I See How Andromeda Would Look if It Were Brighter

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The discussion centers on an image depicting how the Andromeda Galaxy would appear if its stars were significantly brighter. Participants express curiosity about the credibility of the source and the nature of the image, debating whether it is an artist's impression or a processed photograph. Some note that the actual size of celestial objects like the Moon is often misperceived, which can affect how people view the Andromeda Galaxy. The consensus leans towards the image being a combination of artistic interpretation and actual astronomical data, with some suggesting it is a scaled version of real photographs. Overall, the image is appreciated for its artistic value, despite not accurately representing what one would see through a telescope.
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Hi everyone. The next link shows how the Andromeda should look like (from the Earth's surface) if its stars were much more brighter than they are (or if we could have a super-vision).
http://www.iflscience.com/space/what-andromeda-would-look-night-if-it-were-brighter
It seems so amazing as I couldn't even imagine how close the Andromeda is to us.
However, I'd like to verify this info (as I don't know the credibility of this site).
What's your opinion? Do you agree with this image?
 
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It looks reasonable to me, but I don't know if this an 'artists impression', or has somebody processed a real photo with the pixel brightness exaggerated,
Either way it's art rather than actual science, I like it though, and I wouldn't say it's misleading
 
This seems reasonable to me. The Moon's actual image is a lot smaller than image that most of us have in our mind's eye. The full moon only subtends about 1/2 of a degree, and Andromeda is a few degrees in image size.

Are you familiar with the two stars (separated by 5 1/2 degrees) in the Big Dipper that point to the North Star? On moonless nights I sometimes ask friends "How many full moons will fit between those two stars?" A typical response is "about four", which isn't close to the correct answer, "eleven." When we can't see the Moon, we think the Moon is bigger than it actually is.
 
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rootone said:
It looks reasonable to me, but I don't know if this an 'artists impression', or has somebody processed a real photo with the pixel brightness exaggerated,
Either way it's art rather than actual science, I like it though, and I wouldn't say it's misleading
If you read the text you'll see that the artist took a typical image of Andromeda and added it to the original photo, but in an appropriate scale (i.e. 3 times wider than the moon is).
 
Yes, I discovered that after my previous post, it seems to be a pretty good idea for a way of doing this image with fair accuracy.
 
rootone said:
It looks reasonable to me, but I don't know if this an 'artists impression'

a complete artists impression of the galaxy ... it looks nothing like that through a scope
 
davenn said:
a complete artists impression of the galaxy ... it looks nothing like that through a scope
Yes, it looks nothing like that through a scope with your eyes, but it looks like a photo to me.
 
russ_watters said:
Yes, it looks nothing like that through a scope with your eyes, but it looks like a photo to me.
I think that the artist used this photo:
http://www.universetoday.com/30289/andromeda-galaxy/
This photo is just flipped, rotated and scaled. (I can't find how this Andromeda's photo has been produced but it seems to be a combination of different captures through a telescope, as the several "circles of views" depict.)
 
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