DARK HOLES IN DEEPSPACE - ALSO SHEETING -
AND A LOOK AT SOME IMAGE ERRORS
Dark hole in gravity waves near Ngc 6782.
Other dark hole images are here.
Irregularities here.
Sheeting is here.
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INTRODUCTION
Darkholes such as shown in pink at the left, nare super giant spiral
galaxy M101, may be two dark galaxies close to
each other.
I will be honest and say some of the images shown here may not
mean anything but are shown just in case. Other images should
seem self evidently correct. Most all of the content has been
found in low resolution Dss (Deep Space Sky Survey) large plate
images (60 arcseconds by 60 arcseconds) with a featured galaxy
in midscreen then with the galaxy shifted part of the way or
fully offscreen to reveal an interesting item centered in full
scale view.
The fact of low resolution 1st generation photos taken in the
Dss survey is a wide range of frequencies used in the emulsion
not unlike taking a black and white photo with a hand held Kodac.
At least I assume a wide frequency emulsion not specific frequency
spikes since colors are not a factor in these early Dss images,
whose intent seemed mainly to see how many galaxies could be
counted (or understood to exist) in a sweep across the horizon
of the night sky.
Any understanding as to galaxy numbers has long since been replaced
by sheer numbers pf galaxies seen in Hubble Deep Space studies, plus,
many of the galaxies seen as small or even tiny objects in the Dss
plates have now been studied in full closeup full color by such as
Hubble and Eso, Chandra, and re-observed in Sloan to the extent the
new 'Sloan' deep space sky survey has completed its mission.
The low resolution forms captured in the original Dss 1st generation
images means a great deal of background radiation surrounding an object
such as a galaxy registered in the dim media even if appearing only
black until highly enhannced, and these backgrounds are where so many
interesting things have been found including 'dark
holes', 'sheeting', and galaxy
'supersizes'.
DARK GALAXY
in Alpha Peg image
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DARK GALAXY
in Epsilon Peg image
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2ND DARK GALAXY
in Epsilon Peg image
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SAME DARK GALAXY
in Epsilon Peg image
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A dark hole such as this is concidered
in GIC to be a dark (silent) galaxy, since the textures seen via high
enhancent within the dark hole, are consistent with the formula outline
of a galaxy. If not a galaxy, dark hole objects with center formations
like this (above) are definately something.
DARK HOLE NEAR GIANT STAR ETA VIRGINI
The alltime beauty contest winner to date has to be this pageant, near
a giant star named Eta Virgini. 'Virgini' is a mystery star since the
only occurrence of its name seems to be Dss.
The alltime dark hole masterpiece, has to be this, above, spotted in a
1st gen Dss image of giant star Eta Virgini. It has perfect shape, too
good to be true, perfect definition, as if definately true, and is large,
very large. Note a straight edge discontinuity down the left hemisphere,
further suggesting coherency rather than spurious photoplate artifact. A
second smaller dark hole occurs in the same Dss
plate.
DARK HOLE NEAR NGC 5532 IS A SILENT GALAXY
The Dss 2nd generation (blue) image for
Ngc 5532 has a dark hole which actually looks like it has to be a dark
(silent) galaxy when seen in reverse negative (shown at right).
Click for small dark hole image
Click for large dark hole image
The 'large' is a 60x60 arminute frame, where galaxy Ngc 5532 becomes
hightened to an enlarged white area at the center of the picture. The
original Dss image was roughly (3500x3500) in size - too big for features
to be easily seen in context of an ordinary PC monitor's screen size.
The 'large' image has thus been reduced to (2100x2100) in size.
CIRCULAR DARK HOLE FORM IS NOT SURPRISING
The fact that these dark holes are circular is not surprising, in
that most all large spiral galaxies are circular in their deep space
superforms.
OVAL DEEP SPACE STRUCTURE NEAR NGC 5532
An oval deep space rill structure occupies
roughly (120x180) arcminutes, it is roughly (2x3) times a typical Dss
image plate which is 60x60 arcminutes.
This super large gravity wave rill structure shows up only in the
wide band spectrum spread photo emulsion of a Dss 1st generation image.
There is no trace of the rills in either of the Dss 2nd generation images
(red and blue).
Source galaxy Ngc 5532 (whose histogram enhanced image first revealed
rills to my rather amazed surprise - let loose a yelp I did), is too
small to be recognized in the sharply reduced image composite above.
The original is a 1st generation 60x60 arminute frame. You can see
the original (and enhanced) images by clicking on the next two clicks.
Ngc 5532 is a small galaxy object with a very small nearby companion,
seen in the original.
Click for original
Click for histogram enhanced
The above Ngc 5532 oval is featured in its own page
here.
The above rill oval is in company with several other major deep space
rill structures of circular and oval shape, indexed with thumbnails
here.
