Re: a question about milky way and constellations
On Aug 8, 10:32 pm, "beow...@xxxxxxxxxxx" <r.oeler...@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
ok so as I look up at the constellations in the sky, specifically
those that the milky way galaxy goes through, or really any
constellations, i am asking myself what direction in space am i
looking with respect to our milky way galaxy? i mean, when i see
casseopia, or cygnus, *where* am i looking in terms of earth and the
galaxy? Am i looking towards the center of the galaxy? away from the
galaxy center but through our arm of the galaxy, etc.? That seems like
a valid question any curious star gazer should want to know, I know I
do. Is there some star map of a sort that shows our galaxy, location
of earth in it, and the direction relative to earth and the galaxy of
the constellations? That would be interesting to see.
Look for the book "Binocular Astronomy" by Crossin & Tirion at your
local library or buy it.
It has a chapter on exactly what you are looking for.
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Relevant Pages
- Milky Way Galaxy is warped and vibrating like a drum (Forwarded)
... a pair of galaxies called the Magellanic Clouds -- appears to be interacting with the Milky Way's ghostly dark matter to create a mysterious warp in the galactic disk that has puzzled astronomers for half a century. ... The warp, seen most clearly in the thin disk of hydrogen gas permeating the galaxy, extends across the entire 200,000-light year diameter of the Milky Way, with the sun and earth sitting somewhere near the crease. ... Astronomers previously dismissed the Magellanic Clouds -- comprised of the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds -- as a probable cause of the galactic warp because the galaxies' combined masses are only 2 percent that of the disk. ...
(sci.astro) - Re: Seeing Double: Spitzer Captures Our Galaxys Twin
... I what way is this galaxy a "twin" of the milky way? ... Called Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxies Survey, ... > Space Telescope, Chandra X-ray Observatory and Compton Gamma Ray ...
(sci.astro) - Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way (Forwarded)
... Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way ... from your ordinary spiral galaxy. ... The Spitzer Space Telescope was lofted into orbit in August of 2003. ...
(sci.space.news) - Galactic survey reveals a new look for the Milky Way (Forwarded)
... With the help of NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have conducted the most comprehensive structural analysis of our galaxy and have found tantalizing new evidence that the Milky Way is much different from your ordinary spiral galaxy. ...
(sci.astro) - Re: Question about galaxy brightness
... settled by a colony ship that set out from Earth, and kept traveling until it was just about to run out of planets and head off in to deep space. ... Soon Erna's second sun would set - a false sun, made up of a million stars - but until then the Ernan colonists need have no fear of darkness. ... this is the Milky Way galaxy that we are talking about. ... Earth, which is closer to the center of the galaxy than Erna is, is ...
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