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How might your view of the milky way be different if the sun were located inside the central bulge?
I'm going to give you both: Reality and fictional. The reality is, if our Sun was in the Central bulge, we wouldn't be alive to know what the sky would look like. As with most Galaxies, the central bulge is a giant Black Hole that devours anything that gets too close to it. However, with that fact aside if we were to be located there, the sky would have billions of stars. In fact, Earth would have no Night or day; it would only have day. There would most likely be a lot of gases, and we would see this as it swirled around us. Though we can see the gas within the Galaxy from earth (with our naked eye. It's part of that cloudy substance that we can see at night,) it is nothing compared to what we would see if we were located in the Central Bulge. At the Central Bulge, the night sky would most likely appear much like a Nebula; different colors of gas that would be easily visible from Earth. Furthermore, as I said, there would be billions of stars (Mostly young developing Stars)
How would you describe the composition of spiral galaxies?
Spiral galaxy has 3 basic components to its visible matter: the disk, the halo, and the nucleus or central bulge.
How do spiral galaxies form?
Spiral galaxies form from the collapse of a protogalactic cloud. Spiral galaxies consist of three components: a rotating disk, a bulge and a halo. Spiral galaxies, like the Milky Way, owe their shape to stars inside the protogalaxy developing at different intervals. The gas between forming stars continues to be compressed, and the resulting gravitational differences manhandle the protogalaxy's stars, dust and gas. When the protogalactic cloud collapses, the stars in the bulge and halo form first. These stars have rather random orbits around the galactic center. The galactic center probably contains a supermassive black hole, which likely exerts some gravitational influence on the formation of a spiral galaxy. The remainder of the cloud forms a disk due to the conservation of angular momentum (the same effect as the spinning up of the dancer when she pulls her arms inside). This motion forces everything into a rotating disk, and additional differences in gravity build the spiral arms. Oppositely, when a protogalaxy's stars develop at the same time, you have an elliptical galaxy on your hands. The stars in the disk form later and thus the disk population of stars are younger than those in the bulge and the halo. Further, the stars in the disk rotate around the center of the galaxy in a collective, well defined way unlike the stars in the bulge and halo.
Why does the milky way look like a hazy band of stars in the sky?
The galaxy is covered in dust. A large but very faint layer of stars surrounds the disk and bulge. In addition to stars, the Milky Way contains clouds of gas and dust called nebulae.
What are stars relationship within the solar system?
The central body of every solar system is a star.
Why do new stars form in the arms of a spiral galaxy and not in the central bulge?
Stars form in all parts of our galaxy - not just the "arms". Stars do indeed form in the central bulge. The vast majority of hot, young, blue stars are formed in the arms, but stars also form in the central bulge as well.
What is a central bulge?
Nothing to be trifled with. : P In astronomy it is the almost spherical layer of stars surrounding the center hub of our galaxy. A layer in the onion, so to speak. It is a widening near the core (the centre) of a galaxy and consists of mainly very old stars. Very rare for new stars to form because of the lack of dust and gases between the stars. Surrounding this central bulge is what's called the galactic halo, which is made up of individual stars.
How are stars in the disk of the milky way different from stars in the bulge or halo?
The ones in the bulge or halo are older star, the ones in the disk are younger.
Name four different objects you can find in our galaxy?
A galaxy contains stars, gas and dust. In a spiral galaxy like the Milky Way, the stars, gas, and dust are organized into a "bulge," a "disk" containing "spiral arms," and a "halo." Elliptical galaxies have a bulge-like central region and a halo, but do not have a disk.
What does the type of stars found in halo and bulge indicate?
The fact that the halo and bulge are made exclusively of old stars mean that those parts of the galaxy formed first and are filled with old stars
How might your view of the milky way be different if the sun were located inside the central bulge?
I'm going to give you both: Reality and fictional. The reality is, if our Sun was in the Central bulge, we wouldn't be alive to know what the sky would look like. As with most Galaxies, the central bulge is a giant Black Hole that devours anything that gets too close to it. However, with that fact aside if we were to be located there, the sky would have billions of stars. In fact, Earth would have no Night or day; it would only have day. There would most likely be a lot of gases, and we would see this as it swirled around us. Though we can see the gas within the Galaxy from earth (with our naked eye. It's part of that cloudy substance that we can see at night,) it is nothing compared to what we would see if we were located in the Central Bulge. At the Central Bulge, the night sky would most likely appear much like a Nebula; different colors of gas that would be easily visible from Earth. Furthermore, as I said, there would be billions of stars (Mostly young developing Stars)
What a spherical bulge of closely packed stars?
That is a star cluster.
What is in the milky way bulge?
Stars, gas, nebulas and black holes.
What is a Galaxy bugle?
A bulge is a tight group of stars found at the center of most spiral galaxies. The bright spot an the center of the galaxy in the picture above is the bulge. If this galaxy were seen from the side the collection of stars would create a bulge (spheroid) expanding out from the otherwise rather flat galaxy.
What is the lump in a galaxy?
The bulge is a tightly packed group of stars within a larger formation. In the case of the Milky Way Galaxy our "bulge" is the galactic centre.
When was Central Texas Stars created?
Central Texas Stars was created in 2006.
What are some distinguishing features of the milky way?
First of all it is a spiral shape from the top. If you look at it from the side, you see a straight line with a bulge in the middle. The line is made up of gas, stars, and dust. To the left of the bulge is the sun. To the right of the bulge is a dwarf galaxy that has combined with the milky way. Inside of the bulge is lots of red and orange stars. In the very center is a huge black hole.
