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.Our Place in Our Galaxy Activity .Our Place in Our Galaxy Activity

Mentally construct a model of our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the distribution of stars, with a quarter coin and some birdseed. This is a great introduction to the distances of objects your visitors will view in the telescopes and can be adapted to many venues.

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