Just read a bit of trivia (unknown source): On a clear autumn night, one can see stars as far away as 2 million light years.
So it occurs to me.... If I can only see 2 million LY, but Hubble can see 10 BILLION LY... I am seeing only 1/5000 of the distance seen by machine .... well.... the Universe just got a whole lot bigger to me...... I think I'll sit down now... Don't want to even think about how little of the total U I can see..... Nerd From Hell >-----Original Message----- >From: Steve Sloan II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:18 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way > > >Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > [BTW, is it "Milky Way" or "Milky-Way" ?] > >"Milky Way". According to the web search I did, the >"Way" in "Milky Way" means "road" -- something I >didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named >the Appian Way, it wouldn't have a hyphen. > >> What is the width of a spiral arm? > >After eyeballing this picture of a spiral galaxy from above: > >http://www.astro.psu.edu/users/stark/ASTRO11/lab11-12images/spi >ral-face/aat017.jpg > >...If the Milky Way is about 100,000 ly across, then I'd say >they're in the neighborhood of 10,000 ly wide. >______________________________________________________________________ >Steve Sloan ......... Huntsville, Alabama =========> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Brin-L list pages .............................. http://www.brin-l.org >Chmeee's 3D Objects .................... http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee >3D and Drawing Galleries .................. http://www.sloansteady.com >Software ................ Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links >Science fiction scans ......................... http://www.sloan3d.com > >_______________________________________________ >http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
