Talk:Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy

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A fact from Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming In on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured)?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy.

Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by LunaEclipse talk 17:34, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy

... that more than one hundred million stars are visible in Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured)?

Source: Algar, Jim (2015-01-26). "Hubble Space Telescope Captures Full Glory of Andromeda Galaxy". Tech Times. Retrieved 2024-10-18., among others

Reviewed: Template : Did you know nominations/Stuntman (2024 film)

Created by Sir MemeGod (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 694 past nominations.

— Chris Woodrich (talk) 03:20, 20 October 2024 (UTC).[reply]

Will review this. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:00, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

Image: Image is freely licensed, used in the article, and clear at 100px.
Freely licensed: Used in article: Clear at 100px:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: Looks good. Approving. BeanieFan11 (talk) 22:24, 22 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

BeanieFan11 and @Crisco 1492: Tech Times is unreliable per this discussion. Are there any other sources supporting the hook's claim? If not, I might have to reject this nom. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 14:21, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Hi LunaEclipse. The hook fact was cited to three different sources in the article. I have removed the Tech Times source, and note that the ESA and Popular Mechanics both support the hook claim. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 15:57, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted. 💽 LunaEclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 17:12, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Not sure if I'm allowed to suggest alt hooks, but may I also suggest …that at 1.5 billion pixels in size, Zooming in on the Andromeda Galaxy (pictured) is the largest image ever released by the Hubble Space Telescope? Sir MemeGod  12:04, 20 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Which side?

The article currently states: "The image depicts the left-most side of the Andromeda Galaxy's galactic disc . . ." However, the image seems to show the right side of the disc. In case the image was telescopically reversed, the article goes on to note that the nucleus of the galaxy is shown in the left side of the image, implying that the image is not reversed. Shouldn't the text say the right side? A correction or explanation is needed. Minturn (talk) 16:36, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Ah, I see where I went wrong. It is the right side of the Galaxy, it's just that "left side of the image" (referring to the nucleus) is mentioned by both sources. I was probably tired when writing it. :) E_F⁵ 16:49, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

List of largest photographs

Maybe add this article to List of largest photographs (I've left a note there as well). Randy Kryn (talk) 16:46, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]