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Technically, you cannot take a picture of our own galaxy from outside, as the camera would have to travel tens of thousands of light-years out of the galaxy to do so. However, if you're on Earth, you see a large stream of countless stars in the night sky. That is part of the milky way galaxy. The "pictures" you see in the newspapers are just artists' impressions of how the Milky Way would look, not the actually appearance.
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Why is Milky Way called the earth galaxy?
The name is from the Greek root galaxias [γαλαξίας], meaning "milky," a reference to the milky way galaxy. They referred to it as "milky" because of the faint white appearance on the night sky. It looks like spilled milk. There are a number of ancient legends where milk is involved in its creation.
How is it that we have photographs of the Milky Way galaxy as if it were a distant entity yet the photos were taken from earth which resides in it?
We can not take a photo of the Milky Way as if we were at some distance from it. However we do know that the Milky Way is a Bard Spiral Galaxy with, we believe, 4 distinct spiral arms. This information enables artists to depict what the Milky Way would look like form a distance but these depictions are not photographs.Some good photographs of how the Milky Way looks from Earth are linked to below.
What terms describe the milky ways classification?
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Is Looking good picture grammatically correct word or not?
No, you would say "good-looking picture" or "the picture looks good."
The Milky Way galaxy is shaped like?
The Milky Way was long thought to be a "spiral" galaxy much like the Andromeda Galaxy . But recent observations indicate that the Milky Way is probably a "barred spiral" galaxy. Viewing the Milky Way from within as we do, it is somewhat difficult to get a clear picture.
Which has more mass the milky way galaxy or the black hole in the center of the milky way galaxy?
Good question - The black hole(s) (i.e. Sagittarius A*) at the center of the Milky Way are estimated to be a little more than 4 million solar masses (e.g. stars like our Sun). The Milky Way galaxy is a barred spiral galaxy 100,000-120,000 light-years in diameter and has been estimated to be hosting 200-400 billion stars, and at least as many planets. Therefore the answer is that the accumulated mass of the Milky Way galaxy (of course excluding its centric black hole(s)) is greater than the mass of the black hole(s) at the center of the Milky Way.
Why is it difficult to tell what type of spiral galaxy the milky way is?
Our only view of the Milky Way is from the inside, but the only way to get a good view of its shape would be to view it from the outside.
Where can one find information about the Milky Way Galaxy?
One may find information about the Milky Way Galaxy in any number of places. Local libraries typically have books about outer space that include information about the Milky Way Galaxy, and often books specifically about it. Planetariums and science museums are also good sources of information about the Milky Way Galaxy. Sometimes gently used, outdated textbooks can be purchased from book sales, though the information found in these books may be inaccurate to an extent depending on how old the books are. NASA's website provides many sources of information on the Milky Way Galaxy as well.
What is the shape of your galaxy and where is your solar system located within the galaxy?
The Milky Way galaxy is what's called a "barred spiral" galaxy; there are two "bars" of stars, and the spiral arms extend like a pinwheel from the bars. Scientists think it looks somewhat like NGC1300. The Sun and our solar system are, we think, somewhere about 1/3 to 1/2 of the way out from the center, although from inside the Milky Way, it is challenging to determine exactly where we are. This is probably a good distance to be, since we believe that there is a supermassive black hole in the center of the Milky Way. In about 4 billion years, our galaxy will collide with the Andromeda galaxy, and we can only speculate about the eventual shape of the merged galaxy. We expect that several billions of stars with their attendant solar systems (if any) will be flung off into intergalactic space by the gravitational interactions. Our Sun, which will probably have become a red giant star by that time, might be one of them.
What are the non example of galaxies?
Some non-examples is the Big Dipper, Small Dipper and cigars.
Where is Sirius in the milky way galaxy?
Find Orion's Belt, and follow its line of stars down to the left and you will find Sirius. It is unmistakeable. It is easily visible in the winter but not summer. Altenatively, look for the brightest thing other than the moon, and you've found it.
Why are there no photographs of your galaxy similar to the milky way?
Our galaxy is very large, it would take several hundred years travelling at the speed of light just to get out of it, then thousands of years more at that speed to get far enough out to look back for a good picture. The incredible distances involved mean that we cant take an external shot of our own galaxy, the best we can do is take pictures within the galaxy and put a map together that way. We are limited to what we can see of our galaxy from where we are though, as there is a lot of intergalactic gas and dust obscuring our view.
