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Good question; why can't you see your own face without using a mirror?

Answers to BOTH questions; because we're INSIDE our faces - and inside our galaxy - and we can't see the whole thing. From the astronomy perspective, it's even worse; imagine being a cell in one of your tonsils, and trying to see your entire body. Our Sun is about 2/3 of the way out one of the spiral "arms", and we can't see the whole thing.

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