[deleted] t1_jcta2ts wrote on March 19, 2023 at 11:59 AM

Significantly closer! The stellar density in the Solar neighborhood is around 0.14 pc^(-3), in globular cluster cores that goes up to ~ 1000 pc^(-3). That may also mean that the formation (and survival) of any planets is significantly suppressed around the stars in a globular cluster.

[deleted] t1_jcsz2or wrote on March 19, 2023 at 9:33 AM

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Worker11811Georgy t1_jcsu173 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 8:20 AM

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It would look so pretty if all that dust weren’t in the way…

imtourist t1_jcsqjl1 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 7:29 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Containing an incredible half-million stars, this 8-billion-year-old cosmic bauble is one of the largest and brightest globular clusters ever discovered. Credits: ESA/Hubble by Davicho77

I think this Youtube video discusses globular clusters along the way and he basically said that the stars there are much closer together than our own sun + Proxima Centauri as well there would be a lot more of them. I think said that at night there would be so much starlight that it might cast shadows.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=naz67yhu_g8

WorldEaterYoshi t1_jcsih2l wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:40 AM

Reply to comment by arealuser100notfake in Containing an incredible half-million stars, this 8-billion-year-old cosmic bauble is one of the largest and brightest globular clusters ever discovered. Credits: ESA/Hubble by Davicho77

I was asking myself that exact same question. There could by intergalactic civilizations out there while we're just some Rogue outcast system no one knows about.

[deleted] t1_jcshwff wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:33 AM

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WhatNow_23 t1_jcshtbb wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:32 AM

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I would also like to hear that answer.

Ecstatic_Airline4969 t1_jcsg4nb wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:12 AM

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> Can't help but be pessimistic being 40 years old, growing up hearing about the space race, but in my lifetime seeing almost no progress, but in fact regression.

You're not serious are you?

[deleted] t1_jcsfwvv wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:10 AM

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arealuser100notfake t1_jcsfez0 wrote on March 19, 2023 at 5:04 AM

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Are the stars we see there closer to each other than the sun is from other stars?

Fellowearthling16 t1_jcser3v wrote on March 19, 2023 at 4:57 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in I captured this lightning-filled star trail from the International Space Station. More details in comments! by astro_pettit

Super late, but I’m pretty sure NOAA or another government agency has them available online. I think I saw them when I was trying to find the aerial photos they took.