Help identify old “The Outer Limits” galaxies in the credits (Astronomy Q)

Factual Questions
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I could only find this page with the images of The Outer Limits galaxies and nebulae: (careful: music in link)

http://membres.lycos.fr/tmcr/daystar/tol_history.shtml
I already know about the Sombrero galaxy:

http://perso.club-internet.fr/pihamel/astro/images/m104.htm

Compare that old photo with the new Hubble one:

What are the other galaxies-nebulae in the credits of the old TV show?

2

Can you find a btter site than that one?
Anyway, I remember (since I am an amateur astronomer and a huge “Outer Limits” fan (original series of course), one of the galaxies is NGC 628.
If you have a videotape or DVD, look at the end of “Outer Limits” and compare it to NGC 628.
I’m surprised your topic has received no hits until now.

3

The John Erman credit looks like M101. And the last two may be M33, the Triangulum spiral.

4

Thanks wolf_meister, mmm, here is the latest Hubble picture NGC 628 (or M74):

http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/astronomy/spiral_galaxy_011002.html

If the image is reversed, it could be the one from the credits.

Unfortunately, there is nothing wrong with your monitor. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. They are in control of the sites. If they wish to make it louder, they will turn up the volume *. If they want it softer, they will turn it down. They control the horizontal and the vertical…

Which means: I could not find a better site with images from the credits. :slight_smile:

bonzer: Good catch on M101!

I am going to do some contrast work with the images to see if M33 is the one.

Still to identify:

The Galaxy that appears when “Leslie Stevens” shows on the screen!

[sub]* Could not even find the sound of the end credits![/sub]

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Aah… Yet more ways to waste time when I should be working… :slight_smile:

This is NGC 628 - it looks similar to a couple of the spirals in the credits.

However, I’ve had no luck with the galaxy in the “Leslie Stevens” credit - it looks like it could be NGC 5866, but the galaxy in the credit seems more diffuse…

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If Angua’s going to start guessing, then this gets serious.

The Leslie Stevens one is NGC 891. There are better photos of it out there, but that one shows the foreground star field in about the same detail as the credits.

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Either that, or, I’m bored. You choose. :slight_smile: Besides, a good game of “hunt the galaxy” is always fun.

Anyway, looks like the one bonzer identified for the Leslie Steven credit is a far better match.

hides in a corner, ashamed at her incompetance and prays no one remembers what she does for a living

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The first galaxy is NGC 891 for sure. In this image, you can trace lots of the same stars. Here are other images of it.

That is indeed the Sombrero next, then M33. The last image of the three is actually a segue from M33 to Cen A, also called NGC 5128. Hubble has images as well. The bottom image is a closeup of M31.

The other object is the Moon. :slight_smile:

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Thank you The Bad Astronomer!

And to Angua too, Thank you all for the replies.

We now return control of your monitor set to you, until next week, at the same time when the Control Voice will take you to… THE OUTER LIMITS.