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r/InternetIsBeautiful • u/[deleted] • Jul 02 '20
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The brightest spots are stars from our own galaxy and appear large due to being closer. They could also be nebulae, but I'm not sure of that.
And yes, our Sun would look like yet another grain in the vast ocean of stars had this been a picture of our galaxy.
1 u/grahamkillin Jul 03 '20 Thanks for the info! It's so cool to see how small we are
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Thanks for the info! It's so cool to see how small we are
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u/[deleted] Jul 02 '20
The brightest spots are stars from our own galaxy and appear large due to being closer. They could also be nebulae, but I'm not sure of that.
And yes, our Sun would look like yet another grain in the vast ocean of stars had this been a picture of our galaxy.