Many deep space ovals, and rill structures, are detailed
here.
INTRIGUING DARK HOLES
NOT ONE, BUT TWO DARK HOLES, NEAR NGC 4603
EXPLAINING THE 'BLUE BAYOU' ZOOM IMAGE (AT LEFT)
Another, similar, explanation of Ngc 4603 and blue bayou images
is below at the end.
I have to be candid in explaining exactly how the blue bayou image
with two enhanced blue holes (left), became
confusing (blue bayou is not at astronomic contestable term) I know I
produced this blue image and in particular the two holes extra enhanced
in blue to show off the two holes more realistically in comparative
scale.
It became confusing in that the Blue Bayou zoom image (left in the
above view) has a small galaxy island above the upper hole, aligned
horizontally to a stronger island galaxy over Ngc 4603 but I could not
by eyeball match the blue holes to the black
and white images as the same, but they should be. The background star
patterns should be identical but were not.
The confusion started about a month after the Blue Bayou zoom was
made enough time to allow lack of photographic memory to creep in,
when it was seen my master downloaded Dss large images of Ngc 4603
does not show any holes there near Ngc 4603, sooooo, the best I could
do was shrug my shoulders, thinking the Blue Bayou must have been from
another original not from Dss. Usually I like to know the source and
at-home control factors of everything, in this case nooooo.
Finger straight up. I solved it. In proof reading the draft, I happened
to read that one hole is in the far upper right corner,
of a link image the other near the lower right corner, and checking the
link, sure enough saw both holes wayyyy over there at the right edge of
the link image. Sure enough, now that I knew
where to re-look, the two holes were visible in the original too.
Here is the right half of the original,
I have given this view of it +50 points of Gamma Correction so you will
not waste time looking for the two holes, one upper right corner, the
other not quite near the bottom of the lower right corner.
I cite the above 'confusion' remarks only in anticipating cases where
others might be equally confused or worse since they (others) are not
the author of the confusing views. I am willing to bet money there is
not an astronomer anywhere who has not suffered momentary confusion
over an image. Well, perhaps not money, there could be an astronomer
sprinkled here or there who has never lost track of their accumulating
catalogue.
This view shows the two dark holes as seen in the Dss 1st generation
original of the Ngc 4603 image, and the same two holes from the Blue
Bayou image. (Blue Bayou is a theme from hit parade music ghosting
through lattices and chambers of inner mind, and a club in Ottawa
where I occasionally go to sit on drums in jam sessions is named Bayou.
When I saw the effect of the particular blue enhancements done by me to
the Dss image of Ngc 4603 ( here it is again)
the name 'Blue Bayou' sprang to mind and stuck, thereafter the name
immediately recalls to mind that special blue tone image).
Look to this Blue Bayou image again featuring
the blue dots placed in the right corners assumedly to scale with the
galaxy.
HOLES IN THE ANTENNA MEGASTRUCTURE
Two dark dots appear in a highly enhanced older image of colliding
galaxies Ngc 4038/4039, this older image is interesting because it shows
the two dominant 'antenna' arms not normally seen in Ngc 4038 images.
This old image also shows substantial 'sheeting'
in the deep space backgdrop.
The large white round in the upper right is a spurious light circle
grown to blotting size by brisk enhancement. It would be interesting
to see what turns up in an image showing the antenna very well resolved
as well as the deep space drifts around the colliders. If these drifts
are smoke trails, it could be possible to track some, if not all, of
the motions of one or both galaxies prior to the collision, or to
track something else that is meaningful.
A GRAND DARK HOLE NEAR NGC 1512
There is
so much going on
in time at this deep space
site it warrants its own page
which expands from the fish colliding galaxies
NGC 2997
Well, weep, sob, plead, this image is from archival works going back
about 3 years circ. 1988, and purports to be a Dss image of giant
spiral galaxy 2997 but my best guess is now, that it is not a Dss
image of 2997 unless along the way Dss changed its plates and is
now dishing a different version for 1st generation Ngc 2997. I don't
think so. Current 1st generation of Ngc 2997 shows nothing whatever
of any dark hole lurking nearby.
I think I got the 'dark hole' Ngc 2997 image from some annonomous source
on the Internet and immediately lost track of its genesis. Whatever the
case, the image is interesting. When enhanced, a dark hole of stupendous
size appears easily the size of the supercell structure of Ngc 2997
itself. 'Supercell' means all of the galaxy including its dim media
ranges which surround the optically bright area typically displayed
in telescope image releases for Ngc 2997.
The dark hole is coherent, that is, appearing in image versions enhanced
by other means than Histogram Equalize. The difficulty for me is I have
to suddenly stop making any loud proclamation. If the image was an earlier
version used by Dss, the proclamations continue, if not, another image
from a weak telescope's camera, we may be looking at an photo plate flaw
in which case I have to humbly fall completely silent and say nothing
but ahems, which is best.
