Earth not part of milky way

[nexium]

Last I heard the disk of the Milkyway was thought to be about 10,000 lightyears thick at our position on the disk. Our Sun was thought to bob up and down thought the disk, rather than stay at the center of the disk as Phil suggested with perhaps over enthusiasm to debunk. The bob up and down seems reasonable to me as otherwise the disk of the Milkyway would be much thiner than 10,000 lightyears. Please comment, refute and/or embellish. Neil

 

[jmv290]

Hey, I've been browsing here for a while but never bothered to register.<br /><br />I saw this on Digg. <br /><br />http://www.badastronomy.com/bablog/2007/06/27/is-the-sun-from-another-galaxy/<br /><br />It pretty much disproves what was said in that article. <br /><br /><br />

 

[jmv290]

It looks like some one already beat me to it.

 

[lampblack]

Yes... the BadAstronomy article is indeed precisely on point -- and makes it clear that our sun is a native of the Milky Way.<br /><br />Thanks for pointing it out! <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[lampblack]

Whoops... I didn't notice your link before posting the previous. (My bad for skimming willy-nilly.)<br /><br />Thanks for pointing out the BadAstronomy article. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[lampblack]

<font color="yellow">Hey, I've been browsing here for a while but never bothered to register</font><br /><br />Yes, dear ol' MeteorWayne was quick on the draw with the BadAstronomy link... but congratulations anyway on registering and making that first post!<br /><br />May it be the first of many. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <font color="#0000ff"><strong>Just tell the truth and let the chips fall...</strong></font> </div>

 

[saurc]

The part explaining global warming is definitely crap

 

[brellis]

Welcome to the 'hood! <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /> <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font size="2" color="#ff0000"><em><strong>I'm a recovering optimist - things could be better.</strong></em></font> </p> </div>

 

[MeteorWayne]

Welcome to SDC!<br /><br />I was already rooting around on this story bacause I was so bothered when I realized the distortions included in the story that started this thread.<br />BadAstronomy is a site I check once in a while anyway for entertainment value <img src="/images/icons/smile.gif" /><br /><br />Wayne <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080"><em><font color="#000000">But the Krell forgot one thing John. Monsters. Monsters from the Id.</font></em> </font></p><p><font color="#000080">I really, really, really, really miss the "first unread post" function</font><font color="#000080"> </font></p> </div>

 

[summoner]

Gotta love Phil Plait he does a great job of sticking it to the woo-wooer's. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> <br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="width:271px;background-color:#FFF;border:1pxsolid#999"><tr><td colspan="2"><div style="height:35px"><img src="http://banners.wunderground.com/weathersticker/htmlSticker1/language/www/US/MT/Three_Forks.gif" alt="" height="35" width="271" style="border:0px" /></div>

 

[alokmohan]

Interesting that we are galaxy ourselves.

 

[3488]

It is an interesting thought. Not just any old galaxy, but one of the very largest Spiral Galaxies!!!!<br /><br />Andrew Brown. <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> <p><font color="#000080">"I suddenly noticed an anomaly to the left of Io, just off the rim of that world. It was extremely large with respect to the overall size of Io and crescent shaped. It seemed unbelievable that something that big had not been visible before".</font> <em><strong><font color="#000000">Linda Morabito </font></strong><font color="#800000">on discovering that the Jupiter moon Io was volcanically active. Friday 9th March 1979.</font></em></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://www.launchphotography.com/</font><br /><br /><font size="1" color="#000080">http://anthmartian.googlepages.com/thisislandearth</font></p><p><font size="1" color="#000080">http://web.me.com/meridianijournal</font></p> </div>