So if were in the Milky Way then how do you look in the sky and see it....?

Answer 1

We are on the outer spiral arms of the Milky Way. Unfortunately looking towards our galatic center we can't see very much because there is so much dust that it blocks us from seeing very far with natural light. Using some of the Infrared and Gamma Ray observatories, we have been able to see beyond the veil of dust.

Looking at the spiral arm, you can see some of the dust lit up by our nearby stars. It requires you to be far from city lights, and looks something like a thin cloud against the night sky.

We learn a lot by looking at other galaxies by being able to see the "top" or "bottom" (not looking in at the galatic plane where we are in ours). This allows us to peer further into the middle of other galaxies, but they are still fairly obscured by dust and very bright since there are so many stars clustered together.

Answer 2

You have to be in a place with no streetlights, outside the city. The sky is so bright in cities that it washes out the dim Milky Way. Go camping in the country, and on a moonless night look up at the dark, dark sky and you will see so many stars that it will blow your mind. Way more than you can see from the city. And you will also see a faint, irregular band of light, almost like a cloud, stretching across the sky. That is the Milky Way.

Answer 3

Everything you see in the firmament at night (or almost everything) IS the Milky way. We are floating amongst millions of stars, planets and particles that constitute the Milky way. The milky way is a galaxy. We are at the tail end of this galaxy which we call the milky way, when there are innumerable galaxies surrounding our stardust.

Answer 4

We're in one arm of the Milky Way. far out near the rim of the galaxy. When you "see the Milky Way" in the sky, you're actually seeing the other arm of the galaxy, and that blocks our view of the inner portion of the galaxy.

The two arms are called the Orion arm and the Sagittarius arm, but I forget which one we're in.

Answer 5

cuz you dont see all of it, just the rest of it.
all of the nine planets in our solar system are part of the milky way. and there are millions of other solar systems just in our galaxy (the milky way)
to the best of my knowledge i dont think its possible that any of the stars we see with the naked eye are NOT a part of the milky way, its too big.
i think you can only see other galaxies with a very powerful telescope.
this puts into perspective how huge the universe really is

Answer 6

Do you live in a city? If so you have no chance, you need to be out in the countryside on a very dark clear night with NO interference from city lights. Yo have to look directly overhead It is a fantastic sight, countless stars, so dense it looks like a mist it make you realise how insignificant we are, just like a grain of sand in a desert.

Answer 7

The band you see is due to us looking into the center of our galaxy. It is from the mily way looking band we named our galaxy. Notice that its position changes throughout the year.

Answer 8

We live in the suburbs of the galaxy.

If you live in the suburbs of a city, you can often see downtown.

Same thing.

Answer 9

you live in a city and you can see it, right?