Relative Sizes in the Universe

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Relative Sizes in the Universe

• or why we are SOOOOO insignificant

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• Antares is the 15th brightest star in the sky
• It is the bright reddish star in the
  constellation Scorpius

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NOW TRY TO WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THIS.........

• THIS IS A HUBBLE TELESCOPE ULTRA DEEP FIELD
  INFRARED VIEW OF COUNTLESS"ENTIRE" GALAXIES
  BILLIONS OF LIGHT-YEARS AWAY.

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BELOW IS A CLOSE UP OF ONE OF THE DARKEST REGIONS
OF THE PHOTO ABOVE.
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• "Who are we?
• We find that we live on an insignificant planet
  of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in
  some forgotten corner of a universe in which
  there are far more galaxies than people.
• -Carl Sagan
• Yeah, its like that!

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