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[edit] Voyager 1 entering heliosheath region

The locations of Voyagers 1 and 2 as of 2005.
The locations of Voyagers 1 and 2 as of 2005.

This image, created by NASA, illustrates 7 articles and is informative, striking, beautiful, and impressive. It shows us the exact location of Voyagers 1 and 2 in relation to the heliopause, heliosheath, termination shock, bow shock, and heliosphere, and it's one of the best diagrams I've seen. Sango123 17:22, May 29, 2005 (UTC)

  • Nominate and support. Sango123 17:22, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support. Beatiful image and very informative (shown in 7 article! WOW!) Mgm|(talk) 17:50, May 29, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support TomStar81 01:13, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support But I'd rather that the text was a consistant size--Fir0002 01:39, May 30, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support, very interesting and aestheticly pleasing. --Silversmith Hewwo 10:30, 30 May 2005 (UTC)
  • Support but perhaps a line could be drawn pointing out the sun, due to the odd scale of the picture. --Golbez 18:58, Jun 2, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - Wonderful image of the historic journey being made by this craft. - Hoekenheef 19:06, 2 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose - didn't like it - duuno why though...A curate's egg 19:44, 3 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support -- Chris 73 Talk 07:43, Jun 4, 2005 (UTC)
  • Support -- excellent diagram; beautiful. Phoenix2 19:33, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. I'd consider myself knowledgeable about astronomy, but I had to go do some reading to figure out that the red stuff was the interstellar medium that was blowing away the Sun's heliopause. That could be fixed with some simple labelling and makes the image a lot less accessible. Even if that were fixed, I also partly find the image to be overly stylized -Lommer | talk 22:54, 6 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Support - Thanks for nominating "my" picture (uploaded by me). Though not very realistic, it is very informative and illustrative and is also used on many other wikis (check it with this tool [1]) --Bricktop 00:46, 7 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Oppose. Overly stylised, and I agree more labelling would help. Also, the lines connecting the vogager craft to the centre of the galaxy... gives the wrong impression about their flight. Enochlau 08:55, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
    • What exactly is wrong? And the lines are connecting Voyagers with Earth, not center of the galaxy. Or which lines do you mean? --Bricktop 10:06, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)po.
      • Oops typo. I meant - they come streaming straight out of the middle, surely there would have been multiple gravitational fly bys etc... the diagram oversimplifies things. Enochlau 13:21, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
        • It's only a diagramm ;-), it is not a 3D-simulation of Voyager's flight path. And the main purpose of this diagramm is to show the location of Voagers in respect to termination shock and so on. And Voyagers took a direct route to Jupiter and further to Saturn, in other words they didn't have multiple flybys at inner planets like more modern space probes commons:Image:Voyager Path.jpg. --Bricktop 15:45, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)
  • Comment. It may be usefull to label the Sun on the picture. Could someone with graphical skills do it?--Bricktop 11:26, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Promoted Image:Voyager 1 entering heliosheath region.jpg +10 / -3 -- Solipsist