These are the only three objects visible to the naked eye which are not a part of our own galaxy. Here, if the viewing conditions are especially good, you can see things like the Small and Large Magellanic clouds and, if you’re very lucky and have very good eyes, Andromeda Galaxy. But certainly, if you want to look as far as humanly possibly, don’t look into the milky strip of the galaxy where all sorts of dust, gas, and debris will cloud your vision, but rather into the seemingly dark and empty regions surrounding it. Here’s an image where the lines are pointing to the center:Īs far as outer space goes, it depends on what you consider “outer.” Some would call just a few dozen miles above the Earth’s surface outer space ( check out the definition of the Karman Line). The center of the galaxy occupies only a small portion of the entire strip and can generally only be seen if you are in the southern hemisphere. 2 and abram said, lord god, what wilt thou give me, seeing i go childless, and the steward of my house is this eliezer of damascus 3 and abram said, behold, to me thou hast given no seed: and, lo, one born in my house is mine heir. The Earth sits within this disc, and so when we look up at the night sky, the Milky Way appears as a long “milky” strip running across it. So the Milky Way is a big frisbee-shaped disc that has these spiral-arm structures winding their way from the center to the outskirts. Given our location inside of the Milky way, it is impossible for us to take on image of our own galaxy! Again, these are not actual images of the Milky Way, just what it might look like.
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