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Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 18:43:51 UTC No. 16204937
if you were sitting on a planet in the middle of intergalactic space would it be really dark?
the furthest object we can see with the naked eye is Triangulum (the galaxy next to Andromeda) and it's barely a tiny faint smudge to our eyes
but I don't know if that is due to light pollution from our galaxy or the viewing distance would be the same in intergalactic space
if it is the same then intergalactic space would be incredibly dark to us no? almost pitch blackness with only a couple reference points in the form of galaxies nearest to you
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 19:52:27 UTC No. 16205057
IF IT WAS DARK YOU COULD JUST TRUN ON YOUR LASER SWORD FOR LIGHT!!!
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 20:15:09 UTC No. 16205099
The only objects that *might* be visible if you were sitting in intergalactic space near the Milky Way.
I count the Magellanic Clouds and nearby star clusters as part of the Milky Way because I am racist against them and they will never be real galaxies so I'm not giving them separate entries.
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 20:18:53 UTC No. 16205105
>>16204937
>xkcd
sup reddit
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 22:40:50 UTC No. 16205278
>>16205088
that sounds completely retarded
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 22:51:27 UTC No. 16205300
>>16205278
Explain why.
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 22:59:42 UTC No. 16205312
>>16204937
>if it is the same then intergalactic space would be incredibly dark to us no?
yes, some voids are many millions of light-years wide. Indeed, if I had to guess, to the naked eye it would be only darkness.
Anonymous at Sat, 1 Jun 2024 23:00:44 UTC No. 16205314
>>16205088
hey, I tried!
>>16205312
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 09:46:24 UTC No. 16205970
>>16205312
then why isn't the night sky total darkness?
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 13:05:38 UTC No. 16206091
>>16206070
Pluto is in the middle of a galaxy, and next to a star.
But yes it does get much darker than on Earth, that photo is artificially brightened.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQm
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 13:09:45 UTC No. 16206097
>>16205970
You see stars, nebulas in the night sky. Objects from our galaxy.
The only intergalactic objects that you can spot with your naked eye are the ones in this >>16205099 picture. And that is if you have really good vision, Andromeda and Triangulum are the only ones most people can make out.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 14:55:44 UTC No. 16206235
>>16206097
if the question in OP is regarding whether you could see objects in interstellar space, then the answer is no. in fact you wouldn't even see your own hands and body (assuming you're just floating in space in a space suit). but that should be obvious. it is well known that even while spacewalking near Earth, shadows behave very differently because there's no light being reflected from other surfaces. so when you are looking at the ISS or any object, one side is fully illuminated by the sun, but the other side is near pitch black.
but it sounded to me that OP is asking whether you would see galaxies and stars in interstellar space, to which the answer is yes. in fact you would see more stars than here on earth because no light pollution/atmosphere/clouds etc.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:03:35 UTC No. 16206246
>>16206235
>in fact you would see more stars
Only in the most pedantic sense that looking at a galaxy is "seeing stars." In truth what you'd see in the sky in intergalactic space is just galaxies. Some of them would LOOK LIKE very dim stars because they happen to be the right size and distance away, but they'd really be galaxies.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:05:31 UTC No. 16206254
>>16206246
colloquially galaxies are just called stars, but technically you're right
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:06:08 UTC No. 16206255
>>16206235
The question was about intergalactic space, not interstellar space.
>>16206246
>Some of them would LOOK LIKE very dim stars
That is underselling it. See the image >>16205099.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:08:11 UTC No. 16206258
>>16206255
>The question was about intergalactic space, not interstellar space.
doesn't really make a difference, does it
>>16205099
why wouldn't you be able to see other galaxies when you can see them from here on Earth?
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:10:52 UTC No. 16206261
>>16206258
Yes it does make a huge difference. The distances get insane.
>why wouldn't you be able to see other galaxies when you can see them from here on Earth?
You can't. We can see them with advanced telescopes but just with your eyes, the only galaxies you can maybe make out are Andromeda and Triangulum, the ones in our immediate vicinity.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:13:11 UTC No. 16206264
>>16206261
>You can't. We can see them with advanced telescopes but just with your eyes, the only galaxies you can maybe make out are Andromeda and Triangulum, the ones in our immediate vicinity.
my point is, you could see pretty much the exact same thing you can see from here on earth, which is far from
>almost pitch blackness
I'm not really getting where this idea is coming from
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:16:54 UTC No. 16206267
>>16206264
Yes. You would see galaxies the same as you see them from Earth.
On Earth we can see the light from two galaxies (aside from ours obviously) in the night sky.
Now imagine you are sitting in the middle of the distance between Andromeda and the Milky Way.
You would see a very small Andromeda galaxy, a very small Milky Way and a dim spot for Triangulum.
Nothing else.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:17:15 UTC No. 16206269
>>16206261
You are responding to a bot
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:19:38 UTC No. 16206274
>>16206267
>On Earth we can see the light from two galaxies
what are you talking about? I remember seeing way more dots on the night sky
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:20:06 UTC No. 16206275
>>16206274
Those are stars, from inside our own galaxy.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:22:14 UTC No. 16206279
>>16206275
ok and? how is that
>almost pitch blackness
you would be seeing the exact same stars and galaxies you can see from here on earth. I still don't understand what the question in OP is. yes it would be dark but why is this such a big revelation to him?
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:23:03 UTC No. 16206280
>>16206279
Be honest with me, are you trolling?
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:24:41 UTC No. 16206285
>>16206280
no but apparently we have very different definitions of pitch blackness
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:26:09 UTC No. 16206288
>>16206285
If you went outside the Milky Way you would not see all the individual stars you see all around you inside the Milky Way, because you are now outside the Milky Way.
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:30:24 UTC No. 16206295
>>16206288
ok I get what you mean now
Anonymous at Sun, 2 Jun 2024 15:35:03 UTC No. 16206306
I will now close this thread and never return