The Milky Way: Dark Constellations, A Black Hole & Our Galaxy

The Milky Way is an iconic feature of the night sky. In this episode, we’ll help you spot the center of the galaxy and well-known nebulae in the Milky Way. And we’ll explain how galactic archaeologists like Dreia Carrillo figure out what the Milky Way is actually made of. » Subscribe to Seeker! http://bit.ly/subscribeseeker » Visit our shop at http://shop.seeker.com Huge thank you to Chabot Space & Science Center for all of their help with this video. Check them out here: https://chabotspace.org/ The Milky Way is perhaps one of the most striking features in the night sky. Especially if you’re someplace really dark, during the right season… and even better if you’re in the Southern Hemisphere. And long before humans knew what they were looking at was actually our home galaxy, they used their imagination to comprehend this bright band stretching across the sky. While we may typically be drawn to the bright lights in the Milky Way, in the past, some cultures paid more attention to the darkness. And it turns out that focusing on the dark in the Milky Way is a pretty good place to start to figure out what our galaxy is made of. Among those who embraced the dark, dusty lanes of the Milky Way rather than the bright spots were Aboriginal Australians. They saw the Milky Way as a river in the sky with black water holes filled with fish or evil spirits. The areas they identified are known as dark constellations. One of the most well-known dark constellation is the “Emu in the Sky.” Its body is outlined by the bulge in the constellations Scorpius and Sagittarius. Its head is formed by a massive dark nebula closer to the Southern Cross known as the Coalsack. #blackholes #miklyway #constellations #astronomy #astrology #science #seeker -- A Comparison of Dark Constellations of the Milky Way “The striking appearance of our galaxy in the night sky captivated them and imagined images became part of their cosmologies. This is examined with an emphasis on cultures of the Southern