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What unit of measurement is used in knowing the distance between milkyway galaxy and other galaxies?
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the light year
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How does distance between earth and sun compare to distance between earth and nearby stars and galaxies?
We measure distances between celestial objects (such as suns, planets, and galaxies) by a unit of measurement called "AU" which stands for, Astronomical Unit. One AU is the equivalent to 93 million miles, which is roughly the distance from earth to the sun. Let's compare that to the next closest star to us, Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light years away, or about 271,930 AUs! Distances are Immense.
How is light years used in science measurement?
A light year is the distance light travels in a year. That is roughly 6,000,000,000,000 miles (six trillion miles). Thus such a unit is used only to measure the largest distances, those between stars and galaxies.
What is the relationship between red-shift and distant galaxies?
red shift is a distance and galaxies are planets. galaxies are also chocolate bars and red shift is not. thanks for your time. now go use your own knowledge and stop using google you gimps.
What is an light year?
The light year is used to measure distances that are greater than our solar system. It is the next form of measurement above the Au, or astronomical unit, or the distance between the Earth and and the sun. It is normally used to measure distances between stars or galaxies. The light year is equivalent to 5,878,625,373,183.61 miles or 9,460,730,472,580.81 km. See the related link for more information.
How does the distance between planets compare to the distance of stars?
The distance between stars is a couple of order of magnitudes higher than the distance between planets.To put this into perspective, the distance between earth and the sun is 8 light-minutes and the distance between other planets doesn't go further than a few light-hours. On the other hand, the distance between our sun and the nearest star (alpha centauri) is 4.4 light-years. This means that this distance is about 38544 larger than the distance between planets.Beyond that, the distance between stars can be extremely high: a star on the other side of our galaxy will be about 100000 light-years away from us. The distance will keep rising as we move on to different galaxies, then different galaxy clusters, the super clusters and then, finally, the width of the universe.
What type of measurement is used to measure the distance between the milky way galaxy and other galaxies?
lightyears
What galaxy does the milkyway rotate around?
The Milky Way galaxy is in a local group of 30 or more galaxies of which M30 or Andromeda and the Milkyway are the most massive and they center to a point somewhere between each other. Each have their own satelite galaxies that rotate with the major spiral dominant galaxy
Distance between galaxies?
billions of miles.
What is Measurement and levels of measurement?
Measurement always deals with a distance of a line or a distance between to objects, distance between 2 points, and so on.
What is line standard and end standard?
line measurement- distance between two lines end measurement- distance between two faces
What is happening to the distance between galaxies because of the big bang?
The distance is getting larger as the universe expands.
How does distance between earth and sun compare to distance between earth and nearby stars and galaxies?
We measure distances between celestial objects (such as suns, planets, and galaxies) by a unit of measurement called "AU" which stands for, Astronomical Unit. One AU is the equivalent to 93 million miles, which is roughly the distance from earth to the sun. Let's compare that to the next closest star to us, Alpha Centauri, which is 4.4 light years away, or about 271,930 AUs! Distances are Immense.
Length is the measurement of (blank) between two points?
Length is the measurement of distance between two points.
What is the distance between galixies?
millions of light years The typical distance between galaxies is only about 20-40 times the sizes of a galaxy.
Who classified the galaxies according to shape and distance and concluded that galaxies move away from each other at a rate dependent to the distance between them?
Edwin Hubble, in the 1920s. Later they named a telescope after him.
What is the difference between the Milky Way and an Irregular Galaxy?
The Milkyway and irregular galaxy are both galaxies,the only difference is the shape. The irregular is a twisted and irregular shape while the milky way is a spiral kind of.
Why the difference between miles and knots?
Miles are a measurement of distance, a knot is a measurement of speeed.
