The Random thought thread

[nomadpete]

Happy birthay, Peter.

Every one is a landmark!

[nomadpete]

Random thought....

 

"If I were not a physicist, I would probably be a musician. I often think in music. I live my daydreams in music. I see my life in terms of music.

-Albert Einstein"

 

Who would have thought that he was actually a violinist?

[nomadpete]

“There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread...nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that 'my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.’” - Isaac Asimov

[spacesailor]

Andromeda. 

Our neighbour!.

Nasa.gov/mission/hubble/messier31

A great picture of Andromeda,  taken ten years in the making it must be the biggest photo of all .

 

spacesailor

[red750]

Image not loading.

[onetrack]

It loaded for me. Some of the star cluster photos are stunning, but the problem is, they're all "touched up" with color and contrast manipulation. The originals are pretty different to what we're presented with.

 

 

[red750]

Tried again. Took 50 seconds to display a small image. Tried to zoom/enlarge it, 50 seconds till a "Page unresponsive" message displayed.

[spacesailor]

 

Nasa.gov/mission/hubble/messier31

I just copied & past the above.

spacesailor

[nomadpete]

Thanks for the Hubble link, Space.

 

I don't think i can download a 2.5 Gb picture to my phone!

 

BUt the link has lots of great stuff.

 

Tighten your seatbelt,  we're gonna crash!

Edited yesterday at 08:59 PM by nomadpete

[Grumpy Old Nasho]

On 25/10/2025 at 10:18 AM, spacesailor said:

Andromeda. 

Our neighbour!.

 

Can we ship the major parties off to that place?

[facthunter]

Stay on the Medication GON.   Nev