Intelligent_idiot-_-
Intelligent_idiot-_- t1_j661mq4 wrote
Reply to comment by Feeling_Percentage_9 in If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
Unless it has some seriously efficient thrusters, it probably wouldn’t last long because of all the orbiting stars
Intelligent_idiot-_- t1_j64stje wrote
Reply to If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
A few thousand ly above the Milky Way so that it can see the great attractor
Intelligent_idiot-_- t1_izhc401 wrote
We assume our galaxy looks like most and we can tell how far are the stars around us, this allows us to have a rough approximation of our galaxy
Intelligent_idiot-_- t1_j68k69x wrote
Reply to comment by Feeling_Percentage_9 in If you could instantaneously place a space telescope at any desired distance (LYs), from any planet/galaxy etc., where would it be and what would you be documenting? And for what purpose? by kennyarsen
Other nearby stars would make the location inherently unstable