The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Part II: The Radio Sky
The above (upper part) picture represents a
panoramic view of how the entire sky would appear if
our eyes were sensitive to radio waves rather than to
light. The lower diagram is the same 360degrees of
sky as it might appear visually to our eyes. If we could
walk out at night and see in radio frequencies, such a
sight would go a long ways toward persuading
astrologers as to the existence of preferential
directions in space. Some areas of the sky have more
things happening in them than do others.
While "bright' discrete radio sources (like our visual
stars) do stand out, the overpowering sense received
from such a view is of the overall shape or body of our
Milky Way galaxy. At radio frequencies, there is no
mistaking the galactic plane and the very heart and
center of the galaxy. It abounds with light. Even at
visual frequencies, we can renew our sense of cosmic
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