The Planet and the Radio Dish

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zorg.ch #112702 by [z]Barbara Harris @ 04.08.2010 00:00 - nach oben - The Planet and the Radio Dish Explanation: What planet is this? Although seemingly something out of The Little Prince, the planet is actually Earth. More specifically, it is a small part of the Earth incorporated into a four image stereographic "Little Planet " projection. The central fisheye image points down, while the surrounding wide-angle images were taken at a 30 degree tilt and added digitally later. Earth-anchored items surrounding the image center include green grass, dark shadows, and trees near and far. At the image top ("noon" if the planet were a clock) is the well-lit Parkes Radio Telescope dish in New South Wales, Australia. The surrounding sky contains many jewels of the night including the Moon at 9 pm, the plane of our Milky Way Galaxy at 1:30 pm and 7 pm, and the Small Magellanic Cloud galaxy at 5 pm. A full field interactive version of this scene can be found here. Poll: Which of these images would you select to appear on APOD? Credit & Copyright zorg.ch #112705 by [z]bert @ 05.08.2010 11:18 - nach oben - yeaaaah, da isch doch mol wieder es geils bild! zorg.ch #112706 by domi @ 05.08.2010 17:29 - nach oben - i han de geg-ine wachsend planet lässer gfunde... zorg.ch #112786 by Squeezer @ 23.09.2010 11:39 - nach oben - gseht us wie i däm game, wie heissts scho wieder... öppis mit E