Our Galaxy - The Milky Way Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By youngoldfella on 06-Jul-16. Waypoint GA8286

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There are many wonderous things in our Galaxy.

This one should be an easy one to log a find on.  

The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. Its name "milky" is derived from its appearance as a dim glowing band arching across the night sky whose individual stars cannot be distinguished by the naked eye. The term "Milky Way" is a translation of the Latin via lactea, from the Greek γαλαξίας κύκλος (galaxías kýklos, "milky circle").] From Earth, the Milky Way appears as a band because its disk-shaped structure is viewed from within. Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610. Until the early 1920s, most astronomers thought that the Milky Way contained all the stars in the Universe. Following the 1920 Great Debate between the astronomers Harlow Shappley and Heber Curtiss, observations by Edwin Hubble showed that the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies—now estimated to number as many as 200 billion galaxies in the observbable universe.

The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy that has a diameter usually considered to be about 100,000–120,000 light years but may be 150,000–180,000 light-years. The Milky Way is estimated to contain 100–400 billion stars, although this number may be as high as one trillion. There are likely at least 100 billion planets in the Milky Way. The Solar System is located within the disk, about 27,000 light-years from the Galactic Centrer, on the inner edge of one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust called the Orion Arm. The stars in the inner ≈10,000 light-years form a bulge and one or more bars that radiate from the bulge. The very center is marked by an intense radio source, named Sagittarius A, which is likely to be a supermassive black hole.

The Milky Way has several satellite galaxies and is part of the Local Group of galaxies, which is a component of the Virgo Supercluster, which is itself a component of the Lanika. ( extracted from Wikipedia)

To log this one you need to find a name that has something related to the universe. There are many different objects that make up our universe and thence the Galaxy. A google search will help if you need assistance.

 It could be a business with a related name. e.g. Star noodles. or Planet Cafe or Sagitarius Street.  We are looking for the name association. Star, Comet, Moon, Sun, Lunar etc

You will need to have  either GPSr and or you included in the photo.  Not necessary to include a photo of yourself if you include the GPSr.

Sign or name can only be used once at the provided GPS Co Ordinates. We could end up with may many Moon Streets, for example,  in various locations around Australia.

You can claim this one more than once but there must be another find in between your finds.

 

 

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Logs

26-Apr-22
Changes to Locationless coming so time to go as it looks like any publisher will only be allowed to have 7 active locationless at any given time. . Clan Minotaur
 
01-Feb-22
S41 22.546 E147 07.340 SUNRISE BAKERY ROCHERLEA TASMANIA

All planets rotating on its axis around a sun would experience a sunrise. Very Happy
 
29-Oct-21
S41 25.089 E147 08.068 INVERMAY TASMANIA

The Star Theatre is a historic Streamline Modern/Art Deco theatre in the Launceston suburb of Invermay, Tasmania. When it opened in 1937, the theatre provided seating for 852 persons. The cinema was purchased in 1971 by the St. Vincent de Paul Society as a charity store after the theatre originally closed in 1969.
The Star was restored as an independent cinema, café and bar. The cinema re-opened on 6 April 2018. Very Happy

 
05-Oct-20
Mars Stadium at Ballarat used as a venue for Central Highlands Football League and Ballarat Football League finals.
S37°32.302 143°50.867
Thanks youngoldfella
 
21-Jan-18
Star of Siam - a Thai restaurant in Launceston - were we went to dinner this week - excellent food and service
 
20-Jan-18
Star FM 104.5 is a radio station on the Central Coast of NSW based at Gosford. Coordinates given are the transmitter site. This radio has the ability to show the RDS station ID of "STAR1045". Unlike some stations they don't include now playing information and so on. Grabbed for the current scavenger game. Thanks youngoldfella.
 
Our Galaxy is 'spaceship'. This photo shows the name of a child care centre at Browns Plains Queensland. The Fun Spaceship. TFTC
 
19-Jan-18
Hi youngoldfella

Our "Galaxy" includes eclipses:
An eclipse is an astronomical event that occurs when an astronomical object is temporarily obscured, either by passing into the shadow of another body or by having another body pass between it and the viewer. This alignment of three celestial objects is known as a syzygy.[1] Apart from syzygy, the term eclipse is also used when a spacecraft reaches a position where it can observe two celestial bodies so aligned. An eclipse is the result of either an occultation (completely hidden) or a transit (partially hidden).

TFTC and cheers
OldSaint
 
18-Jan-18
Questacon - The Astronomer statue
I snapped a photo of this beaut state while out and about. TFTC
 
17-Jan-18
Star
There are lots and lots of them in the Milky Way.
The Star is our free local newspaper that's delivered every Wednesday.
Thanks for this locationless Youngoldfella.
 
14-Jan-18
I support the Melbourne STARs and after the game last Saturday night I met Luke Wright, one of the opening batsmen, and my favourite STAR.
 
