So now the milky way is a barred galaxy...

Wayfarer · Post #1by **Wayfarer** » 01.02.2002, 14:20

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/te ... 793696.stm

So does the shape in Celestia need to be changed?

Guest · Post #2by **Guest** » 26.02.2002, 20:54

just incase people cant be bothered to link

Guest · Post #3by **Guest** » 05.03.2002, 18:52

Not really, I think. The right picture does not show our galaxy and the left one is "merely" the simulation of a photo shot from another earth, it does not show the real look of our galaxy. It is much too bright anyway.
I can hardly see the Milky Way at all from here.
Maybe the center will have to be modified a bit.
But then again... Do YOU want to type in half a billion stars?

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Paul · Post #4by **Paul** » 06.03.2002, 05:51

Uhhh.... actually the left picture IS of the Milky Way from Earth - taken in infrared by the 2MASS mission, which makes it slightly more difficult to recognise (although the brown cloud middle top is obviously the Pipe Nebula!).

Guest · Post #5by **Guest** » 06.03.2002, 19:43

...but just slightly, yes.

Well, it really seems to be the Pipe Nebula, so it should be a view from Earth. Thanks for the hint.

Doesn't change my statement a bit, though.

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