APOD: 2008 April 26 - The Tarantula Zone The rich field is about as wide as four full moons on the sky … I’m starting to notice when they say things like that, and I suppose what it means is that if you could just crank the sensitivity of your eyeballs, you could see more stuff like this even without a telescope. Something as wide 4 full moons is pretty big in the sky. Not being an astronomer, I’m often puzzled as to where these spectacular views are if you just went outside and pointed.

APOD: 2008 April 26 - The Tarantula Zone

The rich field is about as wide as four full moons on the sky …

I’m starting to notice when they say things like that, and I suppose what it means is that if you could just crank the sensitivity of your eyeballs, you could see more stuff like this even without a telescope. Something as wide 4 full moons is pretty big in the sky. Not being an astronomer, I’m often puzzled as to where these spectacular views are if you just went outside and pointed.