M100 - A DIFFUSE DARK HOLE NEARBY
It doesn't stop with supersize. M100 is everything you would want an
architectural wonder to be. Scyth of hidden matter is a handsome border
on the right side, a gravity well, radians
spoking out like a wagon wheel, a beaded necklace of small hot objects
heading west from the galaxy top the necklace a shaft of an arrow whose
head is right where the necklace ends, and of course the diffuse dark
hole nearby in the image you can't miss it even at high speed.
Two more dark holes and a balloon near
M100 (which is offscreen to the right in this view), the dark holes
again conforming in having warm centers. Above right is a zoom of one of
the dark holes. Click on the picture for larger version. Click
here for large view, with M100 shifted
over hard at the right border.
Is this a dark galaxy near Ngc 1738. It
turned up in this Dss image. The
original shows no sign of the 'dark galaxy' which means, if real, the
dark galaxy is radiating very dimly, if it is a dark galaxy and not
something else.
TWO DARK HOLES NEAR M101
The existence of these two dark holes adds to wonders of M101
described here.
DARK HOLE NEAR GIANT OVAL NEAR NGC 3310
It doesn't stop with a few rills, at this point you do not know
they are edges of a giant oval in deep space near
Ngc 3310. The dark hole is of same apparent kind as each of the
other holes shown preceeding above, in also having a warm center.
COMPARATIVE SIZE
This shows the dark hole comparing it to identical scales of size with
the ripples in the giant oval, and in the right side zoom where
galaxy Ngc 3310 is shown to the same scale.
In the Dss original, ngc 3310 is very small
in low resolution size at midscreen, you can hardly see it until
enhanced (the original is the dark image
at left).
SPECULATION
I am not apart from the idea of seeing these dark holes as nearby
in the Milky Way. The holes if near are accidentaly captured like
foreground stars which overlay a far image (beyond our galaxy).
Another possibility is that these dark holes are giant elliptical
galaxies whose outer shells have become too cindered or dust crowded
to glow with illuminating property. The glow coming from these dark
holes is, in all cases, extremely weak.
Even if farther out in deep space, no scaling of dark hole apparent
size is possible just by looking at the images because they may seem
of such large size being nearer, or they could be even larger seen
from very far away. See, all that results from these speculations
is hmmmm. No comment. Let's do telescope.
MAJOR ANOMALY IN DEEP SPACE
Giant 'sinkhole' in dense space which bridges clusters of galaxies
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Supercell dark hole between clusters of galaxies
I believe the original is an ESO deep space image from the 1st light days
of new ESO telescopes, I have had it with related images in my hard drive
for 3 years (to 2001).
Histogram shows a hidden deep space 'bridging' band of mass,
and giant dark 'sinkhole' between the two galaxy clusters
This dark hole is in the void between two galaxy clusters. Ngc 1232
is one of the galaxies. Clearly a drawn out thick band bridges the
void (with the dark hole near mid center). Stereo reveals that the
bridge is highly textured and uneven. This image - the only one I
was able to get in the offers of an Internet site whose URL is now
forgotten - is too small to show the image description across the
bottom, so its particulars are unknown. I assume there is a larger
version of the image somewhere. I came across the small version in
hand when cruising the Internet for citations and images of Ngc 1232,
so, three years later, I make assumption that the galaxy cluster has
in it somewhere Ngc 1232, but, could be no.
| MYSTERIOUS DARK HOLE IN THE OUTER FLANGE OF
NGC 1288
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Enhancement of an original image from ESO reveals a very wide flange of
diffuse very dim matter buldging out to the right around the main spiral,
as well, a pronounced mysterious dark hole appears from nowhere in the
image
These two views do not combine well in stereo even though both are
from the same original image and so are proportionately exact. If you
can manage your eye muscles with a gymnast's strength you can superimpose
the two to give a real view of how large Ngc 1288 is in deep space.
| NGC 4395 - ANOTHER IMAGE FROM THE INTERNET, HAS NOTHING TO SEE,
UNTIL HIGHLY ENHANCED
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The black dots seen in the right bright view are not dark holes
so thinks a moi, they may be black dots in the photo not in the
galaxy halo.
See more NGC 4395 images here
'NAIL HOLE' DARK HOLE NEAR NGC 1608 IS AN IMAGE FLAW
A black dot from an image flaw looks like this. No warm center, no
irregular edge. Just a round black dot where light is supposed to be.
Ngc 1608 is not visible in this image.
