I'm looking for a high resolution top view of our galaxy, an artistic rendition rather than a photo of a similar galaxy. A related question is how many spiral arms can be distinguished. I have seen versions with four up to ten main arms.
Still another question is how void space actually is between the arms. While VOY: "Night" (read on before it's moved to the VOY forum again ) shows a really void space, yet not as large as the actual distance between the arms, there should be something similar on either side of Federation territory. In this case it should have been mentioned some time in TNG and DS9 episodes that there is a huge void space to cross until the Alpha and Beta Quadrant can be further explored. Moreover, galactic geography only works if all the Cardassian, Federation, Romulan, Klingon and other family members are entirely located in the same arm. If, apart from the 8000 or 10000 LY diameter of Fed space regions without stars would have to be crossed, it is even more incredible that such a territory can exist as one political unit.
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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
I almost - almost - asked why you didn't use a photo of our own galaxy. . . it's that kind of a day here. 8)
Never mind. Wrong thread... It must be one of those days...
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Posted by Jaresh Inyo on :
First, for a few moments, I agreed with you.
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Posted by Nim (Member # 205) on :
I would also like to see the most accurate galaxy-pic available.
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Um... Was "Night" the episode w/ the Malon where they were crossing that completely void expanse? Because that couldn't have been the space between the galactic arms. If it were, there wouldn't be any stars near them, true, but there would be a huge band of distant stars all around them. Or do I just plain have the wrong episode? It wouldn't surprise me. I only recently started seeing some Voyager eps again after more than a year-long period w/o it, and I'm not even sure I'm seeing them in order... :-)
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Posted by Elim Garak (Member # 14) on :
Yup, you've got the right episode, TSN.
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Posted by grb on :
It'd be kinda hard to have a top view photo of the galaxy when u'd have to be a few hundred thousand light years away to take it.....
Actually, no one even knows for sure if our galaxy is really a spiral galaxy, u can'tknow for sure, so no ojne can know for sure how many spiral arms there might be. I think i knew of one estimate of about 5. The arms were named too, Earth was in the orion arm, the beta quadrant was made up of the sagitarius arm.
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Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :
Bernd: Your other thread was a completely Voyager-related question. This one isn't, since you're asking about TNG and DS9. TOS could have known about this too.
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Posted by The First One (Member # 35) on :
GRB: It was a 'joke.' Best get used to them, you'll see them quite often round here. . .
Posted by Bernd (Member # 6) on :
And Tahna Los: You were right to move it. Sometimes a general question turns out to get specific.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
*looks at the picture* Hey, where's the Denkiri Arm? *L*
Oh, and I wonder why that one between the Perseus and Cygnus Arms doesn't have a name...
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) shows a really void space, yet not as large as the actual distance between the arms, there should be something similar on either side of Federation territory. In this case it should have been mentioned some time in TNG and DS9 episodes that there is a huge void space to cross until the Alpha and Beta Quadrant can be further explored. Moreover, galactic geography only works if all the Cardassian, Federation, Romulan, Klingon and other family members are entirely located in the same arm. If, apart from the 8000 or 10000 LY diameter of Fed space regions without stars would have to be crossed, it is even more incredible that such a territory can exist as one political unit.