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Yes. Well, parts of it. If you look down, on the floor, you see planet Earth, which is part of our own galaxy; and all the stars and planets you see in the night sky are part of our own galaxy. Moreover, if it's dark enough, you can see a band of light, which is what gave our galaxy the name, "Milky Way".
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The earth is part of galaxy called the milky way?
Yes, the Earth is in the Milky Way. Every star you can see in the sky at night is also in the Milky Way. With the naked eye, you cannot see any stars that are not in the Milky Way. The next nearest galaxy is Andromeda and it is just about visible with the naked eye, looking like a hazy dust in the sky, but you would not see any stars in it. It is the furthest thing away that we can see with the naked eye. It is hard to be accurate but it is about 2,500,000 light years away. That is about 14,674,284,000,000,000,000 miles away. To see stars in it, you'd need a very powerful telescope.
Why is your galaxy called the milk way?
The Greek word Galaxy is "milk". The name Milky Way Galaxy is derived from the way intra-galaxy dust and clouds appear as they stream across the night sky.
What can you use to study the night sky?
its the telescope with suitable configuration of power.
Do you see a whitish broad band like a white glowing path across the sky on a clear starry night?
It depends on where you live. If you live in a city, you're not going to be able to see much in the night sky because of the light pollution. However, if you live in the country, you can probably see the Milky Way.
Why are the constellations seen as in the summer sky different than those in the winter sky?
The winter night sky is the opposite direction from the summer night sky. The constellations you see in winter are on the other side of the sun in summer, so you would only see them in summer during a total solar eclipse.
Are all the stars you see in your own galaxy?
Yes: Any star you see in the night sky is within our own Galaxy.
What galaxy is Aldebaran in?
All the stars you can see in the night sky are part of our galaxy, the Milky Way.
How can you see your own galaxy in the night sky?
the reason we can see the milky way in the night sky even though we are in it is because of its shape. i believe the milky way is a helical galaxy, which means that it has 'arms' that spiral outward, like a ninja star. from earth's position on one of these arms, we can see the arm beside the one we are on.
Is sky bigger than galaxy?
The sky that we look up to is the universe itself. You see stars, you see the sun, the moon, some near planets. Asking "is the sky bigger than the galaxy?" makes no sense as a question. You can even see the Milky Way galaxy in the sky on a clear night sometimes. I would say the sky is the galaxy, in a way... The sky is space. We see beyond Earth when we look up to it at night. However our field of view is definitely smaller than a galaxy, we can't see all around the outside of Earth from a single position. In this sense, a galaxy is bigger than the sky. But as I said, the question itself doesn't really make much sense.
What galaxy is Uranus in?
Uranus is in our galaxy, the Milky Way. Everything you can see in the sky at night without a telescope, all the planets and stars are all in our galaxy.
You are looking through your telescope at the night sky and you see a pinwheel shaped object what do you think it is?
An elliptical galaxy
What stars locate milky galaxy?
Go outside on any clear night and look in the sky. Every star you can see is in the Milky Way Galaxy.
When can we see our galaxy?
In the sky.
Does Sagittarius have a galaxy and what is it?
Every star we see in the sky is part of our own Milky Way galaxy. You cannot see any stars in other galaxies with the naked eye.
Why is almost everything we see in the night sky part of the Milky Way Galaxy?
Because that is where most of the visible objects are.
Is a galaxy bigger than a moon?
Yes, much bigger. There are many stars in our galaxy, thousands of millions of them. Everything you see in the night sky is in our galaxy, including the Moon, so the galaxy is much bigger.
Is Sirius A a nearby galaxy?
Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky of earth not a galaxy
