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Visually, the Milky Way is the totality of all naked-eye-visible stars
in our galaxy, whereas Ursa Major is a tiny few of them.
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Is the Milky Way inside Ursa Major?
No. Ursa Major and all stars visible from earth are in the Milky Way.
Compare and contrast ursa major and Milky Way?
Ursa Major and the Milky way both can be seen all year . However the Ursa major is a constellation while the Milky way is a galaxy. Also the Ursa major is in the milky way, and the milky way is just a galaxy that's in space.
Is pole star located in Ursa major?
No. Ursa Major is often used as a way to find it, as part of it points towards it, but it is not actually in Ursa Major. It is in fact in Ursa Minor.
What are the closest dwarf galaxies to the Milky Way?
Surprisingly, Andromeda is not the closest galaxy to the milky way galaxy; Draco is the closest dwarf galaxy to the Milky Way. Following that is Ursa Minor, and then the small Magellanic cloud, and then the large Magellanic cloud. Amazingly, Andromeda is 14 galaxies away!
What is the GN-z11 galaxy?
The GN-z11 galaxy is an irregular galaxy 13,400 million light-years (redshift of 11) from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation, and is 4000 light-years (25 times smaller than the Milky Way) in diameter, and contains about 1 billion stars (1 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What is the Milky Way galaxy known as in India?
The Milky Way galaxy. Why should it be any different??
What is it like in the milky way galaxy and how is it different from the Centaurus Arm?
we are in the milky way Galaxy! the Centaurus arm is just a small part of the milky way.
What is the T2003 1423 galaxy?
The T2003 1423 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HDFN field) is a spiral galaxy 12,500 million light-years (redshift of 5) from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation, and is 10,000 light-years in diameter (10 times smaller than the Milky Way), and contains about 1 billion stars (1 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What is the T2003 767 galaxy?
The T2003 767 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HDFN survey) is an elliptical galaxy 12,500 million light-years (redshift of 5.2) from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation, and is 25,000 light-years in diameter (4 times smaller than the Milky Way), and contains about 50 billion stars (50 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What is the T2003 1073 galaxy?
The T2003 1073 galaxy (one of the galaxies in the HDFN survey) is a spiral galaxy 11,700 million light-years (redshift of 3.3) from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation, and is 10,000 light-years in diameter (10 times smaller than the Milky Way), and contains about 1 billion stars (1 percent of the Milky Way's stars).
What is the PGC 2631284 galaxy?
The PGC 2631284 galaxy (one of the background galaxies in the UGC 8335 galaxy pair) is a spiral galaxy 1300 million light-years (redshift of 0.1) from Earth in the Ursa Major constellation, and is 100,000 light-years in diameter (same size as the Milky Way), and contains about 100 billion stars (the same number of stars as the Milky Way).
Why is the canis major dwarf galaxy colliding with the milky way galaxy?
the milky ways gravity is pulling it in
