Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view]scorekeeper12 t1_jdt9uie wrote
False, since we don’t have a photo of our own galaxy from space. So this is just a guess that this is what the Milky Way looks like.
lampiaio OP t1_jdtbwwj wrote
Yes, as stated in the title, it's a simulated view and not a photo. A photo like this will remain physically impossible for a long, long time. However, considering we have enough information about our own galaxy (such as its size, general orientation, and position relative to its neighbors) and that the software used to produce the images takes all of that into account when simulating the universe, it's the furthest from "just a guess" than we can scientifically get at this moment. The image is the product of a mathematical simulation using the scientific data we currently have.
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