Starship Asterisk*

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090428.html

What a beautiful Photo! I kind of picture in my mind that this is what the Milky Way must look like from the outside. 8)

'Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile,' I wonder if the Milky Way is a little thicker though.

Orin

orin stepanek wrote:http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090428.html
I kind of picture in my mind that this is what the Milky Way must look like from the outside. 8)
'Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile,'
I wonder if the Milky Way is a little thicker though.

Only if one is in the thick of it:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010202.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000130.html

neufer wrote:

orin stepanek wrote:http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090428.html
I kind of picture in my mind that this is what the Milky Way must look like from the outside. 8)
'Also known as the Needle Galaxy for its narrow profile,'
I wonder if the Milky Way is a little thicker though.

Only if one is in the thick of it:

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010202.html

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000130.html

That infrared photo (your second url) is amazing.

http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap000130.html
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090428.html
I think the infrared photo of the Milky Way looks very much like the needle galaxy. Of course it being made from inside our galaxy may alter the actual shape of it.

Orin