Are stars satellites and meteors members of the galaxy?

Answer 1

If you mean 'Are there any distant galaxies embedded within the Milky Way, the answer is no. Distant galaxies are completely separate from the Milky Way, and many can be seen through telescopes. A small number appear as stars to the naked eye. Everything we see, we see through the Milky Way, since it is the galaxy we live in. It is all around us; we cannot avoid looking through it. Some parts of the Milky Way, especially near the center, are so dense with clouds of dust and stars that we can't see much behind it. Apart from that, we can peer into deep space in pretty much any direction.

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Actually, the answer might be "Yes!" Recent researches indicate that galaxies often collide, and sometimes merge. Some somewhat controversial research indicates that our Milky Way may be a sort of "predator galaxy" which "eats" other smaller galaxies. At least one astronomer claims to have found traces of four other galaxies that have been absorbed into the Milky Way!

However, they wouldn't be especially "distant" because they would now be _part of_ the Milky Way.

Answer 2

Of course. We can be sure of that, since we can see so many other galaxies

that are outside the Milky Way. Light has no trouble escaping from any of them,

and there's no reason it should have any problem escaping from our own galaxy.

Answer 3

Yes. Every object you can see in the night sky with your own unaided eyes, with one

possible exception, is a part of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The one possible exception is the galaxy in Andromeda ... the other galaxy that's

nearest to the one we live in. If you're far enough away from city lights, and your

skies are dark enough, and your eyes are good enough, then you can make it out.

Answer 4

Theoretically, yes. All it would take is the ability to live forever.

The big problem is that depending on what you mean by "leave the Milky Way galaxy", a minimum estimate of the distance you'd need to travel from Earth in order to do that is several thousand light-years, which would take the fastest thing we know about ... light ... several thousand years to do. Not even our earliest radio broadcasts have yet left the Milky Way galaxy.

So, in practice: no, you can't leave the Milky Way galaxy.

In fact, nothing humans have produced other than electromagnetic radiation has ever even left the Solar system, which is a much easier trip. Voyager 1, which was launched over 35 years ago, is just now getting to what can reasonably be considered the "edge" of the Solar system, which is less than one light-day from the Sun. And it's not because it's moving slowly, either; Voyager 1 is receding from the Sun at over ten miles per second. It's just that astronomical distances are, well, astronomical , and even a speed of nearly 40,000 miles per hour is pitiful in comparison.

Answer 5

Everything you can see in the sky with your naked eye, day and night, belongs to the Milky Way ... with one exception. If seeing conditions are good, and if your eyes are sensitive to low light, and if you know where to look, you can perceive the next closest galaxy outside the Milky Way ... the great 'nebula' in Andromeda. But just barely.

Answer 6

Yes. All the stars you can see are within the Milky Way galaxy.

There is no real definition of what a Sun is - some say a Sun is our Sun, whereas others say a Sun is any star with planets orbiting it. Others say that the Sun is just another star.

Answer 7

There are billions of stars in billions of galaxies outside of the Milky Way Galaxy.

In fact, there is an estimated 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 stars in the Universe - and probably more.

See related question.

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But before you go, an answer to the question you asked

might be a nice touch:

Every object you can see in the night sky with your unaided eyes, with one possible

exception, is a part of the Milky Way Galaxy.

The one possible exception is the galaxy in Andromeda ... the other galaxy that's

nearest to the one we live in. If you're far enough away from city lights, and your

skies are dark enough, and your eyes are good enough, then you can make it out.

Answer 8

Yes it is.

Our own Sun is just one of billions of stars in the galaxy called the Milky Way and the Milky Way is just one galaxy of many in the universe.

The Sun is just the closest star to Earth. The Sun is a huge mass of hot, glowing gas. The strong gravitational pull of the Sun holds Earth and the other planets in the solar system in orbit.

The Sun is an average star in its size, age, and temperature fall in about the middle of the ranges of these properties for all stars. Astronomers believe that the Sun is about 4.6 billion years old and will keep shining for about another 7 billion years. Basically, there is nothing special about our sun that differentiates it from other star that you might see in the night sky except for one very important thing....its distance from the Earth.

True - the sun is a star. Specifically, it is a main sequence star known as a Population I yellow dwarf star.

Answer 9

With the naked eye, no, not unless they turn into a sufficiently large supernova. With our current technology, we are able to pick out individual stars near the Milky Way - such as, within the Magellanic clouds.

Answer 10

The Sun is a star, technically it is incorrect to call other stars "Suns"