How can we see the milky way if were in it?

Question

it seems kinda strange how we can see what were in theats like looking at our pupils

i shoulde have put a comma and said

, Thats like looking at our pupils

Answer 1

Our solar system is part of the milky way and it is a spiral shaped galaxy (like a wheel)and we are looking from one side. We are part of it and we are seeing the rest of it.

Answer 2

Instead of making fun of typos....

We reside in what we call the Milky Way Galaxy. The solar system is toward the outside edge....maybe 2/3 of the way out. Looking at our galaxy from the edge (if we could), it is like two dinner plates, one upside down on top of the other, thin at the edges, thick in the middle. (We can assume we look like this from light measurements that have been made and to fully explain it would fill this section of answers). At certain times of the year, at night we are looking towards the outside edge or the thin part of the Milky way. So we do not see too many stars. At other times we are facing the center of the galaxy so we are looking towards the thick part and lots of stars. Though we have 2 space probes beyond our solar system, we will not in our life time leave our galaxy.

Earth type analogies: You live in your town, but when you look outside you see your town.
As mentioned before you are in your house but you can see your house.

Answer 3

We can see it because we're in it, and it's not at all like looking at our pupils. What we can't see is what the entire galaxy looks like from an outside view, but we have plenty of other galaxies to look at to get an idea what ours would look like.

Look at it this way: you can see the interior of your house when you're in it, but not the outside. However, you can see from the inside what shape and size it must be from the outside, and you can see other houses out of your windows to give you an idea of what houses generally look like. Put those bits of information together and you can make a reasonable estimate of what your house looks like from the outside even though you're inside it and can't see that for yourself.

P.S. Contrary to at least one answer, we have never been able to send any satellites outside the galaxy to look at it. The galaxy is 100,000 light years across. The furthest man made object from Earth has only just aproached the edge of the solar system and is not even close to the next star never mind the outside of the galaxy.

Answer 4

If you mean, how can we see a "topical" view of it, we cannot. All "topical" images of the Milky Way are artistical conceptions, or are of another galaxy. We can tell, however, that the Milky Way is pancake shaped because of the density of stars in the sky. Imagine looking down through a clear dish of cloudy water. You might be able to see your hand if you pass it underneath the dish, but if you looked from the side, you probably wouldnt be able to see your hand at all, because you're looking through many more particles. The same applies to the galaxy, when you look at it from the side (or on its plane), you're looking through many more stars.

Answer 5

It's almost the same as if you were at a major sporting event. You yourself are part of it, but, you can also see everyone else and everything else there as well. If you wanted to liken it to Earth and our Solar System it would be as though you couldn't leave your seat - your observation point never changes except for being able to turn around, look up, look down.

Answer 6

Do you mean if WE'RE in it?
What threats? Who's making a threat?
Do you mean,
"It seems kinda strange how we can see what WE'RE in. THAT's kinda like looking at our pupils."

Or is someone making a threat?

There are many planets in The Milky Way. We are on one planet looking at stars and other planets in our galaxy.

Answer 7

We see it from inside. Just like you see your house from inside when you are inside your house. But, unlike a house, the Milky Way is not solid. it is just a bunch of stars and gas clouds and dust clouds. There are some places where the stars and clouds are so dense that we can't see through it, but most parts are not so dense and we can see through it pretty well.

Answer 8

things called artificial sattelites go out of it at times and take pictures of it.

you can see ur self except ur face without the help of a mirror cant you.its beacuse u r so big than the pupil of ur eye.milky way is actually very big you know.

Answer 9

ummmm ??? how to explain this in a simple way UUMMMMM let me think


IT IS VERY BIG

like how can you see your country(America i presume from the stupid question) if you are in it