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Originally Posted by AlexN
That would be utterly amazing... Just imagine how fantastic NGC2070 would be!  I read somewhere that if 2070 was as close to us as M42 is, it too would span something like 30x the width of the moon in the night sky... That would be INSANE! |
Yeah that's true, if it replaced M42 it would cover the constellation Orion and cast shadows! Good thing it's not that close, otherwise my galaxy hunting days would be over!!!