25: Picture The Sky

Help us make Syzygy even better! Tell your friends and give us a review, or show your support on Patreon: patreon.com/syzygypod Syzygy is produced by Chris Stewart and co-hosted by Dr Emily Brunsden from the Department of Physics at the University of York. On the web: syzygy.fm | Twitter: @syzygypod Things we talk about in this episode: Image 1, The Pillars of Creation, from Time Magazine’s 100 Photos site: http://100photos.time.com/photos/nasa-pillars-of-creation The Pillars of Creation — 2015 update: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/the-pillars-of-creation Comparing the two images: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501d/ Modelling the Pillars in 3D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWklVPvk0C8 Image 2, Huge Hubble panorama of Andromeda galaxy: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/ Zoom into Andromeda! https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/zoomable/ A video zoom into the Andromeda image: https://youtu.be/aLlQxsGyhnw A fly-through in 4k: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udAL48P5NJU The zoom that broke Chris’s brain: http://hubblesite.org/image/3478/news_release/2015-02 Chris’s video on Andromeda’s awesomeness: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wicEtpPfry4 Chris Baker, Galaxy on Glass: https://galaxyonglass.com Image 3, Chris’s Witch’s Broomstick: https://galaxyonglass.com/product/supernova-the-witchs-broom/ The Witch’s Broom, a.k.a The Veil Nebula: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veil_Nebula The Cygnus Loop Nebula: https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/galex/pia15415.html Image 4, Chris’s Rosette: https://galaxyonglass.com/product/the-rosette/ The Rosette Nebula: https://oneminuteastronomer.com/2477/rosette-nebula/ Strömgren Spheres: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strömgren_sphere