Comment on It really ties the universe together

lowleveldata@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• BluJay320@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  We’re looking at vast distances, and there’s no depth perception here. Like seeing constellations, those stars that look clustered up are actually much farther apart than you realize, but you can’t tell the distance just by looking at it

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  • Siethron@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Also this view might include red dwarfs which make up like 75% of all stars and are not visible to the naked eye at night (and wouldn’t be even if you were in space on the dark side of the moon. they’re too dim compared to the sun). When you add them in galaxies are much more dense with stars.

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