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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Local Arm locatedIn Milky Way
Local Arm partOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Galactic disk
Local Spur partOf Milky Way
Local Spur locatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Local Fluff locatedIn Milky Way
Apex Cloud locatedIn Milky Way
Local Hot Bubble locatedIn Milky Way
Loop I superbubble locatedIn Milky Way
Milky Way subgroup hasMember Milky Way
LG containsGalaxy Milky Way
LG dominantMembers Milky Way
LG MilkyWaySubgroup Milky Way
Epsilon Sagittarii belongsTo Milky Way
Kaus Australis isLocatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Kaus Media hasGalacticLocation Milky Way
Scutum locatedIn Milky Way
Serpens Cauda liesAlong Milky Way
NGC 1432 isInGalaxy Milky Way
Open cluster M17 locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 17 locatedIn Milky Way
Eagle Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 22 locatedInGalaxy Milky Way
Outer Arm partOf Milky Way
Outer Arm isMajorArmOf Milky Way
NGC 7538 locatedIn Milky Way
Lagoon Nebula partOf Milky Way
Messier 24 locatedIn Milky Way
NGC 224 nearestMajorGalaxyTo Milky Way
NGC 224 willCollideWith Milky Way
LMC satelliteOf Milky Way
Magellanic Bridge orbiting Milky Way
Centaurus constellation region intersects Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galactic plane
Scutum constellation liesAlong Milky Way
subject surface form: Scutum
Trifid Nebula partOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Ascella galacticLocation Milky Way
Taygeta partOf Milky Way
Messier 28 locationInGalaxy Milky Way
Messier 28 hostGalaxy Milky Way