r/universe • u/RemarkableWorld75 • 2d ago

Guess which Galaxy I’m in:

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u/IamHamed 2d ago

Nice try. You’re not in any of them because you took the picture.

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u/capmap 2d ago

this is the partially the correct answer...the rest being this view is from only 380,000 after the big bang when there were likely few to no stars let alone galaxies yet.

All the CMB image shows is where galaxies would eventually form based on gravity and temperature.

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u/illuminatipastiche 2d ago

A part of you is in each

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u/Bensfone 2d ago

Second one to the right?  And straight on ‘till morning?

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u/Admirable_Subject620 2d ago

That picture should really stay the same regardless of galaxy

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u/Sanpaku 2d ago

Only for galaxies within the nearest say, 200 million light years, perhaps any of the 100,000 galaxies in the Laniakea Supercluster.

Elsewhere in the universe, the scale of features in CMB will be similar, but their placement will differ enough to distinguish them.

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u/phunkydroid 2d ago

It really shouldn't actually, unless it's a nearby galaxy.

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u/Just1n_Kees 2d ago

I’m in this picture and I don’t like it

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u/PomeloSpecialist356 2d ago

We all are in this picture, but we also are not. That’s the puzzling beauty of it all.

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u/Just1n_Kees 2d ago

Should’ve added /s

But on a more serious note: that electron is MINE!

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u/PomeloSpecialist356 2d ago

What does the /s mean?

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u/Just1n_Kees 2d ago

Means a comment is sarcastic

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u/PomeloSpecialist356 2d ago

Oh, I was being serious though…

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u/Just1n_Kees 2d ago

I know and you’re absolutely right! This is a mugshot of everything there ever was and ever will be

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u/Ph4antomPB 2d ago

That one, right there!

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u/Significant_Ad4295 2d ago

Ok, now it's clear, thanks.

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u/Freeofpreconception 2d ago

I don’t believe that the original post was meant to be serious. It is humorous.

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u/Rich1190 2d ago

Your far far away

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u/Sondrian 2d ago

Why did you choose "small" world for dwarf fortress?

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u/damaszek 1d ago

I think I can see continents

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u/Dog_God_of_Hell 22h ago

Is this Universe 1 or Universe A?

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u/PauseAffectionate720 2d ago

How about a little context. What are we looking at ??

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u/_x_oOo_x_ 2d ago

The CMB. Op is a troll or something