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How bright would the night sky be in the galactic center?
From Foundations of Astrophysics by Barbara Ryden and Bradley Peterson (which I highly recommend):
If the Sun were half a parsec from the Galactic center:
. The nearest star would be ∼ 1000 AU away.
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How bright would the night sky be in the galactic center?
Interesting question. Assuming the figure of 10 million stars per cubic parsec is correct, there's still one missing piece of information to try getting a estimate: The size of this region with a very ...
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