What is the Milky Way number?

Astronomers estimate there are about 100 thousand million stars in the Milky Way alone. Outside that, there are millions upon millions of other galaxies also!

How can you describe the location of the earth in reference to the Milky Way galaxy?

Earth is in the second largest galaxy of the Local Group – a galaxy called the Milky Way. The Milky Way is a large spiral galaxy. Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy.

What can the Milky Way be described as?

The Milky Way is a large barred spiral galaxy. All the stars we see in the night sky are in our own Milky Way Galaxy. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way because it appears as a milky band of light in the sky when you see it in a really dark area.

What is the Earth’s cosmic address?

Our full Cosmic Address: Sydney Observatory, 1003 Upper Fort St, Millers Point, Sydney, NSW, Australia, Earth, The Solar System, Orion Arm, The Milky Way, Local Group, Virgo Cluster, Virgo Super-Cluster, Universe … One?

What settings do you use to shoot the Milky Way?

For Milky Way photography, I recommend shooting at your widest aperture settings—f/2.8, for example. This will allow the most amount of light into the lens, and allow for a shorter exposure duration.

How can you see the Milky Way?

Generally the dense part of the Milky Way is best viewed when it is as high as possible in the Southern sky. Facing south during April and May the pre-dawn hours are best. From June to early August the best time is near midnight, though the Milky Way will be visible almost all night.

What is the Milky Way?

It’s a big flat disk of stars measuring up to 120,000 light years across. Our Solar System is located in the middle of this galactic disk. And by the middle, I mean the center of the galaxy is about 27,000 light years that way, and the edge of the galaxy is about the same distance that way.

Where is Earth located in the universe?

You, me and the Earth are all located inside our Solar System. Which contains the Sun, 8 planets and a vast collection of ice, rocks and dust. We’re embedded deep within our galaxy, the Milky Way. It’s a big flat disk of stars measuring up to 120,000 light years across. Our Solar System is located in the middle of this galactic disk.

How far away is the center of the Earth?

When you consider our place in the Universe, everything really is relative. I’m recording this halfway up Vancouver Island, in the Pacific Ocean, off the West Coast of Canada. And where I’m standing is about 6,370 kilometers away from the center of the Earth, that way.

What is the local chimney of the Galaxy?

On the scale of a few hundred light years, we find ourselves in the “local fluff”, which is a cloud passing through the “local bubble” which in turn is a part of the “local chimney” structure which fountains matter above the plane of the galaxy. All of this is formed by the rythm of star births in the density waves of the spiral arms.