"Optical amplifiers turned the stars into a sphere of dazzlement, bright ones become beacons, thousands upon thousands more leaping into visibility, the Milky Way a river of frozen fire, the Andromeda galaxy a glowing maelstrom. Only the pinpoint neutron star was dulled, lest it sear eyes that strayed in its direction." (p. 268)
On this occasion, the Milky Way is a river of frozen fire and the Andromeda galaxy is a glowing maelstrom. Quite often, sister galaxies are mentioned alongside the Milky Way although I have not separately listed such references.
We have separately listed objects seen against the Milky Way and another of those shows up over the page.
"A blackness crossed the Milky Way. 'Here comes the repair robot.'" (p. 270)
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Kaor, Paul!
And sometimes we see mention of the "Clouds of Magellan"!
Ad astra! Sean
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