How can we see the Milky Way if we are inside of it? - eviltoast
  • Chunk@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wait we can know what it looks like though. They can plot the distance and position of the stars and then they will have a model of its shape as a point cloud.

    • mechoman444@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The original question is very vague and in general difficult to answer without asking additional questions to clarify so I answered the question in the spirit not in the letter.