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Celestial Object

Milky Way

Galaxies

The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, named for the hazy band of light its countless individual stars cast across the night sky as seen from Earth, so far away from one another that they cannot be told apart by the naked eye. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a disk roughly 87,400 light-years across, estimated to hold between 100 and 400 billion stars.

Facts
Object Type
Barred spiral galaxy 1
Mass
1.15 x 10^12 M(sun) 1
Discovery Year
1610 2
Classification
Catalogue
Other or Uncatalogued 1
Connections

Associated With

Dark Matter, Concepts
Kardashev Scale, Concepts

Orbited By

Large Magellanic Cloud, Celestial Objects
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Large Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)Large Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite status)
Small Magellanic Cloud, Celestial Objects
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Small Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)Small Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite relationship, edges wave 2)
Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Milky Way, infobox (Type)
    Sb; Sbc; SB(rs)bc
  • Milky Way, infobox (Mass)
    1.15x10^12 M(sun)
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2. Milky Way (Wikipedia)
  • Milky Way, lead section
    The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
  • Milky Way, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
    The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
  • Article text: discovery
    Galileo Galilei first resolved the band of light into individual stars with his telescope in 1610
  • In Group: Spiral Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: SB(rs)bc (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Spiral Galaxies
  • In Category: Celestial Objects, Milky Way, Wikipedia summary
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Wikidata: Milky Way
Wikidata Q321, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
Large Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)
Orbited By: Large Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite status)
Quote, Orbited By: Large Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite status)
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
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Small Magellanic Cloud (Wikipedia)
Orbited By: Small Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite relationship, edges wave 2)
Quote, Orbited By: Small Magellanic Cloud, Small Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite relationship, edges wave 2)
It is currently a satellite of the Milky Way but is likely a former satellite of the LMC.
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Carina Nebula (Wikipedia)
Includes: Carina Nebula, Carina Nebula, lead section (galactic-arm phrase, edges wave 2)
Quote, Includes: Carina Nebula, Carina Nebula, lead section (galactic-arm phrase, edges wave 2)
located in the Carina-Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way galaxy
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