Hey! That's what I was going to say!
WARNING: Nerd alert: There are no stars in the "great expanse" between galaxies... So, the stars that you are displaying, would be ours (Milky way - assuming you are going for accuracy - and if so, that is a nice rendition of M31)... Cool
Indeed, some suspension of disbelief is required, as with most good sci-fi. I assume that
M31 (Messier) is Andromeda. But which part of it are you calling M31? One of the varied galaxies that float past? I just chose some arbitrary colours for the galaxies, which are generated by some code I hope to expand to make better-looking galaxies in the future. (I think that code is currently commented out in this prog.) Unfortunately, I still have to use IrfanView to complete my galaxy-making process.
As for the awesome-looking
large image, that would be courtesy of NASA, and I'm still trying to figure out its official name. I call it the
K9 Nebula (even if it's just a lot of dust and stuff) because I can see a nice little doggy head in it. Or dog-like creature. Lots of jaw-dropping telescope images I could've chosen, but I needed something that would tile relatively seamlessly.