by BMAONE23 » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:27 pm
If we were at the center of such a cluster, the sky wouldn't be any brighter than it is now. There would be differences though. Due to the proxcimity of the local neighborhood stars, there would be more bright stars (perhaps on the brightness magnitude of Serius or even Venus) visible in the night sky. Due to the rotational velocities if the stars near the center, the locations of these stars wouldn't be fixed in the night sky, they would change as their orbits progressed being noticable much like our major planets change location in the sky over years time. This miht lead to a situation where there might be fewer noticable constellations in the evening sky. If the stars were bright enough, say -4.6 magnitude or even brighter, they would be visible in the day time too. Much like Venus can be (and was in Feb 2006)
Venus is just visible in the upper right of the image.
If we were at the center of such a cluster, the sky wouldn't be any brighter than it is now. There would be differences though. Due to the proxcimity of the local neighborhood stars, there would be more bright stars (perhaps on the brightness magnitude of Serius or even Venus) visible in the night sky. Due to the rotational velocities if the stars near the center, the locations of these stars wouldn't be fixed in the night sky, they would change as their orbits progressed being noticable much like our major planets change location in the sky over years time. This miht lead to a situation where there might be fewer noticable constellations in the evening sky. If the stars were bright enough, say -4.6 magnitude or even brighter, they would be visible in the day time too. Much like Venus can be (and was in Feb 2006) [img]http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z159/BMAONE23/PICT0002b.jpg[/img]
Venus is just visible in the upper right of the image.