The forum discussion centers on the photography of the Space Shuttle Atlantis as it transits in front of the Sun, captured using a Takahashi TOA-130 refractor telescope with a Baader solar prism. The images were taken with a Canon 5D camera set to ISO 100 and a shutter speed of 1/8000 seconds. Participants clarify that while the Sun appears significantly larger than the Shuttle due to their respective distances and sizes, the Shuttle is only a few arcseconds across at its operational altitude of over 500 km. Additionally, the conversation touches on the nature of images of the Milky Way, emphasizing that while photos of its central core exist, no real photographs of the entire galaxy can be captured from within it.
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Borek said:
wCorrect. And one more thing: The way you worded your original question sort of implies you've seen a lot of photos purported to be of the Milky Way Galaxy. That would surprise me - there aren't a lot of simulations of it out there. Sometimes when a news article has something about our galaxy, they'll include a photo, but it seems to me that most of the time they use a photo of some random sprial galaxy and are relatively clear that that's what they've done. For example, here is an article with two photos:drizzle said:and the bottom line of this is that there’s no real photo of the Milky Way and will never be [of the entire galaxy]
http://www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Milkyway.html
russ_watters said:
Theelectricchild said:
, by the way it’s [she] you mean, anyway nice to meet you