WEIRD GOINGS ON NEAR NGC 2207
A ribbon
cut from a Dss
image of Ngc 2207, this
ribbon from the range west side
of the frame, contains a strange dark hole, and
below near the ribbon bottom what looks like a
cartwheel ring. The straight
line rashes
are from a crop circle
SIZEABLE IMAGE-FLAWS
White gloves are used by astronomers whenever handling photographic
plates in telescopes. Sometimes the caution is not enough and a mote
of dust or a nose hair or two can festoon the image with unwanted
noise. Here, three nose hairs festoon an image of
Bodes Galaxy (M81). Hairs and fibres like this are common on photographic
plates (though by no means are all plates flawed by hairs) and turn up in
clear view when the image is very highly enhanced. Click
here for large full image (red), the hairs are just below the left
galaxy edge.
On the other hand, these fibres, further
below the noses hairs in the Bodes image cited above, are an entirely
different matter, which may be related to subjects raised
here.
Here is a flaw, or, a coherent object looking like a long thin claw.
Coherent means it exists in deep space and is not merely a flaw on the
negative. It is found in a Dss image of Ngc 4414 small at center in
this 60' x 60' arcminute frame. The claw
is not seen in the original so its size and location is highlighted.
When zoomed it takes on the garish character as seen in the zoom
immediately to the right, not unlike protruding fingers seen in
nebulas such as the Eagle nebula.
This
weird item in
a Dss image near Ngc 6872
AND NOW M74
Here is a Dss 1st generation image that is a real mess, it is M74, barely
visible at all in the original, when turned on
by Histogram (click on image) there is a large galaxy, a piece of metal
clip, nose hairs, dark dots of photo plate flaw, an odd small patch of
scar tissue to the lower left of M74, horizontal streaks, and the lower
portion of the image is completely blank, perhaps the Dss 'juke box' is
just not playing rumbas when it comes to dishing this plate.
This is either a major deep space rift near galaxy Ngc 2442, or
a sizeable image flaw. Click on blue image for full scale of rift.
More traditional flaws includes (right), a meteor or satellite streak,
and the nail hole black dot too regular to be cosmic on a Dss plate of
deep space near galaxy Ngc 1608, the dot perhaps a flaw in the manufacturing
process of the plate (telescope photography plates - pre digital - were
made using the most excruciating technologies easily surpassing the
quality controls and requirements for the best of motion picture films).
In the blue image (above left), a dark dot appears in the halo of a giant
star in Orion, the dot either a spurious fleck
of solution for instance a dot of ink cleaning fluid used in printing
magazine pictures, or perhaps a shadow cast by a dark star or large
planet illuminated from behind by the bright star's halo. I vote for
lucky strike, that the dot is a shadow cast.
Streaks such as across the top of this color photo of Andromeda (blue)
are totally common, this streak not appearing until the image was enhanced
enough to reveal the Bullseye made of gravity
waves at Andromeda. Even in Hubble Telescope photos streaks or short
straight lines can appear, for instance in this Hubble view of Orion
(red) downloaded from
APOD.
GIANT LIGHT CIRCLE NEAR NGC 2997
DEMONSTRATES HIDDEN DIM MEDIA CONTENT
Off centered light circles effect this Dss
60' x 60' frame of spiral galaxy Ngc 2997. When the image is adjusted
by Histogram Equalize, a giant light circle
appears, demonstrating that the giant light circle has been concealed
in very dim medias in the original photograph. In a further test to
demonstrate that the giant light circle was not created by the graphic
editor's process of Histogram Equalize, a trace of the right outer rim
of the giant light circle is discerned when the Dss image is very highly
enhanced by Gamma Correction plus a touch
of the 'Luminance' adjustor, demonstrating once again that dim medias
contain hidden information, and demonstrating once again that a pursuit
to the nth degree can be boring. This pursuit,
on the other hand, has the juices of andrenaline (but not tetesterone)
in it.
The Ngc 2997 superstructure is all the
way around the main body. Note in particular two faint parallel arms
underneath tonging to the east aimed behind the galaxy. A large swish
around the right flank and up over the top is partically obscured by dark
dust. In the magenta color view you can see
where a darker area is obscuring glow in part of the swish at the top
right.
A reasonable assumption viewing this rusty colored
scene - and pondering the chaos on the whole left side - is that Ngc 2997
has undergone a major nearly catastrophic collision with another galaxy.
There seems to be a large platen
out on the left side. If this is a platen, it confirms that a
sizeable collision has occured.
INTERESTING DARK HOLE
Here may be the impactor, now a dark hole
nearly the size of its neighbor giant galaxy Ngc 2997. The hole has
appeared in a poor resolution image found one day on the Internet in
circumstances of peek-a-boo in that the dark hole, most obvious in this
view, has not appeared in other views of Ngc 2997, which does not mean
it (dark hole) is not there, rather, the dark hole may have been a
chance lucky capture in the right photo frequencies to capture it.
