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.

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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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Melotte 22 locatedIn Milky Way
NGC 598 nearbyTo Milky Way
NGC 1499 (California Nebula) locatedIn Milky Way
subject surface form: NGC 1499
North America Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Leo I Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Messier 55 locatedIn Milky Way
SMC satelliteOf Milky Way
SMC interactionWith Milky Way
Nubecula Minor satelliteOf Milky Way
Nubecula Minor orbits Milky Way
47 Tucanae (in its vicinity on the sky) hostGalaxy Milky Way
subject surface form: 47 Tucanae
PGC 3085 satelliteOf Milky Way
PGC 3085 interactsWith Milky Way
ESO 029- G 011 isSatelliteOf Milky Way
Leo II Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Messier 69 locatedIn Milky Way
SagDEG orbits Milky Way
SagDEG isBeingAccretedBy Milky Way
Michael J. Irwin orbits Milky Way
subject surface form: Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy
Sagittarius Stream hostGalaxy Milky Way
Sagittarius Stream encircles Milky Way
M54 locatedOutsideGalaxy Milky Way
Arp 2 orbits Milky Way
Milky Way stellar halo partOf Milky Way
Norma–Cygnus Arm partOf Milky Way
Norma–Cygnus Arm galaxy Milky Way
Star Trek: The Original Series setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
Fornax Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Omega Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 70 locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 70 hostGalaxy Milky Way
Messier 75 locatedIn Milky Way
Terzan 8 hostGalaxy Milky Way
Galle ring locatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Naiad locatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
CMa Dwarf satelliteOf Milky Way
CMa Overdensity locatedIn Milky Way
Monoceros Ring stellar stream locatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Open cluster M16 locatedIn Milky Way
IC 1613 nearbyTo Milky Way