2007-02-26 16:36:36 · 6 answers · asked by crash 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
the only milky way i know about is the one that tastes yummy and is sold on store shelves. as far as the galaxy, i have no idea. don't remember paying attention in that class.
2007-02-26 16:46:45 · answer #1 · answered by jess l 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks similar to the "Great Andromeda Galaxy" roughly 2 million light years from the Milky Way. The Milky Way galaxy is a spiral galaxy and from what I have read we are not exactly on the edge of the galaxy we are technically in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. You should look up pictures of Spiral Galaxies on google or yahoo. That is what the Milky Way would look like.
Hope this helped.
2007-02-27 01:27:42 · answer #2 · answered by T-Bob Squarepants 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our galaxy, the Milky Way Galaxy, is a group of approximately 100 billion stars. Our galaxy is known as a barred spiral galaxy. That means those 100 billion stars, from a great distance, look like one of those wind vane toys, with each vane being a spiral arm. The stars in the spiral arms are bright, and new stars are being born in those arms, which is why they stand out - they're very bright. Our sun is in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. That means that we are in the same area of the galaxy as the constellation Orion, those bright blue three stars in a row you can see in the winter sky. That area is way in the outer reaches of the galaxy.
When we look towards the center of our galaxy by looking up into the night sky in between the constellations Scorpio and Sagittarius, we can see a wispy veil, like a cloud, except that there are no clouds. These are millions upon billions of stars, so far away, but so dense, that they look like wisps of smoke. The constellation Sagittarius is also known by astronomers as "the Teapot" because the stars are arranged so it looks like the outline of a teapot. And sure enough, at the teapot's spout, the wispy smoke of our galaxy's disk is coming out of it.
It was named "milky way" long before astronomers had any idea what they were looking at. Looked like somebody spilled some white milk in between the stars, I guess.
2007-02-26 17:11:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In a way it's a sad question. When I was young living in the same city, I could see it. Now you can barely see two or three stars.
The milky way was a big thick highway right across the night sky every night from one end to the other, so many stars you couldn't seperate them out from one another. It is our galaxy. I guess there is a whole generation that has never seen it.
If you go out to the country sometime and away from the light pollution look up, by far it will be the biggest object in the night sky.
2007-02-26 16:44:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Milky Way, or M0 Galaxy, is the barred spiral galaxy we find ourselves in. From our point of view, it appears to be an irregular belt of stars interrupted by dust clouds, stretching across the night sky. The center of the galaxy, at which there is a supermassive black hole, can be found near the constellation Sagittarius.
2007-02-26 16:53:36 · answer #5 · answered by skepsis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is our own Galaxy and we are looking through it edge on. It is not a solid looking thing. Just a wide swath of stars that make the sky glow. I miss seeing it as well. The lights shining at night often make it so that you can't even get a good look at the moon. there is to much haze and skyshine. All of the dust and pollution in the air is no help either. I hope you get to go camping in an area with dark night skies soon.
2007-02-26 16:51:36 · answer #6 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