Telescope Reviews: Re: Painting of a Galaxy

Ahmed

You have a very realistic beginning here. Not to suggest borrowing from other art, but as you will learn that life imitates art and thus imitates life; Take a look at Timothy Ferris' Seeing in the Dark PBS film first aired across the nation on public TV last fall- I just watched it all the way through as a friend sent it to me as a gift. Available at some movie rental stores now - or to purchase as even perfect used copies on Amazon.com for $15. There are some amazing motion sequences of flying through galaxies- The art details show globular clusters at the galaxy edges, colorful nebulosity’s are scattered throughout the galaxy in multitudes.

Just a thought as this movie is superbly done by Ferris. I would recommend that you watch the end extra scenes for the interviews with Ferris- Very thought provoking words- For those not familiar with his works, he is the Dean of Astronomy at CALTECH at Berkeley- He was also close friends with Carl Sagan and helped to produce the gold record audio recordings that went onto the Voyager Spacecrafts.

-Mark

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