Name: Astronomy Activity: Our Place in Our Galaxy | Videos | Gan Jing World
Uploaded: 2013-10-08T04:00:00.000Z
Duration: 7 min 24 s
Description: Mentally construct a model of our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the distribution of stars, with a quarter coin and some birdseed. This is a great introducti... | Videos | Gan Jing World

NASA Night Sky Network

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Mentally construct a model of our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the distribution of stars, with a quarter coin and some birdseed. This is a great introduction to the distances of objects your visitors will view in the telescopes and can be adapted to many venues.
See the resource page for this activity on the Night Sky Network:
https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=334