We live in universe so large I don’t think anyone can begin to contemplate how large it really is. Why would I even bring up such a thought? Last night I was at the Buehler Planetarium on the campus of Broward College. It is equipped with the latest digital projection system. You can go back in time or move ahead in time to see the sky looked like then.
Everything was so exciting. When we were shown how far radio ways have gone out in space, it was amazing. We have been sending out radio waves for seventy plus years. Radio waves go at the speed of light so they have gone a long way out inspace, but the waves haven’t even gone one tenth of one percent into the universe.
We saw what the whole universe looks like; will as much as we can see today. Then we were shown where the Milky Way was and it wasn’t even a pin head in size and that is our whole galaxy. The breath of the Milky Way is millions of light years across, but it looked smaller that a bin head. That is just mind boggling.
We found out why the North Star stays in the same place in the sky. Did you know you can’t see the North Star in the southern hemisphere?
The whole experience of seeing the planetarium is so humbling. When I left I reminded myself that I am still here on earth and I have a life to live so going to enjoy what I have and give back more than I have received.
Go to a planetarium it is humbling, but rewarding to know that we a part of the most amazing universe.
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