Comments on: Teapot of Sagittarius points to Milky Way center https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/ Updates on your cosmos and world Sat, 12 Aug 2023 09:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 By: From EarthSky: “Why are the stars so bright tonight?” | sciencesprings https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/#comment-798438 Thu, 24 Dec 2020 14:48:15 +0000 https://208.96.63.114/?p=4427#comment-798438 […] – in the course of our yearly orbit around the sun – our evening sky faces away from the center of our Milky Way galaxy, toward our galaxy’s outskirts. There are fewer stars between us and extragalactic space at this […]

]]> By: JimCummings https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/#comment-853557 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 18:25:00 +0000 https://208.96.63.114/?p=4427#comment-853557 In reply to sgrastar.

Yes, kind of. As the map shows, the alignment is approximate, about 7 degrees off I believe. It changes gradually over the eons; was not notably closer in 2012…. Still, it’s a delightful coincidence that these seasonal landmarks of our planet’s particular tilted axis and orbital path around our star (winter solstice sun, summer solstice view into deep space), as well as the larger disc of the solar system, are close to synched up with the geography of the larger body of the galaxy! In the summer, Earth is passing between the sun and this approximate galactic center; in winter, we’re on the far side of the sun from the heart of the galaxy.

]]> By: Harry Zwendelphitzer https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/#comment-853552 Mon, 27 Aug 2018 14:46:00 +0000 https://208.96.63.114/?p=4427#comment-853552 In reply to John.

I thought the “Tea Pot” looks like a ship sailing in the within the punch bowl of dark seas of wonder with ice cubes floating in it.

]]> By: John https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/#comment-839694 Wed, 21 Jun 2017 03:23:00 +0000 https://208.96.63.114/?p=4427#comment-839694 In reply to AllyJJones.

its called the teapot because its shaped like one and you can see in dark skies a haze of stars that look like steam rising out of the teapot.

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]]> By: Nova Sagittarii 2015 Nº 2 a simple vista | Imagen astronomía diaria - Observatorio https://earthsky.org/favorite-star-patterns/teapot-of-sagittarius-points-to-galactic-center/#comment-778425 Tue, 25 Aug 2015 21:53:00 +0000 https://208.96.63.114/?p=4427#comment-778425 […] indio. Al oeste de  Sagittarius, varias estrellas configuran un  asterismo conocido como la  Tetera, y la nova, indicada por la flecha, ahora aparece como un nuevo emblema junto a la tetera. Hasta […]

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