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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Messier 8 locatedIn Milky Way
Kaus Borealis belongsTo Milky Way
Sagittarius Arm partOf Milky Way
Carina Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Carina Dwarf Galaxy isMemberOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way satellite system
Carina Dwarf Galaxy orbits Milky Way
Messier 45 locatedIn Milky Way
Rodrigo A. Ibata studies Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way Galaxy
IC 1805 (Heart Nebula) locatedIn Milky Way
subject surface form: IC 1805
IC 1848 (Soul Nebula) isPartOf Milky Way
subject surface form: IC 1848
Alpha Crucis belongsTo Milky Way
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (20th Anniversary Edition) setIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Star Trek V: The Final Frontier setting Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Draco Dwarf Galaxy hostGalaxy Milky Way
Draco Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Draco Dwarf Galaxy isMemberOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way satellite system
Ursa Minor Dwarf Galaxy belongsTo Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way satellite system
Andromeda XVII isNearbyGalaxyOf Milky Way
Mintaka locatedIn Milky Way
Monoceros Ring locatedIn Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Alnilam belongsTo Milky Way
Bellatrix belongsTo Milky Way
Monoceros associatedWith Milky Way
Coming of Age in the Milky Way describes Milky Way
this entity surface form: Milky Way galaxy
Horsehead Nebula locatedIn Milky Way
Horsehead Nebula hostGalaxy Milky Way
Rigel galacticLocation Milky Way
Barnard's Loop locatedIn Milky Way
Virgo Supercluster contains Milky Way
Cetus Dwarf Galaxy satelliteOf Milky Way
Saiph hostGalaxy Milky Way
Beta Cancri belongsTo Milky Way
Acubens isPartOf Milky Way
Asellus Australis locatedIn Milky Way
Beehive Cluster locatedIn Milky Way
Praesepe locatedIn Milky Way
M44 memberOf Milky Way
Altarf memberOf Milky Way
Altarf locatedIn Milky Way
Messier 44 locatedIn Milky Way
Solar neighborhood locatedIn Milky Way
Solar neighborhood partOf Milky Way
this entity surface form: Galactic disk
Galactic thin disk partOf Milky Way
Aldebaran belongsTo Milky Way