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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-03-24:noticeId=9368025:objectType=note">Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:27:28 JST</a><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/lnxw37j1" title="lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/theme/gnusocialjp/default-avatar-stream.png" width="48" height="48" alt="Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}</a></section><article><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/jwst-findings-may-suggest-our-universe-exists-inside-a-black-hole" title="https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/jwst-findings-may-suggest-our-universe-exists-inside-a-black-hole" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gnusocial.jp/url/4351065</a> Interesting ... a large majority of spiral galaxies are believed to rotate clockwise.<br>
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Our neighbor, Andromeda Galaxy, is believed to rotate counter-clockwise. <a href="https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/61118-stellar-motions-in-the-andromeda-galaxy" title="https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/61118-stellar-motions-in-the-andromeda-galaxy" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/61118-stellar-motions-in-the-andromeda-galaxy</a> ... meanwhile, the Milky Way Galaxy is believed to rotate clockwise. <a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/21450/in-which-direction-does-the-milky-way-rotate#21490" title="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/21450/in-which-direction-does-the-milky-way-rotate#21490" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gnusocial.jp/url/4351070</a><br>
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But I suppose another way of looking at it is which direction is galactic north? On Earth, the planet rotates counter-clockwise or west to east if north is "up". So maybe Milky Way's north is sort of "down" from our perspective.</article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4782158#notice-9368025">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-03-24T11:27:28+09:00" title="Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:27:28 JST">about 11 days ago</time> <span>from <span>web</span></span><a href="https://gnusocial.jp/notice/9368025">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: images.ctfassets.net</div><h5><a href="https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/jwst-findings-may-suggest-our-universe-exists-inside-a-black-hole">JWST Findings May Suggest Our Universe Exists Inside a Black Hole</a></h5><div></div></header><div>Observations about the directions in which galaxies turn have a head-spinning implication: our entire Universe might exist inside a black hole.</div><footer></footer></article></li><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4351066">Untitled attachment</a></label><br></li><li><article><header><div>Domain not in remote thumbnail source whitelist: cdn.sstatic.net</div><h5><a href="https://astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/21450/in-which-direction-does-the-milky-way-rotate#21490">In which direction does the Milky Way rotate?</a></h5><div></div></header><div>We don't have a photo of our Milky Way the whole, all the pictures are artists' interpretations showing a bulge, a central bar, and several spiral arms. The milky way is spinning. I would like to k...</div><footer></footer></article></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw37j1@gnusocial.jp)'s status on Monday, 24-Mar-2025 11:27:28 JST Linux Walt (@lnxw37j1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
https://gnusocial.jp/url/4351065 Interesting ... a large majority of spiral galaxies are believed to rotate clockwise.

Our neighbor, Andromeda Galaxy, is believed to rotate counter-clockwise. https://sci.esa.int/web/gaia/-/61118-stellar-motions-in-the-andromeda-galaxy ... meanwhile, the Milky Way Galaxy is believed to rotate clockwise. https://gnusocial.jp/url/4351070

But I suppose another way of looking at it is which direction is galactic north? On Earth, the planet rotates counter-clockwise or west to east if north is "up". So maybe Milky Way's north is sort of "down" from our perspective.
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