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Thank you for your reply Chris, which is appreciated. :)

[quote="DavidLeodis"]I would be grateful if someone could please clarify something for me. In the explanation to this APOD it states "...the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, running diagonally from the lower left to the upper right in the image but also [u][b]circling[/b][/u] the entire sky" (my use of the bold and underlined text for emphasis). Am I right therefore in assuming that if it could somehow be actually seen then the Milky Way could appear as a circle :?:. That would be spectacular if it is possible.[/quote]
If your latitude is equal to 90° minus the inclination of the Milky Way, you'll see the Milky Way form a band all the way around the horizon once each day. In other words, you'll see this if you have very dark skies and are located at about 30° latitude (north or south).

It's not likely to be very impressive, however, given that sections of the Milky Way aren't very bright, and there will be a good deal of attenuation through the long atmospheric path.

I would be grateful if someone could please clarify something for me. In the explanation to this APOD it states "...the band of our Milky Way Galaxy, running diagonally from the lower left to the upper right in the image but also [u][b]circling[/b][/u] the entire sky" (my use of the bold and underlined text for emphasis). Am I right therefore in assuming that if it could somehow be actually seen then the Milky Way could appear as a circle :?:. That would be spectacular if it is possible.

[quote="Boomer12k"]Oh, WOW....the Galaxy is upside down.... :D [/quote]
It looks just like this from the northern hemisphere, just at a different time. The Milky Way "flips" which side appears to be the top and which appears to be the bottom between its rise and set... in either hemisphere.

[quote="Boomer12k"]Oh, WOW....the Galaxy is upside down.... :D

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Doesn't it make you feel as if [url=http://sydneejanesworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/10/upside-down-girl.jpg?w=640&h=448]your feet are in the ceiling and your head is hanging down[/url], the way I pictured people "down under" when I was a kid? :wink:

Ann

Oh, WOW....the Galaxy is upside down.... :D

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[url]http://www.facebook.com/notes/astronomy-picture-of-the-day-apod/apod-mirrors-and-social-sites/406253482743452[/url]
Is a link to a listing of mirror APOD sites that may be working if there's a problem at NASA.

And below is a link to a recent Owlice post I discovered that also lists mirror sites...
[url]http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=29890[/url]

Wonderful photo. Had a little trouble accessing the site for about an hour this morning, but with patience we were rewarded with this exciting photo. Thank you.

Right now, 10:55 edt, i can't get anything. My windows diagnostics says nasa's gateway is closed. Oh, well.

Also, how come the w's are faded after they're posted? I noticed this a couple of days ago. Something wrong with the computer?

Edit--It's now high noon and It's back!

Aw, heck :!: I go back and the nasa gateway is closed again :!:
Well, at least i got to see the picture.
Maybe nasa will get it fixed soon.
Now... if they could only do something about these faded-->wwww. Doesn't seem to be so bad with the caps. WWWW

wonderful video! 8-) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_68ytOYnTvs[/youtube] Sometimes get rainbows when watering on a bright sunny day! 8-)

Indeed... breathless beauty captured by an accomplished astrophotographer. Thank you for featuring it today.

Has a dagger pierced the heart of the great Scorpion? It looks like the meteor passed right in front of Antares..

[url=http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap121112.html][img]http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/calendar/S_121112.jpg[/img] [size=150]Meteor and Moonbow over Wallaman Falls[/size][/url]

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