CyberCoder just sent me a link to this great new blog editor called ScribeFire. It only works with the Firefox browser, but it’s a snap(in) to install and use. This is my first post with it.
Now that I’m in south Texas, the night skies are amazingly dark. The trick to great stargazing is clear skies though. Thankfully we get a fair amount of clear skies. Last night was a good example. It was so clear I could see the dust cloud of the great Milky Way galaxy. It’s tilted edge on stretching north to south.
I’ve only seen the Milky Way galaxy with my own eyes a couple of times, but it is an awe inspiring sight. Looking into the heart of our great home galaxy really stirs my imagination. How many billions of stars are there? What’s it like at the center, knowing there’s a gigantic black hole at the center that’s gobbling up stars? Is there anyone out there looking back at us?
Milky Way Galaxy on YouTube
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http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_milkyway.html