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Can You See the Milky Way from Your Backyard?
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:49 am
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:49 am
Here's what it looks like from mine (well, as seen by my camera after a 2½ minute exposure):
The star, Antares, which I have labeled is one of the largest stars in the Milky Way. If it were placed in our solar system, it would extend almost to Jupiter.
The star, Antares, which I have labeled is one of the largest stars in the Milky Way. If it were placed in our solar system, it would extend almost to Jupiter.
This post was edited on 7/28/22 at 10:53 am
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Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:50 am to blueridgeTiger
Now that I have moved to North Williamson County, I can see it with my naked eye. But it looks like a cloud, not nearly as nice as that ^
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:51 am to blueridgeTiger
i could where i grew up because there was basically zero light pollution for 100 miles. definitely took that for granted
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:52 am to blueridgeTiger
too much light pollution for me
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:52 am to blueridgeTiger
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:52 am to blueridgeTiger
You're in Granbury? Isn't that where the rumored Jesse James burial is located?
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:52 am to blueridgeTiger
On a clear night on my property in Mississippi I can.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:53 am to blueridgeTiger
Nah but I can see your wife taking it from 2 bulls at once
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:54 am to blueridgeTiger
quote:
Can You See the Milky Way from Your Backyard?
if i look over the fence at the neighbor's wife in the pool.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:54 am to blueridgeTiger
So in that picture are we looking toward the center the Milky Way or to the edge or somewhere between?
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:55 am to blueridgeTiger
Yes, but I prefer the salted caramel constellation
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:55 am to blueridgeTiger
When we first moved to where I live in 2000 we could see it fairly well but not as vivid as your pic. It's grown up so much now in my area that the light pollution makes it almost not visible
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:55 am to MorbidTheClown
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if i look over the fence at the neighbor's wife in the pool.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 9:56 am to blueridgeTiger
Nope.
I have seen it once in Bryce Canyon.
I have seen it once in Bryce Canyon.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 10:01 am to Oates Mustache
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You're in Granbury? Isn't that where the rumored Jesse James burial is located?
That's what local lore says. The legend is that he survived until 1948, and is buried here in Granbury.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 10:08 am to LordSnow
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ut it looks like a cloud, not nearly as nice as that ^
It pretty much looks like a cloud here too when viewed by the naked eye. Making a two and half minute exposure with a dslr brings out this image.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 10:41 am to GumboPot
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So in that picture are we looking toward the center the Milky Way or to the edge or somewhere between?
That is the Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way. The black hole at the galaxy center would be located at the lower center of that image.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 10:50 am to blueridgeTiger
Middle of the ocean on a clear night it looks like a photograph that isn't real. It was unreal to see
Posted on 7/28/22 at 10:50 am to blueridgeTiger
Considering my backyard is within the Milky Way I guess technically I can see it from my backyard. And I have noticed that on certain nights, particularly on the weekends, there seem to be a lot of beer cans in my section of the Milky Way.
Posted on 7/28/22 at 11:25 am to blueridgeTiger
From my parents second home in MT I’ve seen it look something like that before, but most nights it looks more like a cloud. As long as there’s no clouds in the sky we see shooting stars all night long there though. It’s beautiful. Planning on buying them a telescope for us and their Airbnb tenants to use whenever we’re there.
Don’t ever see anything close to that at home so will probably just leave it there.
Don’t ever see anything close to that at home so will probably just leave it there.
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