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					Mentally construct a model of our place in the Milky Way Galaxy and the distribution of stars with just a 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.<br /><br /><strong><em>This resource is part of the </em></strong><a href="https://nightsky.jpl.nasa.gov/download-view.cfm?Doc_ID=177" target="_blank"><strong><em>Our Galaxy Our Universe Toolkit</em></strong></a><br /><br /><em>Last Updated: June 2017</em>
				
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