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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.
The nature of the Milky Way's bar, which extends across the Galactic Center, is also actively debated, with estimates for its half-length and orientation spanning between 1–5 kpc (short or a long bar) and 10–50°. [23] [25] [27] Certain authors advocate that the Milky Way features two distinct bars, one nestled within the other. [28]
The Milky Way was very prominent this morning in the #FloridaKeys.El sueño, or The Dream is a Cuban migrant boat that recently landed on our shores. I took the photo at 4:00 a.m. @StoryfulNews ...
It is about 3000 light-years from Earth. [1] It has an overall magnitude of 6.7 and is about 9100 light-years from Earth. NGC 6709 appears in a rich Milky Way star field and is classified as a Shapley class d and Trumpler class III 2 m cluster.
The Great Rift covers one third of the Milky Way, and is flanked by strips of numerous stars, such as the Cygnus Star Cloud. [2] West of the Cepheus Clouds , the Funnel cloud / Le Gentil 3 and the bordering North America Nebula , the Great Rift starts with the Northern Coalsack at the constellation of Cygnus , where it is known as the Cygnus ...
HD 140283 (also known as the Methuselah star) is a metal-poor subgiant star about 200 light years away from the Earth in the constellation Libra, near the boundary with Ophiuchus in the Milky Way Galaxy. Its apparent magnitude is 7.205, so it can be seen with binoculars. It is one of the oldest stars known.
Like the Milky Way, the Andromeda Galaxy has smaller satellite galaxies, consisting of over 20 known dwarf galaxies. The Andromeda Galaxy's dwarf galaxy population is very similar to the Milky Way's, but the galaxies are much more numerous. [127] The best-known and most readily observed satellite galaxies are M32 and M110. Based on current ...