The background image is the aftermath of a star gone supernova now knowen as the Helix Nebula
A photo manipulation done with Paint Shop Pro 2018
The circumference around the equator is roughly 24,898 miles.
Earth spins at 1,037 mph to spin around once in 24 hours.
Earth takes about 365 days to orbit the sun.
Earth travels about 584 million miles during the 365 days around the sun.
Earth travels about 1.6 million miles a day, or 66,627 mph through space.
What if the Milky Way stopped spinning and our solar system continued its orbit around the Milky Way what would our night skies look like?
Perhaps the aftermath of a star gone supernova ....