I just came in from standing outside on my deck - it's 1:06 am and the Milky Way is just beautiful tonight

Can you see the Milky Way from where you live ?

Nope. Tis beautiful though.

I heard a couple of years ago some Russian millionaire bought the rights to be the first to do sky advertising on some future satellite. I so hope that was just some stupid rumor.

No, it is overcast tonight...not because it's gonna rain or anything fun like that, just because it is natures way of teasing us like that.

Well even if it weren't raining I wouldn't be able to see it.....damn city lights

Well I'm not an astronomy expert but I always thought EVERY star we can see with a naked eye belongs to the Milky Way

Am I wrong?

PANDURITO said:

I do not know the answer to that - look it up and share the info with us

Mach said:

Without getting too P&R-ish, I just can't imagine anyone looking at that and thinking, "Yep - all that happened by some unexplainable accident."

PANDURITO said:

That's how I've always understood it too, but apparently both are correct:

"Some sources hold that, strictly speaking, the term "Milky Way" should refer exclusively to the band of light, while the full name Milky Way Galaxy, or alternatively the Galaxy should be used to describe our galaxy as a whole.[2][3][4] It is unclear how widespread the usage of this convention is, however, and the term "Milky Way" is routinely used in either context."

beautiful, i havent seen that in real life in ages

I cant see it from here, but If I go into the hills the veiw of the sky is great

Stunning shot sweetie.

That picture is beautiful mach, it is nearly four pm here and the weather is rather horrible so I doubt the sky here will look as stunning as where you are

I did not take that photo -

Mach said:

wow... i've never seen it like that
but i think i have seen it on occasion
would that make sense? depending on conditions?

I found a Milky Way outside once.
Half of it had been stepped on, but the other half was still good.
I like the nuget.
At least, I think it was nuget.

as far as I'm informed we are in the Milky Way ... but the view (which is probably a nebula of some sort) is so beautiful that I want to be there right now

Mach said:

very cool!


i got the theme music for it

http://www.youtube.com/wa...NhR-PrTAFE

Christopher said:

cool