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Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by semi-extrinsic »

ginko wrote: post #2

A professional large photo plot of this would probably look seriously impressive.

Even at 200 dpi this would be 15 meters wide and 2.25 meters tall.

Imagine that in a museum, just a massive wall with 100 billion stars. It would be ridiculously cool.

Re: Grand mosaic of the Milky Way is now larger than ever

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Post by yumraj »

kerblang wrote: post #4

Apparently 100 billion stars in there. That is nuts.

Yup. Even at 1 in every 1 million systems, that could be 100,000 systems with life.

Or, even at 1 in every 10 million, that could be 10,000 systems with life.

In a way I hate these photos. It's like showing a kid an ultra delicious looking candy, but telling them that they will not be able to taste it in their lifetime.

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Post by zokier »

yumraj wrote: post #8
kerblang wrote: post #4

Apparently 100 billion stars in there. That is nuts.

Yup. Even at 1 in every 1 million systems, that could be 100,000 systems with life. Or, even at 1 in every 10 million, that could be 10,000 systems with life. In a way I hate these photos. It's like showing a kid an ultra delicious looking candy, but telling them that they will not be able to taste it in their lifetime.

But for all we know the odds could be 1 in every 100 billion; we have no way of knowing, almost any guess you'd make is equally unfounded.
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