[HN Gopher] A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray
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A visual feast of galaxies, from infrared to X-ray
Author : giuliomagnifico
Score : 71 points
Date : 2025-05-02 17:46 UTC (2 days ago)
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| PaulHoule wrote:
| They must be turning infrared intensity at various frequencies to
| (r,g,b) in a way that longer wavelengths contribute to the r
| channel and shorter wavelengths to the b channel because they say
| "more distant galaxies" look redder. See
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| https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March02/Sarazin/frames.h...
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| for some explanation of how the gas gets so hot
| jazzyjackson wrote:
| since all space is expanding, isn't it the case that more
| distant galaxies are moving away from us faster than more local
| objects? And therefore would be redshifted as a result?
| HocusLocus wrote:
| This garden universe ... vibrates complete. Some may get a sound
| so sweet. Vibrations reach on up to become light, and then
| through gamma, out of sight. Between the eyes and ears there lie
| the sounds of color and the light of a sigh. And to hear the sun,
| what a thing to believe ... but it's all around if we could but
| perceive.
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| To know ultra-violet, infra-red, and x-rays ... beauty to find in
| so many ways. Two notes of the chord, that's our full scope, but
| to reach the chord is our life's hope. And to name the chord is
| important to some. So they give it a word, and the word is "OM".
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N36oRaEF4jA
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