The Milky Way Galaxy

Our galaxy is considered to be a typical spiral galaxy about 75,000 light years in diameter.

Jagran Josh
Jun 16, 2011, 16:36 IST

THE MILKY WAY GALAXY

Our galaxy is considered to be a typical spiral galaxy about 75,000 light years in diameter. It is a member of the so-called ‘Local Group’ of about 20 galaxies, which is about 6 million light years in extent and which is dominated at one end by our own galaxy and at the other by the much larger Andromeda galaxy.

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