/19 "2009-12-15T02:59:46Z")
I had a private tour of the CFHT a couple of years ago - a memorable experience. This is something of an old technology telescope these days, not equipped to do much cutting-edge stuff. But through considerable cleverness, the folks who run it have kept on doing useful science. Among other things, they contributed to the development of [adaptive optics](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptive_optics), one of the most significant advances in ground-based observing of the past several decades. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2009, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199/20 "2009-12-15T03:48:11Z")
I wish I knew how to photoshop. I can think of a lot of fun things I could do with this picture. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deepfield-image-with-half-a-million-galaxies/521199.md?page=2)