13-Jan-18
Well, I’m hoping the Borelias is an approved galaxy term.
Have yet to see it myself but n my bucket list.
The photo attached for Borelias rd.
 
13-Jan-18
Stopped at a servo on the way to my GA event today and bought a Mars Bar for the upset of logging this cache.however I'm sure it will give dalerious. and I the energy required to see us through till lunchtime.
I'm most surprised that Mars hadn't been captured already.
Thanks for the oppportunity of logging this one, and the enjoyment of the Mars bar as well.
 
21-Jul-17
Heading along the Newell and Oxley highway there is the information areas on the planets of the solar system on the side of the road....with some great models of each planet. My photo is Saturn. Co-ords are approx.

Fun locationless, thanks again Youngoldfella.
 
Found many of these planets along the highway. This one is of Jupiter. Thanks for bringing our attention to these planets.
 
21-Dec-16
Happy STAR BBQ, I've walked past here dozens of times to get bubble tea, maybe one day I'll venture into the land of the cosmos that serves bbq
 
13-Dec-16
Found this on the way to shop for presents with my mum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_(constellation)
Phoenix is a minor constellations found in the southern sky. It was first depicted in 1603 by Johann Bayer
 
29-Sep-16
Neptune. This Solar System Model, which is part of the World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive, is located in Dunedoo some 120 kilometres distant from the telescope dome (The Sun).
 
17-Sep-16
The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way some 3,500 light-years across and approximately 10,000 light-years in length.[2] The Solar System, including the Earth, lies within the Orion Arm. The Orion Arm is named for the Orion constellation, which is one of the most prominent constellations of Northern Hemisphere winter (Southern Hemisphere summer). Some of the brightest stars and most famous celestial objects of this constellation (Betelgeuse, Rigel, the stars of Orion's Belt, the Orion Nebula) are located within the Orion Arm.

Orion Court is in Devonport. The photo added to the Gallery shows Mrs y'stassie standing beneath the street sign for Orion Court. Thanks youngoldfella for the locationless.
 
21-Aug-16
Southern Cross
Southern Cross Care run both independent care units and an aged care home in Somerset not far from our home base. We've added a photo of the sign for the units as we didn't want to intrude at the home. TFTC
 
01-Aug-16
The Galaxy has stars so Star Tyre Service is my current contribution. There are trillions and trillions of stars in our universe and I would not even try to describe how many in the Galaxy.
Stars are known to be many millions of light years distant from us and believed to be the light from exploding stars planets etc. Clan MinotaurVery HappyClapping
 
24-Jul-16
Comet Street.
Beckenham has many space related street names.
TFTc
 
19-Jul-16
Travelling to Melbourne from Brisbane.
Found some galaxy signs along
 
15-Jul-16
Mercury: the smallest planet in the Solar System and the one closest to the sun.
Mercury: Hobart daily newspaper. The photo is of the Mercury’s new print centre at Technopark, Dowsing Point, Tasmania
Mercury: Roman deity – the messenger to the gods. TFTLC
 
13-Jul-16
Uranus. This Solar System Model, which is part of the World's Largest Virtual Solar System Drive, is located on the Newell Highway south of Narrabri some 80 kilometres distant from the telescope dome (The Sun). A black space ship with an alien inside fast asleep was stationed nearby ready for orbit.(Sorry misread the requirements. This is one of my Waymarks so changed to a note instead.)
 
12-Jul-16
The Sun Picture Theatre in Broome, the oldest operating outdoor picture theatre in Australia. Each night during the tourist season they have 2 screenings of different films. You sit on deck chairs but the noise from the nearby airport does drown the sound out at times! Took picture of theatre and a close up of the sign.
 
09-Jul-16
The moon palace, a place where you once you have eaten there never want to go back to.

Although the food wasn't bad, the whole layout and interior of the place wasn't what I expect from a Chinese restaurant.
 
08-Jul-16
Capricorn

We recently visited the Rockhampton Visitor Information which sits on the Tropic of Capricorn and took this photo with our GPSr in it.

Thanks Youngoldfella. Great idea.
 
07-Jul-16
Two fast claims already. Both meet the criteria good on you both. Clan MinotaurVery HappyClapping
 
The Sun. I'm logging the Sun. Not the real one, however it is in one of the two photos I'm adding. The centre point of the Virtual Solar System out in Central West NSW - Siding Spring Observatory, Coonabarabran.
 
07-Jul-16
Planet Innovation - the place where I work.

Is it acceptable to take a pic of my own business card? Dunno, but I have.

Unlike Slartybartfast (from HHGTTG), we do not make innovative planets (although the crinkly edges of fjords are cool).

The coords are out front of the building, but I took the photo at my desk.
 
06-Jul-16
Published. Enjoy your search of the Cosmos. Clan MinotaurVery Happy