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!! Please help
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.
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There is no such map, why? Because there's lots of Stars on the other side
of the Galaxy that we can't even see much less map. Look at photos of M31, that can give you an idea of what ours would look like. There are a few Artest drawings and such of what ours "Might" look like from above, but there's a lot of guess work in them. -- The Lone Sidewalk Astronomer of Rosamond Telescope Buyers FAQ http://home.inreach.com/starlord Astronomy Net Online Gift Shop http://www.cafepress.com/astronomy_net "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. Thank you --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- |
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"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. Thank you --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- 'Lo James -- Closest i have come to this is at this website, so... happy hunting! http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/ happy days and... starry starry nights! -- Are you sleeping? Stars are waiting, Shining high they wait for you. Are you looking? Stars are soaring, Flashing, twinkling just for you. Indelibly yours, Paine http://www.savethechildren.org/ http://www.painellsworth.net |
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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.) -- Odysseus |
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"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 |
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Painius wrote:
"Odysseus" wrote... in message ... snip (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. It definitely doesn't show up here, but from the above the problem doesn't seem to be at your end -- sorry for jumping to conclusions. You have a MAC? What does it do when there is no space after the sig-sep. in a post you're reading? No need to shout! It's not *that* weird, is it? The issue with sig-separators doesn't have anything to do with *reading* messages; it's about *replying* -- whether on a Mac, a Windows PC or a Unix workstation. Newsreaders are supposed to automatically omit the separator and everything that follows it when quoting a message in a reply. When a sig is long (netiquette authorities generally put the limit at four lines -- and I hear some ISPs actually enforce this) the needless repetition becomes more noticeable. -- Odysseus |
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Hunt James wrote: 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. Thank you --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- Maybe alt.astronomy's No. 1 poster, Art Deco, can help you. Double-A |
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Double-A wrote:
Hunt James wrote: 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. Thank you --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- Maybe alt.astronomy's No. 1 poster, Art Deco, can help you. Double-A How ironic. -- Official Associate AFA-B Vote Rustler "The original human being was a female hermaphrodite with both male and female genitalia." "Human beings CAN NOT live in a solar system without a sun with a ferrite core and a planet without a solid iron core." -- Alexa Cameron, Kook of the Year 2004 |
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"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. Thank you This site might be what you're looking for. http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/index.html --------------= Posted using GrabIt =---------------- ------= Binary Usenet downloading made easy =--------- -= Get GrabIt for free from http://www.shemes.com/ =- |
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