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Galactic Astronomy: Milky Way, Cosmic Dust, Stellar Kinematics, Star-Forming Region, Oort Constants, Astronomical Visual Source, Extinction

Galactic Astronomy: Milky Way, Cosmic Dust, Stellar Kinematics, Star-Forming Region, Oort Constants, Astronomical Visual Source, Extinction


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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Milky Way, Cosmic dust, Stellar kinematics, Star-forming region, Oort constants, Astronomical visual source, Extinction, First X-ray source in Pictor, Density wave theory, Galaxy rotation curve, Abell 2147, Serpens Caput X-1, X-ray halo, Orion-Eridanus Superbubble, Abell 1795, H 2356-309, Arp 270, Abell 2256, Fairall 9, Hydra A, Moving cluster method, Galactic anticenter, Peculiar velocity, Stellar-wind bubble, Galactic corona, Galactic archaeology. Excerpt: The Milky Way Galaxy, commonly referred to as just the Milky Way, or sometimes simply as the Galaxy, is the home galaxy of the Solar System, and of Earth. It is agreed that the Milky Way is a spiral galaxy, with observations suggesting that it is a barred spiral galaxy. It contains 200-400 billion stars and is estimated to have at least 50 billion planets, 500 million of which could be located in the habitable zone of their parent star. New data suggests there may be up to twice as many free-floating planets in the Milky Way as there are stars. The Milky Way is part of the Local Group of galaxies and is one of around 200 billion galaxies in the observable universe. The Solar System is located in the Milky Way galaxy around two thirds of the way out from the center, on the inner edge of the Orion-Cygnus Arm. The Sun orbits around the center of the galaxy in a galactic year-once every 225-250 million Earth years. The "Milky Way" is a translation of the Latin Via Lactea, in turn translated from the Greek (Galaxias), referring to the pale band of light formed by stars in the galactic plane as seen from Earth. All the stars that the eye can distinguish in the night sky are part of the Milky Way galaxy, but aside from these relatively nearby stars, the galaxy appears as a hazy band of white light arching around the entire celestial sphere. The light originate...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781156478578
  • Publisher: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC, Wiki Series
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 48
  • Spine Width: 3 mm
  • Weight: 104 gr
  • ISBN-10: 115647857X
  • Publisher Date: 06 Jul 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Milky Way, Cosmic Dust, Stellar Kinematics, Star-Forming Region, Oort Constants, Astronomical Visual Source, Extinction
  • Width: 189 mm


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