Colour of the Universe?

Discussion in 'Astronomy, Exobiology, & Cosmology' started by goofyfish, Mar 8, 2002.

  1. goofyfish Analog By Birth, Digital By Design Valued Senior Member

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    Excuse Me…Beige. The Universe is Beige.

     
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  3. Hoth Registered Senior Member

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    Darn. The universe seemed like an interesting place for a while, but now it's dull again.

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  5. Adam §Þ@ç€ MØnk€¥ Registered Senior Member

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    I knew there was something cosmic about my car...
     
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  7. esp Registered Senior Member

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    beige...

    How very 70's !
     
  8. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    not beige...VANILLA!
     
  9. Hoth Registered Senior Member

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    Much better... suddenly the universe sounds ok again. Thanks, I won't have to kill myself after all.

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  10. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    Sounds tasty to me

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    I'm more of a chocolate guy meeself, but any flavOUR will do.
     
  11. KneD Le Penseur Registered Senior Member

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    Non Standard white/green/beige????

    hmmmm, this is the most weird explanaion I've ever seen.
    what is a nonstandard white? and what's the difference with standard white?

    white=white isn't it?????

    but when it results in this difference, the nonstandard white is much more like green i think

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  12. Pollux V Ra Bless America Registered Senior Member

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    Kned you have one awsome avatar.
     
  13. %BlueSoulRobot% Copyright! Copyright!! Registered Senior Member

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    Hey!
    Recent reports show that the universe is some sort of beige colour (called Galatic Latte or something like that), while others still say it is green, or red. I’m just wondering, One: Why the heck does it matter what colour the universe is? and Two: how would you find out this “colour”? There are a whole bunch of stars and planets and little bits of floating debris, so wouldn’t that leave us with a splash of light, and not a colour? Plus, different instruments produce a different kinds feedback images, so who can really know?

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    -%Blue%*

    *Not available in pink or green. Just blue.

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  14. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    I had passed on this article and photo because it had come up before. Knowing that everyone can not know what has gone on before I joined this thread with an old one that had passed on.

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    The Average Color of the Universe
    Credit: Karl Glazebrook & Ivan Baldry (JHU)

    What color is the universe? More precisely, if the entire sky was smeared out, what color would the final mix be? This whimsical question came up when trying to determine what stars are commonplace in nearby galaxies. The answer, depicted above, is a conditionally perceived shade of beige. To determine this, astronomers computationally averaged the light emitted by one of the largest sample of galaxies yet analyzed: the 200,000 galaxies of the 2dF survey. The resulting cosmic spectrum has some emission in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum, but a single perceived composite color. This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent. In a contest to better name the color, notable entries included skyvory, univeige, and the winner: cosmic latte.
     
  15. %BlueSoulRobot% Copyright! Copyright!! Registered Senior Member

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    Oki doki

    Good explanation

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  16. Zoidberg Registered Senior Member

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    Beige, why can't it be purple. I like purple. Ohh.
     
  17. %BlueSoulRobot% Copyright! Copyright!! Registered Senior Member

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    Oi!

    Hey Zoidberg! Velcome to SciForums!

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    Oh man, it's strange, my friend and I used to have a thing about the spelling of "Zoidberg". I kept insisting it would look cool-er spelt with a "y", and she kept saying it's "i".

    Nice screenname, lol

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  18. Thor "Pfft, Rebel scum!" Valued Senior Member

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    Is there any benefits from finding the colour of the universe? Sure it's an interesting fact, but why?
     
  19. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    In the article posted...
    This color has become much less blue over the past 10 billion years, indicating that redder stars are becoming more prevalent.


    This is an indication on the ongoing evloution of stellar structures. That which we seek verification of for supporting theories.
     
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  21. %BlueSoulRobot% Copyright! Copyright!! Registered Senior Member

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    Hey Thor, I asked the same question too

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    Does the colour of the universe have anything to do with Red Shift and Blue Shift? (determines whether the universe is expanding or collapsing, right?)

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  22. wet1 Wanderer Registered Senior Member

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    You are both asking good questions. Yes, I think that the red shift will have to account for some of the change in the redness of the overall general color...
     
  23. %BlueSoulRobot% Copyright! Copyright!! Registered Senior Member

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    Awesome! Red=Expanding...right? (I read something on it a long time ago, but I couldn't remember *grins sheepishly*)
    By the way, do you know what the scientists are using to capture these pictures? Would what they use interfere with what colour the universe appears?
     

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