tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post8161528110718881950..comments2024-03-26T21:35:39.266-07:00Comments on CANDELS: Were Galaxies Really Mature 11 Billion Years Ago?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17704873086455232100noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-84533754633352614162014-08-21T16:13:11.940-07:002014-08-21T16:13:11.940-07:00Question? concerning the galactic plane, are there...Question? concerning the galactic plane, are there any signs of alignment or predisposition for alignment of the galactic plane in regards to all the galaxies? thank you and your colleagues for the fantastic research! tyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11308382158330243874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-47931044669808896732014-02-05T01:14:17.067-07:002014-02-05T01:14:17.067-07:00All this data is great. So much accessible to so ...All this data is great. So much accessible to so many. Its like we're in a space race to understand the universe, and we're almost at the finish line. Now we've got to bring that knowledge to the people and help them see what discoveries lie just beneath the surface of popular culture. And then there's all them X-files to be.declassified and packaged into cinematic travelogues or something. Some day we'll get there. <br /><br />All this data posted all over the internet about the universe and planetary discoveries reminds one of the Victorian enlightenment's studies about all the ideas they didn't quite grasp, yet were beginning to finally piece together Somehow all this data must coalesce into some sort of super museum or online mall for all the data models and scientific researchers. There are some of the old guard that resist the currents of the tides of change, yet we are headed in the direction of universal revelation with such a critical mass of data real, change is imminently on the horizon. <br /><br />These are exciting times to be living in, and we should all be grateful to witness all this scientific advance, considering how far we have now advanced, despite the numerous setbacks of the Cold War. <br /><br />It is as if we are about to get off the beach of evolution and back into the garden of divine knowledge. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-30092529707760286932014-02-05T00:51:34.465-07:002014-02-05T00:51:34.465-07:00How long till the point of no return?
How long till the point of no return? <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-58724129973766280442013-09-06T12:09:14.016-07:002013-09-06T12:09:14.016-07:00Harry, I'd like to thank you for posting the c...Harry, I'd like to thank you for posting the correction in the Phys.org forum. The licence taken in press releases can do more damage then good in engaging the public and your clarification has gone a long way towards correcting the false impression given.<br /><br />Thank you<br />George<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-69004994905020405192013-08-22T21:17:26.330-07:002013-08-22T21:17:26.330-07:00I think they were mostly (if not all) taken from t...I think they were mostly (if not all) taken from the Hubble Ultra-deep field, which is actually included in the CANDELS "footprint" on the sky, but had a much longer exposure time. The galaxies in the "11 billion year" category in the collage are mostly at redshift z=0.6 to 1 rather than z=2.5 --- so we are seeing light that left 6-8 billion years ago rather than 11 billion years ago. We'll be making a new collage using galaxies at the correct redshifts and will post it on the blog when it's ready.Harry Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737594514049700386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-46279265746845066722013-08-21T14:15:09.781-07:002013-08-21T14:15:09.781-07:00Very glad for the correction and explanation. In t...Very glad for the correction and explanation. In the original ESA press release, then, where do the images marked as "11 billion years" old come from, if not from CANDELS observations?Kyle Willetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15608184720046638385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-36796429790295883932013-08-19T13:36:15.818-07:002013-08-19T13:36:15.818-07:00Only for the last figure. There the images have be...Only for the last figure. There the images have been resized so that they are the the same physical scale. Harry Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737594514049700386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3612697638678594412.post-81212926804600819272013-08-18T16:18:49.413-07:002013-08-18T16:18:49.413-07:00Hi,
Are the images of the galaxies resized so we c...Hi,<br />Are the images of the galaxies resized so we can compare their real sizes with each other in the montage?<br /><br />Thank you and congratulations for the great work.Fernando da Cruzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06227315674459209797noreply@blogger.com