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Interesting Little Fact About Our Universe, Big numbers and impossible large sizes, I love this stuff!

The Uncreator View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 04:34 PM
May 11 2010, 04:34 PM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	So I'm currently researching some information on giant structures in the universe for a song I'm working on (And just cause its interesting), And I would think something like the Oort cloud might be good place to start, But when I started looking into Superclusters (Massive groups of galaxies) I came across this really cool thing: Its called the "Sloan Great Wall", and is classified as a hypercluster. Basically the area in the red is a single massive group of galaxies, And to put this into a bit of perspective, This "wall" measures a staggering 1.37 billion light years. Now here's that same number in miles: 8,054,090,144,456,480,000,000 Just because I can, that means that this structure is about... 322,163,605,778,259,200 times bigger than the planet you currently live on . Anyway, no real point to this thread, I just like to share these cool little factoids. Plus I find the universe unbelievably fascinating, And it makes me babble sometimes You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

SirJamsalot View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 05:35 PM
May 11 2010, 05:35 PM	Learning Rock Star Posts: 1.241 Joined: 4-May 10 From: Bay Area, California	You know, when numbers get that big you may as well just add another 100 zeros to the end of them because my mind hits a conceptual wall after the million mile mark Wouldn't it be great if we had the technology to take a joy ride through some of those galaxies tho? Christian A. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- The more I practice, the more I wish I had time to practice! My Band Forum: http://passionfly.site/chat

Zsolt Galambos View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 05:55 PM
May 11 2010, 05:55 PM	GMC Coordinator & Instructor Posts: 2.146 Joined: 8-May 08	To understand the whole Universe, we'd have to expand our consciousness... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Instructor Profile Check out my Personal Board

Daniel Realpe View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 06:00 PM
May 11 2010, 06:00 PM	Instructor Posts: 5.655 Joined: 11-October 09 From: Bogota	so, do galaxies form this geometric shapes? or is it just for the purpose of explaining something, I mean, the white is empty space? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Visit my: INSTRUCTOR PROFILE "If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music." Gustav Mahler Subscribe to my Youtube Channel here

jstcrsn View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 06:05 PM
May 11 2010, 06:05 PM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 3.622 Joined: 29-March 08 From: kansas, USA	QUOTE (The Uncreator @ May 11 2010, 04:34 PM) So I'm currently researching some information on giant structures in the universe for a song I'm working on (And just cause its interesting), And I would think something like the Oort cloud might be good place to start, But when I started looking into Superclusters (Massive groups of galaxies) I came across this really cool thing: Its called the "Sloan Great Wall", and is classified as a hypercluster. Basically the area in the red is a single massive group of galaxies, And to put this into a bit of perspective, This "wall" measures a staggering 1.37 billion light years. Now here's that same number in miles: Nasa says if you were to run every power plant on earth for seven million years you would have enough power to run the sun for One second- and the sun is considered a small star 8,054,090,144,456,480,000,000 Just because I can, that means that this structure is about... 322,163,605,778,259,200 times bigger than the planet you currently live on . Anyway, no real point to this thread, I just like to share these cool little factoids. Plus I find the universe unbelievably fascinating, And it makes me babble sometimes Nasa says if you were to run every power plant on earth for seven million years you would have enough power to run the sun for One second- and the sun is considered a small star You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

lcsdds View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 06:09 PM
May 11 2010, 06:09 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 2.054 Joined: 2-September 08	QUOTE (jstcrsn @ May 11 2010, 06:05 PM) Nasa says if you were to run every power plant on earth for seven million years you would have enough power to run the sun for One second- and the sun is considered a small star In the words of Cosmo Kramer......."You just blew my mind"........... You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

jstcrsn View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 06:15 PM
May 11 2010, 06:15 PM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 3.622 Joined: 29-March 08 From: kansas, USA	QUOTE (lcsdds @ May 11 2010, 06:09 PM) In the words of Cosmo Kramer......."You just blew my mind"........... not meant to blow your mind, but just remember they estimate the stars to be numbered at 10 billion times ten bilion You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

The Uncreator View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 06:59 PM
May 11 2010, 06:59 PM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	QUOTE (Zsolt Galambos @ May 11 2010, 09:55 AM) To understand the whole Universe, we'd have to expand our consciousness... Most definitely, I think in the next few hundred years once human lifespan is expanded we will be a bit more closer! Its hard for use to really comprehend something like the universe. No matter if we want to or not, we view life and time lines in the context of a human lifespan, 100-110 years maximum. QUOTE (jstcrsn @ May 11 2010, 10:15 AM) not meant to blow your mind, but just remember they estimate the stars to be numbered at 10 billion times ten bilion To reinforce your fact here, Here is one of my favorite pictures, its the scale of a star called Antares! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Fran View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 07:14 PM
May 11 2010, 07:14 PM	Learning Rock Star - Wiki Coordinator Posts: 8.451 Joined: 20-November 07 From: Spain	This stuff always amazes me, specilly the videos & pics that compare the size of planets & stars, shows we are less than nothing in the universe. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars: Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster, Ibanez RG2570MZ, Epiphone SG G-400 Amp: Vox AC4TVH head + V112TV cab Effects: Vox Satchurator, Vox Time Machine, Dunlop CryBaby, Boss MT-2, Boss CE-5, Boss TU-2, Boss ME-70 Recording: Line-6 POD X3 + FBV-Express, Pandora PX5D GMC wants YOU to take part in our Guitar-Wikipedia! Have a good time reading great articles and writing your own with us in our GUITAR WIKI! Share your playing and get Pro-advice from our Instructors: Join REC

