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The section of the night sky where you view the milky way galaxy edge on. There are so many stars in this part of the night sky that it look like a path of spilled milk - therefore it is called the milky way., The Milky Way is the galaxy in which the solar system is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the local group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe.
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Is Orion in the milky way?
Although Orion is really close to the Milky Way, Orion isn't in the Milky Way. Just for the same of clarity: if you mean the Milky Way galaxy as opposed to "that band of diffuse light in the sky," every star bright enough for you to see individually is in the Milky Way galaxy.
What does La Via Lactea mean in English?
"The Milky Way."
What is the distance of Earth's sun from the core of the Milky Way?
The mean distance of our sun from the Milky Way's core is 26,000 light years or ~2.5×1017 km
How many glaxies are in the milky way?
the milky way is a galaxy, there are billions of stars in the milky way galaxy
What is the bigger sun or the Milky Way?
The Milky way.
Is your sun near the Edge of the Milky Way?
Ummmmm the sun is not near the Edge of the milky way.The milky way is just the milky way.The milky way is spiral anyways? not being mean
What does the milky way mean?
Milky Way: 1. Milky Way is a type of fudge chocolate that you get in Celebrations packs 2. The Milky Way is the galaxy that houses the Solar System. It is in a swirl shape. The closest galaxy to the Milky Way is the Andromeda
What does Milky Way galaxy mean?
It means the galaxy that is called "Milky Way". We are inside this galaxy.
Could you exist if galaxies did not?
no we couldn't because galaxies mean the milky way and if the milky way wasn't here we wouldn't
Is Orion in the milky way?
Although Orion is really close to the Milky Way, Orion isn't in the Milky Way. Just for the same of clarity: if you mean the Milky Way galaxy as opposed to "that band of diffuse light in the sky," every star bright enough for you to see individually is in the Milky Way galaxy.
What does it mean when someone says they are going to milky way?
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=milky+way ....ummm haha, yeeeeah
What does La Via Lactea mean in English?
"The Milky Way."
Does the Milky Way orbit the sun?
No, the Sun is a part of the Milky Way. Our Solar System orbits around the center of the Milky Way. Our sun goes along with the general spin of the entire Milky Way galaxy, and is positioned rather near the edge. It doesn't orbit it in the sense I think you mean.
What is the Milky Way in the sky?
There no milky way in sky there is only milky way galaxy
Is Earth located in the center of the milky way galaxy?
yes.............
What galaxy is called the Milky Way?
The Milky Way galaxy is.... called the Milky Way Galaxy
What is the distance of Earth's sun from the core of the Milky Way?
The mean distance of our sun from the Milky Way's core is 26,000 light years or ~2.5×1017 km
