this is a hard question
The Milky Way is out nearest Galaxy. It is not a constellation.
milky way
the difference is that the milky way is a big group of stars and much more and the big dipper is just a plain old constellation
All named stars are within the Milky Way galaxy. In fact all individual stars are within the Milky Way galaxy.
Mass similar to our own Milky Way; about a trillion stars; diameter estimated at 140,000 light-years.Mass similar to our own Milky Way; about a trillion stars; diameter estimated at 140,000 light-years.Mass similar to our own Milky Way; about a trillion stars; diameter estimated at 140,000 light-years.Mass similar to our own Milky Way; about a trillion stars; diameter estimated at 140,000 light-years.
They are not. The Milky Way is a galaxy, the constellation Centaurus is just a man made visual representation of something, and bears no relation to a physical entity.
Obviously, the Milky Way is our Galaxy (or the huge band of stars with that same name) and Centaurus is only a constellation. To be fair to the questioner, Centaurus is in an area of the sky that does contain part of the band of stars called the Milky Way.
In essentially every possible way. Constellations are specifically defined areas of sky; Centaurus is one such, as seen from the planet Earth. The Milky Way is a galaxy. The two are, at best, extremely loosely related.
we are in the milky way Galaxy! the Centaurus arm is just a small part of the milky way.
Thay are not.
they are different because one is a large collection of stars orbiting a super massive black hole
galaxy well... the milky way itself is a constellation but we live in what we call the milky way galaxy.,
The Milky Way is the plane of our galaxy NOT a constellation. We can see it because we are part of it.
There is no larger rotational group for galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy, as part of the Local Group, are moving generally in one direction, toward an unidentified central mass in the direction of the constellation Centaurus. (This may be a gravitational effect of the Shapley Supercluster.)
The constellation norma is a L shaped constellation in the sky. It runs throught the milky way The constellation norma is a L shaped constellation in the sky. It runs throught the milky way
The Milky Way is out nearest Galaxy. It is not a constellation.
The milky way is not a constellation