The other side of the galaxy?
- Thread starter Manok101
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I'm headed there on my next outward bound project and wanted to know what was worth seeing out there? I'm going there even if there isn't anythingJust to do it.
Well, there's stars and stuff...
But I think you answered your own question...go there because you can and because it is something that is worthy of doing
Frawd
It kinda sounds like some sorta zen bull****, but in all honesty, it is all about the journey, not the destination
Made my trip out to Sag A* a couple months back, took some selfies, ejected a couple of tonnes of beer into the black hole (for my homies) then turned around and came back. Sag A* itself was kinda "meh" but the water worlds, earth likes, neuron stars etc, along with systems that defy imagination (let alone physics) that I found along the way were more exciting that the black hole itself (even now, still a lot of first discovered-by bodies and systems to be found, even on a straight line run)
I pretty much only use the "destination" that is something to aim at while I discover exciting stuff along the way - e.g. currently going clockwise around the galaxy to beagle point - i know there is not much to see there, apart from being more than 65klys away from sol, but the journey so far has been worth it (especially if noone sells the data before i get back!)
Made my trip out to Sag A* a couple months back, took some selfies, ejected a couple of tonnes of beer into the black hole (for my homies) then turned around and came back. Sag A* itself was kinda "meh" but the water worlds, earth likes, neuron stars etc, along with systems that defy imagination (let alone physics) that I found along the way were more exciting that the black hole itself (even now, still a lot of first discovered-by bodies and systems to be found, even on a straight line run)
I pretty much only use the "destination" that is something to aim at while I discover exciting stuff along the way - e.g. currently going clockwise around the galaxy to beagle point - i know there is not much to see there, apart from being more than 65klys away from sol, but the journey so far has been worth it (especially if noone sells the data before i get back!)
Oooh, I want to see these neuron stars!! (I am a neuroscientist by training).
Nice typo cmdr.
Frawd
What's out there to find is the dawning realization of how big the galaxy actually is. 400 billion stars, 100 billion star systems, that's just numbers. While flying through them to the other side of the galaxy for many days, weeks or even months you slowly start put things into perspective. And when you finally get back you still have seen far less than 0.00001% of the galaxy.
Visit an edge along the way, doesn't matter where, up, down, on any of the sides and you'll get a great view of the Galaxy.
Visit an edge along the way, doesn't matter where, up, down, on any of the sides and you'll get a great view of the Galaxy.
