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How long would it take a ray of light to travel from the sun to the edge of our galaxy the milky way?
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How long does it take to travel from one galixy to another?
At the speed of light, it takes millions of years. For example, the Andromeda galaxy, which is the closest galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, is about 2.5 million light years away, that is, traveling at light speed it would take 2.5 million years to get there.
How far would a star on the far side of Andromeda be from earth?
The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 light years across and 1,000 light years thick. But the really fun part is that the Milky Way is all around us. We are right inside the Milky Way; it is our home galaxy. The Milky Way is not far away from you; you are a part of it.
How long to travel to Andromeda galaxy?
The Andromeda Galaxy is about 2.5 million light years away. How long it would take to get their depends on how fast you go, but at the speed of light it would take 2.5 millions years.
How far away is the galaxy from earth?
If you find a place where the sky is good and dark and you know where to look, you can see theAndromeda Galaxy in the night sky. It looks like a fuzzy patch of dim, hazy light. It's actually agalaxy of hundreds of billions of stars, completely outside of the Milky Way galaxy that we live in.The distance to the Andromeda Galaxy is usually given as a couple of million light years.That would be the answer to the above question.
Why is galaxy important?
Without the Milky Way Galaxy, in which our solar system exists, we would not be here.
How far would you have to travel to get to the end of the milky way galaxy?
Our spiral galaxy of The Milky Way Galaxy is approximately 80,000 to 120,000 light-years across, and less than 7,000 light-years thick.
If you could travel at the speed of light how long would it take to travel from one side of the Milky Way galaxy to the other?
Between 100,000 and 180000 years.
If you could travel at the speed of light how long would it take you to travel from one side of the milky way galaxy to the other?
Between 100,000 and 180000 years.
If you could travel at speed of light how long would it take to travel from one side of the milky way galaxy to the the other?
it would take you approximately 100,000 years to travel across the milky way. happy traveling :-) !
If the Sun and Earth were at the edge of the disk of the Milky Way Galaxy what would be the diameter of the galaxy in light years?
It wouldn't matter where the Sun was, the Milky Way Galaxy would still have a diameter of around 100,000 light years.
What do you think it would be like to travel throughout the Milky Way Galaxy?
Beautiful.
Would the distance between the Milky Way to the next nearest galaxy be the lenght of a light year?
The Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy is currently considered to be the closest galaxy to the Milky Way. It is 25,000 light years from our solar system and 42,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way. Its status as a galaxy is still disputed in some scientific circles. If the Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy loses its galaxy status, then the Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy would reacquire the title as the Milky Way's closest neighbor. It is it is roughly 50,000 light years from the center of the Milky Way.
How long does it take to travel from one galixy to another?
At the speed of light, it takes millions of years. For example, the Andromeda galaxy, which is the closest galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, is about 2.5 million light years away, that is, traveling at light speed it would take 2.5 million years to get there.
How would it take light to travel to next closest galaxy?
Something like 150,000 light-years. The Milky Way is accompanied by several dwarf galaxies, like the Magellanic Clouds, that are relatively near by.
How do you get a good picture of what your milky way galaxy looks like?
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.
How long would it take to get to the centre of the earths Milky way galaxy?
It takes 225 MILLION Earth years for the sun to orbit the center of the Milky Way once.
Is the sun at the edge of the Milky Way?
Our sun is about 25,000 light years from the centre of the milky way.. It's about half way out from the centre of our galaxy.. So our galaxy from end to end would be 100,000 light years across..
