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What Part of the Milky Way Can I See From the Northern Hemisphere in the Summer?

-- Todd | July 24, 2019

Question:

From Texas this time of the year (July 23rd) at night, midnight, looking at the visible Milky Way spiral arm am I looking towards the center of the Milky Way or away?

-- Todd

Answer:

Well, in fact you can see quite a bit of the Milky Way in the summer from the northern hemisphere. Looking toward Sagittarius you are looking toward the center of the Milky Way galaxy, while if you look toward Lyra (and the bright star Vega) you are looking approximately in the direction of the Sun’s motion in the Milky Way galaxy.

-- Jeff Mangum

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