Milky Way

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The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System and hundreds of billions of other stars.

All labels observed (18)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object
barred spiral galaxy
galaxy
age about 13.6 billion years
approximateDiameter about 100,000 light-years
about 30 kiloparsecs
approximateMass about 1 trillion solar masses
about 10^12 solar masses
approximateStellarCount about 100–400 billion stars
hundreds of billions of stars
contains Earth
Norma Arm
Orion Arm
Perseus Arm
Milky Way center
surface form: Sagittarius A*

Scutum–Centaurus Arm
Sun
central bar
cosmic rays
dark matter halo
exoplanets
galactic bulge
galactic disk
galactic halo
globular clusters
interstellar medium
molecular clouds
open star clusters
planetary systems
spiral arms
stars
supermassive black hole
coordinateSystem galactic coordinates
distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years
formationEpoch shortly after the Big Bang
galacticCenterConstellation Sagittarius
galacticCenterObject Milky Way center
surface form: Sagittarius A*
galacticPlaneInclinationToEcliptic about 60 degrees
hasPart Solar System
hasSatellite Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy
Large Magellanic Cloud
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Small Magellanic Cloud
memberOf Local Group
morphologicalType SBbc
neighborOf Andromeda Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy
observedIn X-ray wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf Laniakea Supercluster
rotationPeriodAtSun about 225–250 million years
shape barred spiral
solarOrbitName Galactic year
SunDistanceFromCenter about 27,000 light-years
about 8 kiloparsecs
SunLocation Orion Arm
visibleFromEarth as a band of light in the night sky

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Coronis (Hyad) partOf Milky Way
Coronis (Hyad) partOf Milky Way
subject surface form: Hyades
Eudora (Hyad) locatedIn Milky Way
Thyone (Hyad) locatedIn Milky Way
Thyone (Hyad) belongsTo Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Thyone (Hyad) locatedIn Milky Way
subject surface form: Hyades open cluster
Harold Lloyd notableWork Milky Way
this entity surface form: The Milky Way
Foundation setIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Foundation and Empire setIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Galactic Empire series setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Southern Cross isPartOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way region of sky
Magellanic Clouds orbit Milky Way
Magellanic Clouds orbit Milky Way
subject surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds isSatelliteGalaxyOf Milky Way
subject surface form: Large Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds orbit Milky Way
subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds isSatelliteGalaxyOf Milky Way
subject surface form: Small Magellanic Cloud
Magellanic Clouds extendsAround Milky Way
subject surface form: Magellanic Stream
Foundation's Edge setInRegion Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Luis Buñuel notableWork Milky Way
this entity surface form: The Milky Way
Pillars of Creation in Milky Way
OGLE-I survey targetedRegion Milky Way
globular star cluster M13 locatedIn Milky Way
subject surface form: M13
Krikkit war setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy (fictionalized)
Mamalluca Observatory hasViewOf Milky Way
Pangue Observatory observes Milky Way
Carina Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Southern Ring Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Large Glass by Marcel Duchamp hasPart Milky Way
subject surface form: Large Glass
Dark Energy Survey researchArea Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way structure
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radio series) setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series) setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Baade’s Window locatedIn Milky Way
Gaia observatory targetGalaxy Milky Way
Rosette Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 20 partOf Milky Way
Corona Australis locatedNear Milky Way
SN 1572 hostGalaxy Milky Way
Gould Belt locatedIn Milky Way
Gould Belt partOf Milky Way
Double Cluster locatedInGalaxy Milky Way
Open cluster M11 locatedIn Milky Way
Open cluster M25 locatedIn Milky Way
Open cluster M25 hostGalaxy Milky Way
Open cluster NGC 6530 locatedIn Milky Way
subject surface form: NGC 6530
Open cluster NGC 6530 partOf Milky Way
subject surface form: NGC 6530
Local Arm galaxy Milky Way