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"The majority of children born today will never see the Milky Way" (www.noemamag.com)

submitted 5 months ago by stabby_cicada to c/collapse

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[–] emmie@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I didn’t know you can see Milky Way. I saw some photos online that I thought are just made up artworks for quite a long time

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We are in it, at the edge, so any face on views where you can see the spiral are artists' impressions, but you can see it side on, more so in the southern hemisphere without light pollution, as a line of stars across the sky.

[–] teft@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We're about two thirds the way out on one of the arms. We aren't at the edge.

[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Ok fine, not quite at the edge, but towards the edge. We're not at the centre, for sure.

[–] 14th_cylon@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

we are in it, but we can see the narrow profile of the galactic disk in the sky.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way

https://youtu.be/1zJ9FnQXmJI?si=SsPpbYOVT3fue8Z-