Do you ever think about how lucky we are to be observing from the southern hemisphere?
Just make a quick comparison between what can be seen in the northern hemisphere and the southern hemispheres and you can easily see why.
- The two magellanic clouds
- The four brightest Globulars
- Eta Carina nebular & Tarantula Nebula
- The bright and rich part of the milk way on either side of the Southern Cross
- Sagittarius and Scorpius pass overhead rather then low on the horison
- I read somewhere that more starts are visible to the naked eye from the southern hemisphere
And most of the popular objects observed from the north can also be seen from the south, but the same cant be said the opposite way around.
There seems to be very little that northerners are compensated for by what they cant see from the south. The only thing I envy them for is being able to see the Andromeda galaxy high above the horison and maybe a few other bright galaxies.
Any northerners here to defend your skies?
