I suppose that's true. On the other hand, at this close a range to the target galaxy if you were going to see that number of other galaxies in the background at that density they would probably be very distant galaxies and thus would be red-shifted as seen in the images here.
“Maps encourage boldness. They're like cryptic love letters. They make anything seem possible.”
-Mark Jenkins
Great to see someone else tackle galaxy mapping
As I found out while doing my galaxy map, the tutorial doesn't yield satisfactory results when you compare it to real galaxies. My tip is to use the spiral shape and then butcher the whole thing, adding clouds and stars.
I made my grid with Inkscape, which is a free vector program. In fact I used Inkscape for all the infoboxes, linework and text.
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