Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

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Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #1by Reiko » 21.12.2008, 20:19

I have several systems in the small magellanic cloud and was wondering if there was a way to get the milky way to show up in a sky during daylight?
I know in reality galaxies are too dim to see during daylight but I'm trying to recreate a painting I once saw in a book. Turning up the galaxy brightness doesn't help because it simply disappears during daylight.

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Re: Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #2by Hungry4info » 22.12.2008, 05:31

I don't suppose putting the galaxy in the atmosphere would fix it... hmm....

(lawl that sounds so awkward in a scientific sense).
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Re: Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #3by Derek » 22.12.2008, 13:47

I don't suppose putting the galaxy in the atmosphere would fix it... hmm....

Hungry is right its like using Paint or similar you bring the back layer to the front remove the black space which should leave stars galaxies etc visible. Using Celestia I'm not sure maybe someone with the software knowledge could.
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Re: Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #4by Reiko » 23.12.2008, 23:56

Thank you, guess I could do that. :)

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Re: Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #5by Hungry4info » 24.12.2008, 01:07

I didn't mean to sound sarcastic, lol. I really don't think it will work. But on the other hand, I don't really know.

It just hit me. Stars aren't visible unless they're within the solar system (or more specifically, within the 1 light-year in radius sphere around the central star). Prehaps the galaxy just has to be in system?
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Re: Possible to view a galaxy hanging in the daytime sky?

Post #6by Reiko » 24.12.2008, 03:12

I didn't think you were being sarcastic. :P

Here is the effect I was looking for.
This is how the galaxy would look if you could see it during the daytime on a planet in the SMC.

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