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4635806 No.4635806 [Reply] [Original]

Quick question /sci/.
Assuming you had the capabilities to leave the galaxy, could you ever come upon a place in the void between galaxys where there would be nothing visible to the naked eye? I was just thinking about how fucking scary it would be to look out a spaceship window and see absolutely nothing. Does such a place exist within the universe?

>> No.4635814

It will in time due to heat death.

>> No.4635815

bumo

>> No.4635817

>>4635814
But I mean right now, if I was at the midpoint between our galaxy and another one would I still see stars?

>> No.4635824

>>4635817
what would stop you from seeing emitted light?
also have humans ever been in your described situation? if not, could they accurately answer your question?
your question also strikes me as being irrelevant.

>> No.4635830

>>4635817
Since we can observe other galaxies from here within our galaxy, then no (unless there is some other factor i don't know about, i'm not a fysicist), that area wud not be completely black.

>> No.4635863

>>4635830
This, but it would be much darker than our sky now.

>> No.4635876

>>4635806
Sometimes black holes hunt people. They herd and surround their prey. Unable to send anything through them, unable to receive anything from outside (even cosmic microwave background radiation!) their victim slowly dies.
It's called black hole herding syndrome.

>> No.4635879

>>4635824
The human eye can only pick up emitted light when there's enough of it. I was only asking if there would be enough for the naked eye to see. I know we can see other galaxies with the aid of telescopes, but I know we can make those to be more sensitive than the human eye with the use of lenses and various photography techniques.
As for the second part of your answer, that strikes me as idiotic. We know how sensitive the human eye is and we know (roughly) how much light our, and other, galaxies emit, so it makes sense that we could know what would be visible out that far, right?