Ihr kennt doch sicher alle unsere Nachbar-Galaxie Andromeda (auch [[M31]] genannt)?

Man kann sie normalerweise an dunklen Orten (sprich Orten ohne viel Lichtverschmutzung) mit bloßem Auge sehen. Also als kleinen hellen Punkt.

So sieht sie etwas größer aus:
M31 gross
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So und jetzt guckt Euch mal die Region an, die mit „D“ markiert ist. Dieser Ausschnitt sieht so aus:
M31 Region D gross
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Die hellen Sterne, die mit dem „Kreuz“ durch (horizontal und vertikal) sind Teil der äußeren Region von M31. Ja ich konnte das auch erst nicht glauben. Das sind Sterne die Teil einer anderen Galaxie sind (!)

Die orangenen, kreisförmigen Gebilde sind andere Galaxien. Während M31 „lediglich“ 3 Millionen Lichtjahre entfernt ist und schön hell weiß leuchtet, ist das Licht dieser kleinen Winzlinge seit MILLIARDEN Jahren unterwegs (und so orange durch die [[Rotverschiebung]]). So lange dass zum Zeitpunkt des Aussendens die Erde noch gar nicht da war.

Diese Bilder sind ein Beispiel für die enorme Auflösung von Hubble. Ehrlich gesagt kriege ich nen dicken Hals wenn ich mir vorstelle dass das [[James Webb Space Telescope]] den Kürzungen im US-Haushalt zum Opfer fallen soll

Quelle: Hubble Webseite

By Christopher Walken

Do you enjoy eating hot dogs? I hope you won’t be put off by my frankness when I tell you that I absolutely love them. In fact, I enjoy no food item more than a freshly-boiled hot dog. Now, I’ve done a lot of movies, and it’s true that I’ve worked with quite a few celebrities who did not share this opinion. I’m sorry to say that these people have always angered me.

There are two types of people in this world: those who eat hot dogs whenever it is possible to do so, and those who opt to do other things with their free time. Who do the latter think they are kidding? What pastime could be more rewarding than the consumption of hot dogs? I haven’t yet found one, and I don’t expect to in my lifetime. Unlike other foods, hot dogs can be eaten at any time, in any place, and it is not necessary to cook them. Now, I ask you: Why not eat hot dogs? They are delicious.

I carry a bag of hot dogs with me wherever I go. I eat them from the bag whenever I get the urge, regardless of the circumstances. When I make a movie, my hot dogs are my co-stars. If, in the middle of a scene, I decide I want to consume a hot dog, I do so. I waste the director’s time and thousands of dollars in film stock, but in the end, it is all worth it, because I enjoy eating hot dogs more than I enjoy acting. This bothers some people. I was supposed to portray Batman, but when Tim Burton learned of my hot dog cravings, he asked Michael Keaton to wear the cape. To this day, I am peeved about this.

When we filmed *The Dead Zone*, I ate over 800 hot dogs a day. It was necessary. My character needed to come across as intense as possible, and I found the inspiration for that intensity in my intense love for hot dogs. The director, David Cronenberg, said that he would never work with me again. I kept eating hot dogs when the cameras were rolling, and that seemed to bother him. I say fuck him. He doesn’t even like hot dogs.

I would like to end by emphasizing once again that I really like to eat hot dogs. If any of you people disagree, I loathe you. I despise you. Not only that, but I also despise all your loved ones. I want to see them torn to pieces by wild dogs. If I ever meet you in person, I’ll smash your brains in with a fucking bat. Then we’ll see who doesn’t like hot dogs.

*Next week: My thoughts on Woody Allen, hot dog hater and shitty director.*

Source: The Onion, sometime in the late ’90s, predating their current web archive.

(Text provided by John Gruber of Daring Fireball on Github