Celestial Objects
Milky Way
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The Milky Way is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, named for the hazy band of light its countless individual stars cast across the night sky as seen from Earth, so far away from one another that they cannot be told apart by the naked eye. It is a barred spiral galaxy with a disk roughly 87,400 light-years across, estimated to hold between 100 and 400 billion stars.
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Wikimedia FoundationMilky Way, lead sectionQuote, Milky Way, lead section
The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, 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 in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
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Wikimedia FoundationMilky Way, infobox (Type)Quote, Milky Way, infobox (Type)
Sb; Sbc; SB(rs)bc
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Wikimedia FoundationMilky Way, infobox (Mass)Quote, Milky Way, infobox (Mass)
1.15x10^12 M(sun)
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Wikimedia FoundationIn Category: Celestial Objects, Milky Way, Wikipedia summary
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Wikimedia FoundationOrbited By: Large Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite status)Quote, Orbited By: Large Magellanic Cloud, Large Magellanic Cloud, lead section (satellite status)
The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is a dwarf galaxy and satellite galaxy of the Milky Way.
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