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  2. Milky Way - Wikipedia

    • The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye. The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a D25 isophotal diameter estimated at 26.8 ± 1.1 kiloparsecs (87,400 ± 3,600 lig… 展开

    直径100—180 kly(31—55 kpc
    薄恒星盘面厚度≈2 kly(0.6 kpc)
    恒星数量1000–4000亿(2.5×10¹¹ ±1.5×10¹¹)
    已知最老的恒星≥13.7 Gyr
    Etymology and mythology

    In the Babylonian epic poem Enūma Eliš, the Milky Way is created from the severed tail of the primeval salt water dragoness Tiamat, set in the sky by Marduk, the Babylonian national god, after slaying her. This story was once though… 展开

    Appearance

    The Milky Way is visible as a hazy band of white light, some 30° wide, arching the night sky. Although all the individual naked-eye stars in the entire sky are part of the Milky Way Galaxy, the term "Milky Way" is limited to this band of lig… 展开

     
  1. Milky Way Galaxy | Size, Definition, & Facts | Britannica

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  4. The Milky Way Galaxy - Imagine the Universe!

    2021年9月23日 · Learn about the structure, shape, and size of our own galaxy, the Milky Way, and how we know it is a barred spiral galaxy. Find out how many stars it has, how it looks from outside, and what other galaxies are nearby.

  5. The Milky Way Galaxy - Harvard–Smithsonian Center for …

  6. Our Milky Way Galaxy: How Big is Space?

    2019年4月2日 · Our galaxy is a gravitationally bound collection of stars, swirling in a spiral through space. Based on the deepest images obtained so far, it’s one of about 2 trillion galaxies in the observable universe.

  7. The Milky Way - NASA

  8. The Milky Way Galaxy - Imagine the Universe!

    2021年10月14日 · Learn about the structure, history, and appearance of our home galaxy from different wavelengths of light. See images of the Milky Way from radio, infrared, optical, X-ray, and gamma ray observations.

  9. Milky Way Galaxy - Structure, Dynamics, Stars | Britannica

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