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I challenge any good nerd to spend more than 30 seconds looking at this image without feeling deep awe. One of the best. Thanks for putting this viewer together!

Thanks!

I just explained this viewer to someone who was unimpressed because they thought it was just a picture of some stars... The expression changed from boredom to astonishment pretty quickly.

I'm just compiling the Carinae nebula by the way... This one here: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eta_Carinae_Nebula_1.... except the 400+ Mb raw tiff version. It should be ready in about 20 minutes or so if you're interested.

Looking at this always makes me wonder if there are a billion people looking at us the same way from their "side" of the picture.

hopefully not. life and suffering are inseparable.

Unlikely at least at this point in time relative to us. In the point in time that is at their location perhaps.

I love the image so much that it's been my desktop wallpaper for years.

The Hubble Extreme Deep Field is the successor image. But I've stuck with the HUDF because whoever uploaded it to Wikipedia (where I grabbed it from) did a little tweak to get a better (darker) black level than the NASA original. The modified image isn't as "authentic" as what NASA released, but IMO it makes for better wallpaper.

Update: I have added history states meaning you can bookmark / share links to the thing you're currently zoomed in on and looking at.

I'm off to bed now but if anyone has any requests or feedback feel free to keep posting - I'll check tomorrow.

Thanks everyone for your support, and especially NASA for providing such wonderful material!

Does anyone know if this image is artificially colored? (I'm wondering if most of this light is actually infrared.)

Very cool, Hubble images always give me goosebumps. It would be really nice if you linked to http://galaxyzoo.org or http://zooniverse.org where people can help classify these galaxies.

That's actually a great idea, I love the whole zooniverse concept. Thanks for the input.

I've added a link to galaxyzoo here: http://domitable.com/static/zoomers/sombrero.html

(I also clicked through a few images while I was at it - doin' my bit :))

It's like looking at a drop of ocean water, filled with plankton. Just imagine what's out there.

Nice, although I'd like some more explanation about what I see.

When I click the hint for the oldest object in the universe I get: [object Object], with the URL: javascript:Zoomers.map.setView([79.39604189337487, -122.98095703125], 5)

Thanks for the feedback, that could be a bug.

May I ask what browser you are using? I plan on doing some other large images in the future and would like to make sure the underlying platform is robust.

I'd then like to add things like being able to pin features & share interesting objects with friends, or add annotations etc.

Thanks again!

Works OK for me in OSX/Chrome 32.0.1700.77

I have to admit I took a dirty shortcut in triggering the "hint" transition. I've fixed it now - I think...

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