"Odysseus" wrote...
in message ...

Painius wrote:

"Hunt James" wrote in message...
...

I am looking for a map of our local galaxy, for want of a better term,
top down. I can't seem to find anything except one map from NASA
that has only 15 stars on it. Whilst I am unlikely to find one that
has
all the stars named and to scale of the whole galaxy; I would like to
have a good sized area of galaxy to view.

Closest i have come to this is at this website, so...
happy hunting!

http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/

Yes, one of my favourite sites.

In particular

http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/milkyway.html

might be what James is looking for, although of course the scale is
too large to show individual stars or even clusters. But by "zooming
in" from there one can put the more detailed maps into context.

(BTW, please fix your sig-separator: it needs a space after the two
hyphens.)

Yes, O, i saw that you mentioned this to someone
else in the group as well. Curious, because i always
place at least one space at the end of *every* line in
my posts.

You must remember that my OE newsreader places
the sig-separator automatically with two hyphens and
a space. I've noticed that OE also removes all the
spaces i've typed after each line when it drafts or
posts... all *except* the space following the two-
hyphen sig-sep.

You have a MAC? What does it do when there is no
space after the sig-sep. in a post you're reading?

--
Odysseus

P.S. -- I just tested the post you responded to by
attempting a reply. All the spaces after each line have
been taken out, but there is still a space following the
two hyphens. Go figure. g

happy days and...
starry starry nights!

--
Star light, star bright,
Fairest star on awesome height,
I wish you may, I wish you might
Bring this Earth a bit of light.

Indelibly yours,
Paine http://www.savethechildren.org/
http://www.painellsworth.net