10 July 2025

The Milky Way - horizontal and vertical orientations


Both images were entries at NASA's Astronomy Photo of the Day (November 5, 2024 and July 2, 2025).  Relevant discussion at each link.

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  1. Is there a "milkywaycalc" so one can look up time (based on a place) for when the MW is standing up or lying down? Like suncalc dot org and mooncalc dot org for those two?

    p.s. living in southern Rhode Island, there seems to be too much light at night to see the MW. Up in northern Vermont, I do get to see the MW, not very bright, but it is there, usually overhead and extending from north to south.

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    1. You are so lucky that you can see the Milky Way !
      Down here on these islands breaking waves in the south west Pacific Ocean we never get to see the Milky Way ... sigh.
      You are SO lucky, getting all those northern hemisphere stars and things.

      And thank you for all the thousands of comments you make, here and on other interesting sites.

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    2. ??? those stone thingies beneath the Milky Way in the top photo are some of the moai on Easter Island, which is well south of the equator (27° 7′ 12″ S, 109° 21′ 0″ W)

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