[nswnra] Re: justl wondering...
- From: G C <cozens3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: nswnra@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2011 04:32:51 +1100
On 5 March 2011 17:08, judith stella <judes@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> okay you astro gurus - here's a question or two
>
> If all the stars in the sky that we can see are in the milky way galaxy,
> which part of the galaxy are they in? our own spiral arm? or can we see
> outside our own spiral arm?
>
we can see outside our spiral arm, but we can't see the far side of our
galaxy.
>
> And if I was looking through a large telescope - say a 25" Obsession for
> example - would I then be able to see objects (stars, PNs, clusters etc)
> that are beyond the milky way galaxy? Or does it take a Hubble to see that
> far? Clearly we can see other galaxies but can we ever see inside those
> galaxies to the stars and other objects of those galaxies??
>
we can see OC, GC & neb in the LMC & SMC, which are nearby galaxies. also
neb in M33.
These two web sites are good.
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/
http://galaxymap.org/drupal/node/171
> Glen
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