One cannot imagine the grand size and scale of this.
Billions of stars make up this galaxy. With that, there are billions and billions of galaxies out there. The human brain is not capable of imagining numbers and size that big.
Out of the billions of galaxies, ours is just one. And out of the billions of stars that reside in these galaxies, our Sun is just one star.
7 posted on
12/23/2005 5:45:52 AM PST by
HOTTIEBOY
(I'm your huckleberry)
M31, the great Andromeda Galaxy some two million light-years away Traveling at the speed of light(6 trillion miles per hour) It would take you 2 million years to get there. And, it is the closest spiral galaxy to us. (Sagitarius Dwarf and Large Megellan Cloud are closer but irregular)
8 posted on
12/23/2005 5:53:24 AM PST by
HOTTIEBOY
(I'm your huckleberry)
To: HOTTIEBOY
What's with the billions and billions shtick? You're stealing my lines!
9 posted on
12/23/2005 6:32:42 AM PST by
saganite
(The poster formerly known as Arkie 2)
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