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Sailorsaint said:
Everything with a spike is a star, producing light. The larger the spike, the brighter the star, I'm sure you've seen the same thing when someone takes a picture of a street lamp.
My question...How deep does that image go? Billions of light years? Imagine that we are seeing light from a galaxy formed before the earth was born....I can't wait to see more and here some analysis.
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I get that they're stars. What I'm getting at is that those spikes aren't really there. They are some sort of lens refraction, right? It seems like something they could tone out with better clarity if they wanted to.
 
Cage1 said:
I get that they're stars. What I'm getting at is that those spikes aren't really there. They are some sort of lens refraction, right? It seems like something they could tone out with better clarity if they wanted to.
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I think you would end up degrading the imagine. You could filter them out, but you would probably filter out other stuff as well.
 
St.Fury said:
They’re really fumbling through this presentation.
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Yea, it's amazing how many tech issues a bunch of geeks who sent a telescope millions of miles away are having with their presentation.
 
"Yes, we're nerds, but we know you want to see these images. This is our turn! So we're going to science all over you and you're going to listen to us while we drag this out as long as possible."
 
They really should spoof this presentation on SNL. I don't think people even need to have seen how bad this is for it to be hilarious.
 
donato said:
"Yes, we're nerds, but we know you want to see these images. This is our turn! So we're going to science all over you and you're going to listen to us while we drag this out as long as possible."
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lol, loving the spotlight. And it wouldn't be near as bad if they weren't all just so horribly terrible at presenting info in front of a camera going out worldwide.
 
And for my next ignorant statement, I think that the more "set up" or explanation these photos require, the less groundbreaking they are. I think a truly shocking photo would require very little explanation "Here's an exoplanet. The green light filter indicates presence of ammonia. Probably life here".

vs. a 20-minute explanation about why a certain spiral galaxy is fascinating.
 
Cage1 said:
And for my next ignorant statement, I think that the more "set up" or explanation these photos require, the less groundbreaking they are. I think a truly shocking photo would require very little explanation "Here's an exoplanet. The green light filter indicates presence of ammonia. Probably life here".

vs. a 20-minute explanation about why a certain spiral galaxy is fascinating.
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I want to see what ET is having for breakfast! Show me the latest model of anti-grav transportation being used! Or lights from the night side even!
 

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