Does anyone know what the clouds of black are in the galactic plane? Is there something in the way, or are there no stars there?
Largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever
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#32Does anyone know what the clouds of black are in the galactic plane? Is there something in the way, or are there no stars there?
Dust and gas blocking light from the stars behind: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstellar_dust + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dust_lane
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#33I was able to spot the Magellan clouds, the Andromeda but where is Triangulum?
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#34Is there a reason why it appears more populated and dense in the middle as opposed to the upper or lower regions? Is that the plane of our galaxy, or something to do with the light?
It's a side view of the milky way - our galaxy. You can see it at night if you look up, and you live far away enough from a large city or light polluted area.
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#35Smallest false-color tiny FOV long exposure photograph from Val Thorens ever:
http://pilgrimbreak.com/sites/default/files/DSCF2027.JPG
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#36Lovely picture. Looks a bit different from the sky outside my house: that's what I get for living near other people...
Anyone used their iOS app? Is it better/different than Star Walk?
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#38It looks so different like this! The Andromeda Galaxy was easy to spot, but I couldn't find any of the constellations I'm familiar with (until I found the "Show Constellations and Objects" button).
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#39Impressive to see how big (near) the Andromeda galaxy is compared to all the rest.
Andromeda looks actually really big!
It reminds of this post on APOD showing the apparent size compared to the moon:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap061228.html
Mind = blown.