"You can't see the forest for the trees" might seem an appropriate analogy for astronomers attempting to determine the shape of

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"You can't see the forest for the trees" might seem an appropriate analogy for astronomers attempting to determine the shape of

the Milky Way galaxy when we are in fact located inside the galaxy. Discuss techniques used by astronomers to determine the type of galaxy in which we live, why it is so difficult to determine the shape of our galaxy, and where our Sun is located in our galaxy?

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denpristay [2] · Answer 1 · 2023-09-05T09:49:15+03:00

Some of the techniques used by astronomers to determine the type of galaxy in which we live are:

radio,
optical,
infrared
x-ray astronomy

<h3>What is Astronomy?</h3>

This refers to the study of heavenly bodies and space and other things that space is made up of.

Hence, we can see that the reason why it is so difficult to determine the shape of our galaxy is that astronomers can only infer its presence from the motions of stars in the galaxy, and a precise shape is difficult to be determined.