If real, the hole can be seen to have structure (seen faint at best)
consistent with the spirallic organization of a
galaxy, and, if creative license is given a moment to bark, the
next stark red pair in stereo suggest a trail streaming from Ngc 2997
to the dark hole.
Certainly
the dark hole
itself looks like a
deep space comet with a head,
and tail rapidly winching to the north.
As for little momma (Ngc 2997) drifting lazily away,
it can't be said, the image is just not good enough to declare
I have carried this dark hole image labelled with the name 2997 from
one hard drive directory to the next for over 3 years. There is a chance
it is not Ngc 2997. If not, I have no idea what galaxy this is the
image is too low resolute for me to tell.
DARK HOLE NEAR NEIGHBORING LARGE STAR ARCTURUS
Click image for large
Arcturus is extensively studied for
planets
CHEWED UP DEEP SPACE IN IRREGULARITIES NEAR NGC 5128
Very irregular swaths, and deep space patches,
appear in a Dss full plate image near Ngc 5128
(not in this frame). Original. The Dss picture
includes slashes (thin galaxies seen on edge),
and what may be extremely dim turblulent wakes
left as disturbances by migrating galaxies, even perhaps by
one galaxy. Concentric paths and swirls also seem to
demonstrate migrations. Only the barest traces
of the irregularities can be seen even after
the original has been given an incredible jolt of +100 point in lumninance
enhancing. An example of extreme dimness in original media is
this.
A perplexing light absorbing dark hole is seen in a
warped galaxy image released by ESO.
SHEETING
More 'sheeting' is here.
SHEETING OF TWO DIFFERENT KINDS AT NGC 1667
Deep space
sheeting is seen at
Ngc 1667, in an uncertain way as
to whether such straight edged drift sheets really exist
See full sized Ngc 1667 original here.
Certainly
the dense body
of deep space matter
curving around the right side
of the picture is real, an unusually
dense concentration compared to the dim space
surrounding Ngc 1667 (white pop in center screen)
THE EXPLOSIVE SHEETING AT NGC 1667
A natural question is if such giant sheeting is a chance
overlay captured from the Milky Way in the passage through which the
telescope peered to see distant Ngc 1667.
HORIZONTAL DRIFT EXTENT
The horizontal drift petered out quickly to the right so its ragged
dissipation is what is shown in the 'Horizontal Drift Extent' above.
VERTICAL DRIFT EXTENT
Here is the start of the drift at image top, beginning with a profound
explosion of bright matter, the drift peters out at the bottom of this
long vertical image composited from two Dss 60 x 60 arcminute frames.
(Ngc 1667 is shown in a red window to identify it's scale against the
sheeting).
The vertical extent seem to be about all I am going to get from the
Dss jukebox, any more 'Declension' vertical shift resulted in the image
defaulting back to original co-ordinates with Ngc 1667 centered in
mid screen. Oddly, one last small upshift in Declension, supposedly
pushing the frame further down slightly, actually produced a jukebox
image with Ngc 1667 noticably higher in the screen, giving me a bit
more of the lower vertical declension of the sheeting.
PERCUSSIVE APPEARANCE
The drift spatch itself looks more percussive in cause rather than lens
artifacts.
For instance the crop circle
here is clearly a lens artifact and is false.
OCEON WAVE SHEETING AT NGC 2427
An unusual form of sheeting seems coherent as waving chaotica in a
horizontal tidal onslaught definately
suggests something major has occured or is occuring. The tidal waves
are more easily seen in the 'preview' (small headshot image at left).
The spill tongue with dark oval center
is anybody's guess.
The impression of cyclonnic concentrics sitting off the right helm
is real, some cause has impacted this area in deep space.
The featured matinee is galaxy Ngc 2427, a lopsided rough shaped
spindle galaxy.
A MILKY WAY DRIFT ?
If drifts in the Milky Way, being hailed as deep space 'sheeting', but
no, value is still served at significant input levels by revealing how
much dim media content has been captured anyway in such low resolution
images.
What made me think more of Milky Way drift capture is the extreme
degree of bright vrs dark exposed in the sheeting at Ngc 1667. If
real, in deep space, this is quite a volume of undistinguished
amorphous drifting mass in deep space. It will need some thought
to explain it.
TRAIL OF TURBULENCE BY A MIGRATING GALAXY
A faint comet tail leading straight to a head at the upper small
galaxy can be discerned under extreme high enhancement, which means
this part of the image's vapor substance is real, that is, the
comet tail is a wake of disturbance left by migration of the
upper small galaxy in deep space (assumed correct).
A trail of turbulence seems indicated for
Ngc 1667, which, being a larger galaxy in this Dss image, has a much
wider swath ascending vertically in the picture.
