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[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 22 points 4 months ago

And even though the whole thing is rotating, that arrow won’t move for your entire lifetime.

[-] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 10 points 4 months ago

That's not true, I've cried in different showers all over the place.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 months ago

Well if you zoom in, it moves a lot. But at this rendering’s scale, not so much.

Takes about 250 million years for our Sun to orbit the galaxy.

[-] nexguy@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

I don't think it would move a single pixel in over 10 thousand years.

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 4 months ago

Yeah something like that. I didn’t look at the image’s resolution, but it’ll take 125 million years or so, to get to the opposite side of the galaxy.

[-] Excrubulent@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 months ago

I was about to say I think it's 250 million years for a full orbit, but then I did basic maths and realised 125 million for half an orbit obviously checks out.

Kinda weird to think that the last time we were here in our orbit, the dinosaurs were first appearing.

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