One of my favorite images ever

[minoanmiss]

A portrait of the visible universe on Astronomy Picture of the Day.

Comments

[sabotabby]

Oooh cool visualization.

[minoanmiss]

Isn't it? I love it so much.

[bikergeek]

I would love a poster of this, TBH.

[minoanmiss]

links:

https://society6.com/product/observable-universe-logarithmic-illustration-annotated-2019-version_poster?sku=s6-11694309p66a213v985&c_kid=s6-11694309p66a213v985&g_network=u&g_productchannel=online&g_adid=584293480772&g_keyword=&g_adtype=&g_keywordid=pla-1368241234691&g_ifcreative=&g_campaign=%5BNB%5D_1027_US_%5BPLA%5D_Wall_Art_Posters_SSC&g_acctid=521-729-4540&g_productid=s6-11694309p66a213v985&g_merchantid=7992249&g_partition=1368241234691&g_campaignid=16397182765&g_adgroupid=136389708680&g_ifproduct=product&gclid=CjwKCAjwlcaRBhBYEiwAK341jYgHI9k1nnsGZWiEB-4vS0eUBHCaKfVsoC1iTtLatbTK6Drf19Hz5hoCDQoQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

*turns around and stares at that link* WTF.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/595011874/the-observable-universe-framed-round?gpla=1&gao=1&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=shopping_us_b-art_and_collectibles-prints-digital_prints&utm_custom1=_k_CjwKCAjwlcaRBhBYEiwAK341jYm7h6tzHTMaKMx6aa4TtPuAYtHo5ihuYv5JyJEM94zyKAV24he6lBoCP7sQAvD_BwE_k_&utm_content=go_12573072625_126376605344_507602428259_pla-328046931108_c__595011874_468314742&utm_custom2=12573072625&gclid=CjwKCAjwlcaRBhBYEiwAK341jYm7h6tzHTMaKMx6aa4TtPuAYtHo5ihuYv5JyJEM94zyKAV24he6lBoCP7sQAvD_BwE&variation0=824561304&variation1=2483586671

good grief. I will keep looking for more reasonable urls

[kshandra]

99% of the time you can chop off everything after the question mark and they'll load just fine. So:

https://society6.com/product/observable-universe-logarithmic-illustration-annotated-2019-version_poster

and

https://www.etsy.com/listing/595011874/the-observable-universe-framed-round

will get you where you need to go.

[bikergeek]

thank you.

[bikergeek]

https://i.etsystatic.com/13600180/r/il/8c6993/2427492122/il_1140xN.2427492122_qivr.jpg Wait, did they really misspell "asteroid belt"? WTAF. Plese prufe rede.

[amaebi]

Yes, isn't that a beauty? It takes seriously the circularity of our sight around it, and makes the universe like a fox's den in which we are cubs.

[minoanmiss]

I really love that about it -- it makes the perspective, and thus its arbitrary nature, clear.

[marcelo]

It's not quite that, but sometimes I think the world makes more sense in log-scale.

[minoanmiss]

Yeah, of our human approximations I think that one might be a little less inaccurate than many others.

[hitchhiker]

ooh, that's beautiful