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Making it fun to imagine the invention of the telescope on those planets. It would be like the Hubble deep field image, but MUCH more unexpected. On the other
by cmsmith 12y ago
Making it fun to imagine the invention of the telescope on those planets. It would be like the Hubble deep field image, but MUCH more unexpected.
On the other hand, who knows how much science and telescope-making would have been set back without there being anything to look up at. Without other stars (and our rather extraordinary moon), it would take a lot longer than 1500 years to break out of the Ptolemaic mindset.
- IndianAstronaut 12y agoI would imagine other galaxies being visible like faint blobs in the sky, not to mention that you would still see the planets around the given star.
- kijin 12y agoOther planets would definitely help stimulate the mind. But depending on how isolated the system is, galaxies in the night sky might be indistinguishable from clouds. Especially if the planet has lots of clouds.