Biggest Picture Ever Released

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Biggest Picture Ever Released

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The biggest picture ever released of the Andromeda galaxy from the Hubble space telescope.

Just awesome 8-)
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Stunningly beautiful! Fingers crossed for James Webb Space Telescope.
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I saw this yesterday on Reddit. Absolutely amazing. Truly beautiful. Thanks for sharing Husker!
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That was fantastic, thank you for sharing! The amount of stars in that galaxy is amazing, I wonder how many "Goldilocks" planets are present? I wish we were able to explore that galaxy in my lifetime, and I really wish I had the knowledge and skills to contribute to the technology needed to reach the galaxy.
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Wait 4 billion years when it comes for a visit. :)
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Oh now that's lovely.
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How can I set this as my desktop wallpaper?
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Wow....
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He's dead Jim.

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Re: Biggest Picture Ever Released

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Prototype_No.98 wrote:How can I set this as my desktop wallpaper?
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502a/

You need 600 tv screens apparently. I'm downloading the original right now. (bottom right in that page)
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As it turns out you can't actually view the original image on a normal desktop computer, it just keep saying "not enough memory". So i downloaded the 40k version at 1.7gb and set that as my wallpaper, yeah i know i don't have a 40k monitor but it's still awesome :)
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