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The Milky Way as seen from Sajama National Park in Bolivia, an area with little light pollution. As viewed from Earth, the visible region of the Milky Way's galactic plane occupies an area of the sky that includes 30 constellations. [e] The Galactic Center lies in the direction of Sagittarius, where the Milky Way is brightest.
Group of at least 80 galaxies of which the Milky Way is a part. Dominated by Andromeda (the largest), the Milky Way and Triangulum; the remainder are dwarf galaxies. [39] Local Sheet: 7 Mpc 2.16×10 20: 20.33: Group of galaxies including the Local Group moving at the same relative velocity towards the Virgo Cluster and away from the Local Void ...
The Local Group is the galaxy group that includes the Milky Way, where Earth is located. It has a total diameter of roughly 3 megaparsecs (10 million light-years ; 9 × 10 19 kilometres ), [ 1 ] and a total mass of the order of 2 × 10 12 solar masses (4 × 10 42 kg). [ 2 ]
SPOILERS BELOW—do not scroll any further if you don't want the answer revealed. The New York Times Today's Wordle Answer for #1249 on Tuesday, November 19, 2024
SPOILERS BELOW—do not scroll any further if you don't want the answer revealed. The New York Times Today's Wordle Answer for #1258 on Thursday, November 28, 2024
At first, it looks like a planet: dark, snow-speckled and slashed down the center by a deep red scar. But zoom in a little closer, and you realize you're looking at something much larger than a ...
Satellite of Milky Way (accretion by Milky Way) 10 Reticulum II: 0.102 0.0314 [5] −3.1 [5] 14.4 [5] [NB 1] Local Group: Satellite of Milky Way: 378 ly 11 Segue 2: dSph 0.114 0.035 [12] −2.5 [12] Local Group: Satellite of Milky Way, one of the smallest known galaxies 220 ly 12 Carina II: 0.122 0.0374 [10] −4.5 [10] 13.36 [10] [NB 1] Local ...
While Earth is located about 26,000 light-years from what's known as the galactic center, the outer portions of the Milky Way are even further, at about 58,000 light-years from our galaxy's ...