Abrupt straight edged deep space wedges like this are suspicious,
though not impossible - some nebulas in the Milky Way have extremely
hard edged wedges between medias some leading to abrupt precipitous
canyons in the middle of a star field, such as
Eta. Eta carina, one of the most massive superactive stars know,
is shown in window, it is profiled in closeup
here, and featured
here.
You can guess that I am intrigued by this particular sheeting road show.
I cannot exclaim enough that it is interesting but also cannot tell
exactly what it is. I hope it is not artificial. If Milky Way, what
has caused the percussive explosive impact yielding such stark
symmetrical deep space fracturing.
PROPERTIES OF DEEP SPACE 'SHEETING'
Large areas of drift in deep space can have sharp boundries, materially
dense (bright) on one side of the boundry, thin (dark) on the other.
Here is an example, a hazy drift passing
from the edge of Andromeda into the tip of a giant oval, with 'darker'
on both sides.
This view is rotated left 90 degrees to be a
normal Andromeda view so the drift actually extends beyond the rightside
rim of Andromeda when seen in normal view,
where the blue colored area contains the giant oval. Nearby satellite
galaxy M110 is seen masked out in white at the left in this large
composite image of a piece of Andromeda.
A rotated view is shown (left by 90 degrees) in that it is easier to see
the Andromeda edge in context with the drift and oval.
Here is a comprehensive study of the 'giant oval' phenomenon near
Andromeda.
A deep field irregular swath meanders down
the left edge of this 60' x 60' Dss frame. It lies offshore near galaxy
Ngc 5128, which lays shifted somewhere offscreen nearby - I have
forgotten exactly where. The whole sheet is huge, an attempt to drag
all of it down to make a composite from Dss sources, proved too dreary
to complete since it was hard to find matchups for clusters and sheeting
densities to engage several frames into a composite, so this image shown
is deemed sufficient to support the existence of major deep space
sheeting in intermedia spaces between galaxies (if not overlay
impositions from the Milky Way).
A kinky deep space drift view with seeming major image damage at the
top, shows spiral galaxy Ngc 3314 against
a leading edge where bright meets dark. Here is more of the
drift, obtained by downshifting the
Declension of the frame from -27 54 05.0 to -27 67 05.0. Because it
is the Southern hemisphere in the sky, the Declension value is (-) and
an increase in Declension value results in a vertical upshift of the
image frame (ergo downshifting it).
Here is Ngc 3314 in the lower center screen
hard to recognize in a crowd of busy neighbors nearby. Notice that a
meteor or satellite streak and a large light
ring have appeared in this view, which can be absent in the Ngc 3314
views, which creates festering foster in trying to understand just
exactly how these Dss frames are being dished from what plates jukeboxed
in the
Dss server.
MORE DEEP SPACE SHEETING NEAR NGC 2997
A cell wall in deep space is starkly seen in a close up of an edge. The
deep space boundry is between very dense space and empty space, density
seen in the left half of this telescope released orientation. The image
is a 60x60 frame from the Deep Space Sky Survey.
If a fast travelling galaxy passed through a deep space cell wall like
this, is it possible for the 'punch' to result in a stupendous sonic
boom made of gravity waves, 'punch-waves' continuing to be produced
briefly until the fast travelling galaxy's ride through dense space is
accomodated by adjustments which no longer produce
contentric waves of the same original intensity.
Here, unmistakable in thick-vrs-thin, is a dust field dwarfing giant
spiral galaxy Ngc 2997 nearby but offscreen
to the right. No trace of the sheeting is seen in this Dss
original enhanced in blue with Ngc 2997 centered midscreen.
An offshifted view of the sheeting area,
with Ngc 2997 onscreen at the right, shows sharper distinction along
the sheet edge (even stronger contrast between the light and dark
boundry).
Such sharp distinction between deep field drift boundries is somewhat
unusual among Dss images. And so, for your leisurely (or serious) viewing
pleasure, the full size (large) image is availabe by clicking here. Be
forwarned the enhanced file size is extra large (13 Meg) so the link may
take time.
Click here for Ngc 2997 Dss original full size (3564 x 3571) (13 Meg).
Click here for Ngc 2997 Dss enhanced full size (3564 x 3571) (13 Meg).
In respecting this massive drift at Ngc 2997 - a material drift large
enough to dominate a Dss 60' x 60' frame with sharp contrast in material
density at the boundry - it is not hard to conjecture how an object,
such as a spiral or elliptical galaxy ploughing into such a boundry
at high speed, can initiate a magnificent cosmic boom with sonic gravity
shock waves spreading out radially at high speed from the point of impact,
the shock waves themselves drifting intact as an artifact out of the
boundry layer, which could be the cause of such a giant deep space oval
as this.
(Assume I sometimes like making assumptions beyond accessed facts at hand).
