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Re:Our Dazzling Night Sky When the Milky Way Collides with A... by Camillo on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @04:04PM (#21327985)
Yeah, but this is astrophotography _and_ it's from Nasa, so it's what it would look like with ultra-long exposure, lots of photoshop, and false color. If we extrapolate the naked eye view, it'd be a grayish smudge at best.
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Re:Our Dazzling Night Sky When the Milky Way Collides with A... by HoveringOrb on Tuesday October 22, 2019 @06:10PM (#21328953)
The first couple of images show the milky way pretty much as it actually appears from a suitably dark location. Maybe just a bit brighter and more contrasty than I recall, but I'm sure there are many here who see it almost nightly and can speak to that better. Just saying, it doesn't look grossly exaggerated to me.
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