Hi All,
this sounds like it could be such a profoundly dumb question that I hardly dare ask. And yet, for the life of me I can't think of the answer, so here goes anyway. If it is a really simple answer, please be gentle
Ok, so this is the build up. A couple of facts to start with.
I imagine it's no secret that we live in the Milky Way galaxy, which is a spiral galaxy about 100,000 LY across and about 1000 LY thick. And we are about 26,000 LY from the centre.
At the centre of this, and all, spiral galaxies is a gigantic beyond belief, seething cauldron of star activity about a trillion times as bright as our sun.
And this is the question ...
... when we here on the ground are facing the correct way (as any spot on the planet must be at some time during the year, month, day), meaning when we are looking out into space, and happen to be looking in the direction of the centre of the galaxy, how come we don't see a blindingly bright light filling part of the sky. I mean, this thing is so unbelievably bright, and it is definitely there, so how come we don't get to see it - ever?
I know it's a long way away, but we easily see other stuff that's not as bright, and is much further away.
All clues gratefully received