Such impact-caused ovals would not have a point of center such as a bright
object or 4-way star cross centered over the bright object, since any
bright object (such as a galaxy) has not stayed in place and has moved
on after the oval was created, the oval if moving, is at a slower pace,
and has an expansion rate not like the speed of the impacting shock-wave
inducing galaxy).
In the dim medias of Ngc 2997's surrounding
superstructure, a pair of faint short arms are seen
spiking right from the lower left, and the outer right arm's outer
sweep continues around above, neither structural component is seen in
the original. A few nose hairs (thin wragyy
lines) have shown up in the blue enhancement version indicating that an
astronomer's equivalent of a dust storm got onto the original image or
the fine focuser part of the telescope lens.
DRIFITNG AROUND ANDROMEDA
Here are two Andromeda images (the left enhanced by Histogram) showing
sheeting drifting above, plus down the right edge of the frame. The
overhead drift can be assumed correct, the vertical border drifts may
be a false techno-artifact, perhaps not. Our local galaxy neighborhood,
and in the region of Andromeda, is well known to be very
dusty.
ESO 269-57
This seems to be dragging a load on the right as it heads to the left.
Notice the degree of space-drift matter
overall on the right, (lots), compared to the sheeting on the left,
(none).
CONVERGING PARALLEL TRACKS ON AN INTERGALACTIC SCALE
Tracks converging, are definately seen in this Dss
histogram of M64, as well, a well developed gravity well is seen
around the galaxy. The converging tracks are unusual as an image
error in being gently curved, unlike tracks raked by a telescope
mascot cat's claws which are invariably straight.
SHEETING AND DEEP SPACE IRREGULARITIES AROUND M64
A sense of swirling broad cyclonnics at some
distance around m64, a dark region to the lower right, bright region
upper left, and irregularities lower left, bring a sense of deep space
commotion to this image. It has not been proven by this image that the
noticable features outlined in this
paragraph are not inputs from inside the Milky Way along the line of
sight to galaxy M64, but for the moment favor the deep space opion that
the noticable features are out there there where M64 currently drifts
along in deep space.
SHEETING, HIDDEN MASS, AND A LARGE M51
SUPERSTRUCTURE
A much larger Whirlpool Galaxy M51 appears
against a light and dark mottle deep space backgrouund in an enhanced
Dss 60' x 60' view, the extra prongs above and below noticably enlarging
the area of M51 are not seen in the original.
The small intense galaxy interacting with the
Whirlpool has a smoke trail drifting casually away to the upper left in
a leisurely corkscrew pattern. This blue tone
and busily enhanced image shows the smoke trail, which initiates rather
abruptly at the far left. A black and white zoom
of the Histogram Equalize image shows what seems to be a possible larger
round disturbance (left) at where the smoke trail begins out in deep space.
MORE FORMATIONS DEMONSTRATE HIDDEN DIM MEDIA VALUE
Value of dim media content is easily demonstrated by this VLT image
of the Eagle Nebula. In original form the
lower left corner is dark. When enhanced by Gamma Correction the dark
region fills with giant formations showing
long tubular flows and upright collars, even though the Eagle pillar's
details are more obscured in the editing adjustment. A strong
input of red enhancement prior to Gamma Correction reveals
more of the Nebula's large structural base.
Don't get me wrong. See this image once again. Am I wrong or does
the central figure look like a gigantic
lizard-like life form - the long head reared back, the long forearms,
the legs - all bi-pedally symmetrical, in a seated stance, holding
a scroll, emphatically announcing.
I have always understood people who can see pictures and animals in the
clouds. I have always had a lot of trouble with people who see the face
of the lord in window glass on the side of a skyscraper. What then about
anyone who sees intelligence in the middle of galaxies. Even if 'Eagle'
is not a cosmic Sasquatch, the idea that beings of such form and stature
may be out there is interesting already, and the remark about the
historic lizard named 'Eagle' simply intends to accelerate the
interesting thoughts a little.
Look at how much larger we find
colliding galaxies Ngc 3718 to be when
the Dss original is suitably enhanced in different ways, including
Histogram Equalize. Note a nearby dark
dot of unexplained kind appears under enhancements.
The famed 'antenna' of the Antenna Colliding
galaxies Ngc 4038/4038 become instantly visible when
the original is enhanced by Histogram Equalize.
This again proves that significant content is stored in an image's dim
medias to be overlooked by astonomers, also proving that the Histogram
Equalize function in a graphics editor is bringing forth valid astronomy
information.
The proviso in Histogram Equalize is that by no means is every detail
valid. Histogram has trouble deciding how to make choices in rendering
of tiny details and filimental natures in an image, so these can be
concidered random unless dominant. The same is true in the rendering
of any low resolution image, including Dss 1st generation Deep Space
Sky Survey plates.
