if you could live anywhere in the galaxy?

Do these stars count: http://vela.astro.ulg.ac.be/themes/dataproc/deconv... ?

Because that would be awesome. You'd have a great view of the whole Milky Way filling up half the sky. I would pick a really red star or maybe a double star system where each star was a different color. That would be cool. You wouldn't have too many individual nearby stars, but at least you wouldn't be all alone.

If you consider that to be technically outside the Milky Way, I would pick someplace near the Galactic center. Yes, I'm ignoring the whole "you would die" issue. Stars are much, much more packed in near the center, so there would be tons of bright stars in the sky. Plus, you would have a good view of the supermassive black hole: http://files.myopera.com/hfgenius/blog/blackhole.g... . Same deal with colorful stars and binary stars. Maybe one of those stars that orbits around the black hole every fifteen years or so.

My choice would be a planet around a star located high above the galactic plane relatively far from a globular cluster. This would produce a nice dark sky, and wonderful views of the whole of the galaxy. We could settle the exact shape of our galaxy. Is it a barred spiral or not?

HTH

Charles

I'd like to live 180 degrees opposite of our position in the Orion Arm. I remember reading that scientists believe that there is another large galaxy very close to the Milky Way galaxy. It is closer than the Andromeda Galaxy and the Magellanic Clouds but our view of it is obscured by the dust clouds that permeate our galaxy. That's as I understand it. I haven't followed up on it to see if it has been confirmed.

I guess I'd live closer to the center of the galaxy. I'm thinking the night sky might be brighter there with more stars. I'd stick with a star system that only has one star though. I want some nighttime!

either in a system with a brown dwarf as the "sun"

or in a system that is circling VERY close to a black hole. Close enough to do experiments on yet not close enough to get sucked up for a while.

either planet must have a life span of say 7 billion years though.

a planet with multiple moons would be cool

I'd choose to live somewhere near a starforming region with a good close view of an emission nebula.

If, IF, it could support life, I think I'd like to live in or near a globular cluster.

The night- time views would truly be tremendous!!!

yeah dude somwehere towrds the center of the galaxy,

where the sky is more fun to watch,

but dosent matter how nice the wiew you would just get bored with it:),

sooner or later

I guess I will continue living right where I am. It is interesting enough fo me.

i want to live on Saturn