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Our own Galaxy - the Milky Way ... The spiral galaxy M83 which is believed to be similar in size and shape to the Milky Way (AAO) ... A view of the Milky Way from the southern hemisphere - towards the centre of our galaxy (AAO)
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www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/gal_milky.html
www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/gal_milky.html
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The Milky Way galaxy is the spiral galaxy we call home, as do roughly 100 billion other stars. It looks very much like other spiral galaxies when viewed from above. There are spiral arms and a bright central part.
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www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Milkyway.h...
www.windows.ucar.edu/tour/link=/the_universe/Milkyway.html
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The Milky Way system is a spiral galaxy consisting of over; 400 billion stars , plus gas and dust arranged into three general components as shown to the left: ... Studies of the rotation of the Milky Way show that the halo dominates the mass of the galaxy, but the material is not visible, now called dark matter.
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cass.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html
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Space.com explains Milky Way, discover of Milky Way, Milky Way galaxy, the Milky Way and Milky Way pictures ... The Milky Way galaxy has a whopping circumference of roughly 250-300 thousand light years! Within the main body of the Milky Way there are estimated to be between 200 and 400 billion stars.
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www.space.com/milkyway/
www.space.com/milkyway/
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Milky Way - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Milky Way , or simply the Galaxy , is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxi...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way
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Our Solar System's Location in the Milky Way Galaxy ... Our solar system is located in the outer reaches of the Milky Way Galaxy, which is a spiral galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy contains roughly 200 billion stars. Most of these stars are not visible from Earth. Almost everything that we can see in the sky belongs to the...
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www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsyste...
www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/astronomy/solarsystem/where.shtml
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We cannot of course view our galaxy from the outside, but the image below of the galaxy M100 is probably approximately what a top view of the Milky Way would look like. Another spiral galaxy that is probably similar in appearance to the Milky Way is M83.
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csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/milkyway.html
csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/milkyway/milkyway.html
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