I'm not sure if this is true or just one of those false facts. But I think I'm gonna go with false because mars recieves the same ammount of light the moon does but it's distance to earth is waaaay bigger. Also because it's bullsh*t that a galaxy that is millions and millions of km away from earth, and that is full of bright burning stars, looks that big from here...
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· 10 years ago
This is not false whatsoever. This is legitimately what it would look like if a great enough area (and I mean ~ a large country) were to shut its lights off completely.
Nono, I'm not talking about the milky way, I know that's true, I'm ralking about the other planets and galaxies on the side. There is no possible way that can be true. I have a friend who lives really far from the city in a countryside. I was spending the night at her place and we went to see the stars. We saw the milky way of course but no one has ever seen something even close to that picture
My country's only proper city is located in the capital (montevideo) my friend lives in a "state" let's say, called canelones. There are no even near to city lights there, or in a 300 km radium, so no light affects the view of the sky. Again, there is no way that is true. What it is true is that we can see out milky way but not mars and all those nebulas and galaxies
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· 10 years ago
I think I need some sleep XD Yeah, you should be able to see at best the Andromeda galaxy but other planets and nebulas are unlikely. I think I'm going to get my dose of sleep now.
Not sure about the other ones, but the largest of the galaxies shown there, the Andromeda Galaxy, it's true.
It's actual (apparent) size is six times the width of the full moon, but only the core can be seen with the naked eye. It takes telescopes and long exposure times to reveal its full size and extent.
That's why the picture says "if they were brighter."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy
The one on the bottom left and over one and three up are the large and small Magellanic Clouds. They can only been seen from the Southern Hemisphere, and I can confirm they are visible with the naked eye, when you are far enough away from the city for it to be completely dark.
It's actual (apparent) size is six times the width of the full moon, but only the core can be seen with the naked eye. It takes telescopes and long exposure times to reveal its full size and extent.
That's why the picture says "if they were brighter."
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_Galaxy