This Magnificent Galaxy - Floating Along the Milky Way

[A51Watcher]

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Thanks A51Watcher, for another great view of the "vastness" of just our own galaxy, of which we all are a part!!!! Really, as always with pics like this, the immensity of our Milky Way Galaxy is simply mind blowing. And in this video we do really get to see the real deal details because the pics used are from the Spitzer Infrared Telescope. Pretty much every dot of white light we see is a single star, like our Sun, and these tiny dots of light span the page and as far back into the depth as we can see in the video! Simply countless numbers!!

Well worth the watch!! I did find it better for me to see/view all of the details when I slowed the video down. In a slower motion the streaks of light became the dots of white - the stars!! Plus, in the slower mode I could actually have more time to view everything.

Just FYI for anyone who doesn't know, the cogwheel at the bottom lower right of a YouTube video is the feature to click-on, to change the video viewing speed for slower-motion.

Note, slow motion also slows down the sound, and at some speed point can even make video sound not particularly enjoyable!

[A51Watcher]

Thanks A51Watcher, for another great view of the "vastness" of just our own galaxy, of which we all are a part!!!! Really, as always with pics like this, the immensity of our Milky Way Galaxy is simply mind blowing. And in this video we do really get to see the real deal details because the pics used are from the Spitzer Infrared Telescope. Pretty much every dot of white light we see is a single star, like our Sun, and these tiny dots of light span the page and as far back into the depth as we can see in the video! Simply countless numbers!!

Yep, thanks I found it mind blowing as well, as our viewing Telescopes and recording technology has progressed with increased range and clarity, the results of the increased view around the old playpen are quite astounding!

And we also now know that billions and trillions of those suns are solar systems!

Who would have suspected? And now the odds begin to shift dramatically.



 

[A51Watcher]

One of the main features we see here and in Hubble images as well, is that we often see evidence of stars having gone supernova,
as well as stars about to go supernova.

It's like a bag of popcorn in the microwave.