Skewlbuzz View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 07:52 PM
May 11 2010, 07:52 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 295 Joined: 14-July 07 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	"Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space." You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008 Fender Squier '51 --------------------- Amp(like): Blackstar Series One 45 Line6 POD Studio UX1 Marshall MG15CDR --------------------- Effects: Dunlop Crybaby 535Q DigiTech Whammy Z.Vex Fuzz Factory Dunlop MXR Carbon Copy

The Uncreator View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 08:00 PM
May 11 2010, 08:00 PM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ May 11 2010, 10:00 AM) so, do galaxies form this geometric shapes? or is it just for the purpose of explaining something, I mean, the white is empty space? Well actually, the scale that picture is at, only object/structures that massive would be visible. The white is rather a "lack of" a dense gathering of anything. If you were to put a 1 pixel point anywhere on that picture, you would probably be resting it on several hundred, or hundreds of millions/billions of galaxies. QUOTE (Skewlbuzz @ May 11 2010, 11:52 AM) "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the drug store, but that's just peanuts to space." “There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.” Douglas Adams has a lot of good quotes like these You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

Skewlbuzz View Member Profile	May 11 2010, 08:03 PM
May 11 2010, 08:03 PM	Learning Tone Seeker Posts: 295 Joined: 14-July 07 From: Copenhagen, Denmark	QUOTE (The Uncreator @ May 11 2010, 09:00 PM) “There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.” Douglas Adams has a lot of good quotes like these Indeed, my favourite author. I simply love his view on life, the universe and everything! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Guitars: Gibson Les Paul Standard 2008 Fender Squier '51 --------------------- Amp(like): Blackstar Series One 45 Line6 POD Studio UX1 Marshall MG15CDR --------------------- Effects: Dunlop Crybaby 535Q DigiTech Whammy Z.Vex Fuzz Factory Dunlop MXR Carbon Copy

Vasilije Vukmiro... Vasilije Vukmirovic View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 11:05 AM
May 12 2010, 11:05 AM	Jazz Instructor Posts: 2.691 Joined: 1-October 08 From: Belgrade	I love this HUGE fact! Like number of starts, galaxies, light years.... Make me feel great! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Check out my Instructor profile Visit My youtube channel Add me as friend on FACEBOOK!

gotaG View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 11:44 AM
May 12 2010, 11:44 AM	GMC:er Posts: 30 Joined: 2-March 10	Got this one quite a while ago via podcast (bestofyoutube).. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! This post has been edited by gotaG: May 12 2010, 11:48 AM

Praetorian View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 12:58 PM
May 12 2010, 12:58 PM	Learning Apprentice Player & Challenge Star Posts: 1.995 Joined: 10-March 08 From: Albany NY USA	QUOTE (gotaG @ May 12 2010, 06:44 AM) Got this one quite a while ago via podcast (bestofyoutube).. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q </a> That video is absolutely awesome! This stuff blows my mind...I can't even comprehend what I am seeing! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- Ben ___________________________________________ "PLAY YOUR DAMN GUITAR!!" - Kirk Hammett Fender American Standard Stratocaster Ibanez RG4EXQM1

Berglmir View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 01:04 PM
May 12 2010, 01:04 PM	GMC:er Posts: 384 Joined: 30-December 08 From: Vienna/Austria	For anyone into this kind of things I can highly recommend the following documentary: DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE (BBC Documentary) In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide. Quite eerie I tell you! You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

The Uncreator View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 02:22 PM
May 12 2010, 02:22 PM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	QUOTE (gotaG @ May 12 2010, 03:44 AM) Got this one quite a while ago via podcast (bestofyoutube).. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEheh1BH34Q </a> Very cool video indeed! QUOTE (Berglmir @ May 12 2010, 05:04 AM) For anyone into this kind of things I can highly recommend the following documentary: DANGEROUS KNOWLEDGE (BBC Documentary) In this one-off documentary, David Malone looks at four brilliant mathematicians - Georg Cantor, Ludwig Boltzmann, Kurt Gödel and Alan Turing - whose genius has profoundly affected us, but which tragically drove them insane and eventually led to them all committing suicide. Quite eerie I tell you! Sounds interesting, Will have to check that one out. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

jstcrsn View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 03:36 PM
May 12 2010, 03:36 PM	Learning Tone Master Posts: 3.622 Joined: 29-March 08 From: kansas, USA	[quote name='The Uncreator' date='May 11 2010, “There is a theory which states that if ever for any reason anyone discovers what exactly the Universe is for and why it is here it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another that states that this has already happened.” Douglas Adams has a lot of good quotes like these [/quote] Come on man -you just give us a statistic on how big things are and the next sentence you quote that if this small being can grasp it, it will dissapear Come on You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

The Uncreator View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 03:45 PM
May 12 2010, 03:45 PM	Fire Up The Blades, Moderator Posts: 8.933 Joined: 6-March 07 From: St. Petersburg, Florida	QUOTE (jstcrsn @ May 12 2010, 07:36 AM) Come on man -you just give us a statistic on how big things are and the next sentence you quote that if this small being can grasp it, it will dissapear Come on Whats the problem? Someone quoted Douglas Adams and I posted another quote from him that I like, Is there some contradiction? You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content!

thefireball View Member Profile	May 12 2010, 03:50 PM
May 12 2010, 03:50 PM	Learning Roadie Posts: 4.537 Joined: 9-March 10 From: United States, Arkansas	QUOTE (Daniel Realpe @ May 11 2010, 12:00 PM) so, do galaxies form this geometric shapes? or is it just for the purpose of explaining something, I mean, the white is empty space? The shown part of the galaxy that is shown is what they say that we know about. You are at GuitarMasterClass.net Don't miss today's free lick. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! Don't miss today's free blues, jazz & country licks. Plus all our lessons are packed with free content! -------------------- YouTube - A Place For Melodic Guitarists Instagram - Behind the Music Analyzed Within - My Christian Metal Band

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