[ATMoB-discuss] Visible dust lanes in Milky Way?

[stevebeckwith at comcast.net]

Jesse,
Good news and bad news.

The good news is you were actually seeing dust lanes!

The bad - we all want to go to your parents house for a star party!

- Steve


-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: jcantara at comcast.net 

> The other night, I was up in NH, visiting my parents. I was about to leave 
> (around midnight) and looked up at the stars. The sky was the absolute clearest 
> sky I have ever seen! The milky way was clearly visible reaching across the sky. 
> As my eyes adjusted, I could actually see dark dust lanes reaching across the 
> milky way also! 
> 
> Was I seeing things, or misinterpreting what I saw, or can that actually be seen 
> on really clear nights? 
> 
> Thanks :) 
> -Jesse 
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