The Milky Way Galaxy is a member of the?

Answer 1

It's difficult to be certain; we're inside the Milky Way galaxy, and we've never seen it from the outside. For a long time, astronomers believed that the Milky Way was a classical spiral galaxy, but more complete observations indicates that it is actually a barred spiral galaxy.

Answer 2

The Milky Way Galaxy is a member of the Local Group, a collection of galaxies that includes around 54 members. Within the Local Group, the Milky Way is one of the largest galaxies and is gravitationally bound to other galaxies such as Andromeda.

Answer 3

It depends on how you define brightness.

Normally brightness is defined as apparent magnitude, the brightness as seen from Earth. So in that instance, they are not, as a spiral galaxy, is the brightest - our galaxy.

However, if we took brightness to mean the value as if seen from the same point in space - absolute magnitude, then an active galaxy or quasar would be the brightest.

Answer 4

Its anything that looks odd and that does not fit into any of the other classifications such as spiral, barred spital or elliptical for example. Its kind of like a `miscellaneous` group. Often they occur when one galaxy has passed through another, distorting its shape.

Answer 5

• Yes, they are usually of a similar size range to other types of galaxies, from a few thousand lightyears across to a million or more. Their formation is often as a result of two or more galaxies colliding, or coming close to each other.

Answer 6

Yes, the Milky Way is classified as a galaxy. It is a barred spiral galaxy.

Answer 7

The Galaxy the milky Way is a Barred spiral galaxy but soon to be an elliptical galaxy when Andromeda collides with the Milky Way.

Answer 8

The milky way is the name of the galaxy in which we and our solar system reside

Answer 9

No. It is not even a galaxy, it is a group of six stars that form the constellation the big dipper.

Answer 10

Its an barred Spiral Galaxy