Starship Asterisk*

Yeah, when we look with our eyes, it doesn't matter what direction we choose (or how dark the skies are); essentially everything we see is inside our galaxy (with the few very rare exceptions like M31). I was referring the narrow field view, as you get with a telescope, or what Hubble shows. When l...

hi David - thanks for posting the quote about the Galactic Anticenter from my blog. I focus my blog on the non-scientific, casual city observer, hence my simplifications when talking about visualization of our galaxy. hi Chris - you are correct in stating that the worst way to look out of the galaxy...