There is a beautiful galaxy as background in my new MB Air. Does somebody know if it is a real galaxy or which it is? It looks like a real one with new blue and old red stars. But is it a photo or just a created picture? Some astronomy interested may know?
//Bernt
Real, looks like one of the Hubble telescope shots. Go to the Hubble site and you can find loads of great shots to use as wallpaper.
While it bears a strong resemblance to the Andromeda galaxy, it is , and it isn't.....
What we have here is a heavily photoshopped approximation of Andromeda. Many of the most prominent star clusters are missing for balance and aesthetic reasons.
Ahhh, but to the casual observer looks the same 🙂
Grabbed the full size image and put it up on my PC at work and it just doesn't have the snap of the version on my MBP 😐
It's the Milky Way galaxy (our galaxy), but there is no "You Are Here" arrow! 😁
Thank you for kind help! It is the Andromeda galaxy, "improved" a little. It is easy to identify if one look at a real Andromeda picture.
//Bernt
Actually to correct myself, Apple didn't so much alter Andromeda itself, but made a few foreground stars and galaxies that are normally visible in our perspective of Andromeda, disappear through photo-editing.
Here is an article that discusses the details.
I see that from some of the comments below the article, some feel that Apple's editing of our universe is more appealing. Yes, the popularity of Apple's so-called "Reality Distortion Field" is quite intact. 😉 LOL
There is a beautiful galaxy as background in my new MB Air. Does somebody know if it is a real galaxy or which it is?
