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In Chap. 6 we learned about the stars and that all individual stars we see are contained in our home galaxy, the Milky Way. It has been estimated that 80% of the people who live in North America cannot see the Milky Way due to light pollution. At sea the opportunity to view the Milky Way in all its glory is a real possibility, depending on the time of year, the phase of the Moon, your location, how bright the ship is and weather conditions.
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Redfern, G.I. (2018). The Milky Way and Other Galaxies. In: Cruise Ship Astronomy and Astrophotography. The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-00958-8_7
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