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These are some extra Night Sky Network models to help you and your visitors put distances in perspective. |
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Size of the Solar System Compared to our Galaxy Mentally construct a model of our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the distribution of stars using your hand and some birdseed. |
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Use this model of the Milky Way and other galaxies to indicate relative distances to other galaxies. |
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The light from planets, stars, and galaxies has been traveling for minutes to millions of years to reach your eye. Use this simple guide to look back in time. |
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Using a strip of paper, construct a quick scale model of the distances between the orbits of the planets, the Asteroid Belt, and Pluto as part of the Kuiper Belt. |
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