re: The galaxy by a space probe
thanks, Raoul...I knew the answer, but felt clarification was worthwhile...I showed numerous folks a "photo" on NASA's Cassini Mission page a few years back, of The Milky Way from a great distance...the misleading caption seemed to imply it was a real photograph from space...in response to my telling these folks that no such thing was yet possible, some actually tried to display their math skills, and convince me that Cassini was however many light years away, snapping a photo field which showed Milky Way as a bright spot near the center...not a big deal, but among those less interested than we, it's just more confusion...