Small details can come and go in the blink of an eye when a Dss plate is
adjusted by Histogram Equalize and the resulting image zoomed in and out
in a graphics editor. What counts are the strong and dominant contents in
the image, objects that stay in place, except in zooms out to real low
resolutions but this is no different really than zooming, say, a Hubble
image or any image from a quality telescope. In the overall,
Histogram Equalize can be an extremely useful tool in
determining if an image has significant hidden content in its dim
medias. You can tell in an instant if an image is, or is not, more
interesting, using Histogram Equalize.
The fact that anything dominant revealed in a Histogram Equalize
version can also be made visible by other adjustments such as
Color strength and Gamma Correction, means the dominant feature
was in the image all along hidden in the image's dim medias.
Here (right) is a Dss original of Ngc 4603 in which two dark holes
moved over by hand to be nearby Ngc 4603, are visible without having
to enhance the image.
For instance here are views of galaxy Ngc 2997 (left) and M100 (right)
showing huge dark holes looming nearby the holes as large as the galaxy
supersize itself. Dark holes can just be observed faintly as a trace in
some originals usually too dim to matter, their existence not known or
even seen unless knowing to look there at it. In the two above galaxy
views, both galaxy images were enhanced rather earnestly with everything
but Histogram, revealing dark hole presence clearly enough so that
comparison to galaxy supersize is easy. Other adjusters such as Color
strength and Gamma Correction, can bring the dark hole into obvious
albiet still dim resolution, Histogram Equalize brings the dark hole
into full strength view.
M101's EVEN GREATER SUPER SCIENCE
In a different example, a Dss 60' x 60' frame featuring giant spiral
galaxy M101 shows several dominant objects including a
trail gently curving beyond the screen to the right, two dark rounds
toward the lower left, and a large brighter clump in the lower right.
These could be concidered dominant objects and reveal some of
M101's history and current surroundings.
The M101 dominant objects
were intensified in clarity (after Histogram Equalize) by adjustments
using Gamma Correction reduction, and +21 points of Contrast, producing
more black and white and rubbing out small details, however the effect
has advantages in that, for instance, the full extent of M101's long
thin arms are more instantly seen in toto.
Two dark holes off a limb of giant spiral galaxy M101. Both dark holes
have warm centers, the lower dark hole has extensions above and below
and both seem to follow a trench of disturbances or chaos angled up
vertically to the left.
This smaller image pair showing the holes was made by the screen
'capture' of two enhanced 'preview' images in a graphics editor.
These images are included in the 'dark holes' collection of images
here.
GALAXY IN BLUE - THE BLUE BAYOU IMAGE
Two small dark holes of a possible interesting
nature have turned up in a Dss 1st generation image of giant spiral galaxy
Ngc 4603. In the original
Dss image (enhanced by me and now called the Blue Bayou image), one
hole is very near the top right corner of the frame, the other is against
the lower right corner. All three above views show the dark holes, one is
shown isolated here.
In the first two views above, both holes were cut from the Dss original
and composited close to Ngc 4603 so as to see them in context with the
size of the galaxy, even though size comparison is actually meaningless.
The dark holes come out well when strongly enhanced in blue Color plus
Histogram Equalize, and seem to have some
form of internal structure fingering in from around their rims. The last
above view shows both dots, enlarged, and composited into the pasteup
using a reduced version of Ngc 4603 which is about 1/2 the scale of the
two dots in this particular pasteup.
As already said, in the Dss image one hole is very near the top right
corner of the frame, the other is against the lower right corner. They
are both visible in the black and white Dss
original, as faint smudges. And instantly spring into view in
Histogram version - these last two views
have been cropped for convenience of Internet display size so Ngc 4603
is at the left instead of midscreen.
Notice how well the superstructure (major deep space size including dim
surrounding matter) of galaxy Ngc 4603,
itself has emerged using blue Color tone image editing adjustments,
compared to the lower resolution original.
Here is the upper right dot once again,
shown in context with a thin on-edge galaxy, and bright nearby stars
with artificial criss-crosses overlaying them. As you can see the
quality and texture of the dot is completely different than any
surrounding media. Bead of sweat or saliva speck on the plate comes
to mind, or plate flaw, or drop of solution on the negative or positive
print, are all factors which come to mind as an error cause (if error).
On the other hand something in deep space absorbing light is not
completely ruled out by a look at this plate and the dot (dark hole)
as seen once again here. For instance,
notice that a bright nearby star partially overlays the lower dark dot,
ruling out the possibility that a drop of solution landed on the photo
obliterating all details. Here, the dot underlays a bright nearby star
meaning that it was captured in the photo as a genuine 'something?'.
A weaker area in the film media could be a cause, I don't know and
cannot argue one way or the other.
OTHER LINKS
For more superstructures and missing mass links try
here,
here, here,
here.
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