Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Messier 94.jpg

Messier 94 Galaxy
Voting period ends on 14 Oct 2013  at 06:23:05 (UTC)
 * Reason:Fine Quality high resolution picture
 * Articles in which this image appears:Messier 94
 * FP category for this image:Featured pictures/Space/Looking out
 * Creator:R Jay Gabany


 * Support as nominator --Benison  talk with me 06:23, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support-- DFSM Discussion 09:08, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support :  Bellus Delphina     talk   13:38, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Support -- JOHN C THOMAS KADAMMANITTA (talk) 14:00, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Comment Is 1200x1200px really the biggest image available for this one? Also, the source has no indication of this being CC-licensed. This can't pass until the copyright status is cleared up. Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:20, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
 * On his cosmotography.com website, R Jay GaBany has clearly indicated that his copyrighted images should not be "reproduce[d] or distribute[d] without permission." I have emailed him for permission so as not to see this image deleted from Commons, but meanwhile, I Oppose. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 11:53, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * R. Jay GaBany sent an email back to me thanking us for noting this violation of his copyright. The damage having already been done, he has agreed to a Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported License for this image. I forwarded his reply to OTRS and struck out my oppose. This image of Messier 94, despite being slightly undersized, nevertheless appears to be the most attractive to be seen on the internet (YMMV, of course!), so I am voting Support as a thank you to GaBany. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 04:01, 6 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Oppose - Nowhere near the resolution and quality we've come to expect from space images. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 03:12, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose Very soft and per Crisco 1492. Also, comment, I was under the impression star spikes were considered undesirable, and here they seem to be quite blatant. – Kerαu noςco pia ◁ gala xies 04:50, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Depending on the construction of the telescope and exposure conditions, the spikes are unavoidable, due to optical diffraction around the supports. You can't fault an image for showing them around the brightest stars. This image was taken by a remote-controlled observatory owned by the Internet Telescope Partnership, and for an amateur shot, is extremely good. Stigmatella aurantiaca (talk) 09:02, 5 October 2013 (UTC)


 * Comment NASA has a picture in 2820x2820 resolution. J Kadavoor J e e 06:56, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Not sure an ultra-violet picture is directly comparable. Adam Cuerden (talk) 10:43, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * No, but it does indicate that far stronger is possible and may be forthcoming. J Milburn (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose as above. J Milburn (talk) 14:30, 5 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Weak Support as we don't seem to have better. Adam Cuerden (talk) 01:23, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
 * Oppose As per low resolution. Not really comparable to the other stellar stellar FPs Mattximus (talk) 03:14, 9 October 2013 (UTC)

--Armbrust The Homunculus 06:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)
 * There is only a 57,89% support for the promotion of the image. Armbrust The Homunculus 06:31, 14 October 2013 (UTC)