Re:The True Size Of Countries: Mercator projection
by RichardCA on Monday November 16, 2020 @02:17PM
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The galactic center roughly aligns with the constellation Sagittarius, which is considered a southern constellation.
If you try to do milky way astrophotography in the northern hemisphere you quickly find out you are limited to the late spring / early summer, because you want to be seeing the southern sky at night. Most of the year the sun is too close to Sagittarius during daylight hours, making viewing impossible.
If you try to do milky way astrophotography in the northern hemisphere you quickly find out you are limited to the late spring / early summer, because you want to be seeing the southern sky at night. Most of the year the sun is too close to Sagittarius during daylight hours, making viewing impossible.