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The Milky Way
http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/html/milky_way.html
The Milky Way The Milky Way is a gravitationally bound collection of roughly a hundred billion stars. Our Sun is one of these stars and is located roughly 24,000 light years (or 8000 parsecs) from the center of our the Milky Way. COBE image of the..
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APOD Index - Galaxies: Milky Way
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html
Astronomy Picture of the Day Index - Galaxies: Milky Way | Archive | Index | Search | Glossary | Today's Picture | 7,000 Stars And The Milky Way A MACHO View of Galactic Dark Matter Gamma Ray Sky Map Lensing through Baade's Window The Milky Way... | | |
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Lake Afton Public Observatory's Exploring the Milky Way
http://web.physics.twsu.edu/lapo/ems/emw2.htm
Exploring the Milky Way - The View From Afar The picture on top is from the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). It is an all sky view, that when flattened, shows a view of our galaxy that is strikingly similar to views of other galaxies - such.. |  |
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The Milky Way
http://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/gr/public/gal_milky.html
Our own Galaxy - the Milky Way Our own galaxy consists of about 200 billion stars, with our own Sun being a fairly typical specimen. It is a fairly large spiral galaxy and it has three main components: a disk, in which the solar system resides, a... | | |
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The Milky Way Galaxy
http://www.bowdoin.edu/dept/physics/astro.1998/astro22
THE MILKY WAY:EXPLORING OUR GALAXY COBE (Cosmic Background Explorer) image of the Milky Way. This image was taken from the MAP page on the Milky Way (visit this page to see an enlarged version of the image!) and was produced by the COBE-DIRBE team.. | |
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Week 6: The Milky Way Galaxy
http://www-astronomy.mps.ohio-state.edu/~ryden/ast162_6.html
Astronomy 162: Introduction to Stellar, Galactic, & Extragalactic Astronomy Week 6: The Milky Way Galaxy Some aesthetically pleasing pictures of the Milky Way Galaxy at different wavelengths (from radio to gamma rays) are available online, courtesy. |  |
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The Milky Way
http://astrosun.tn.cornell.edu/courses/astro201/milky_way.htm
The Milky Way The Milky Way is a spiral galaxy that has several distinct components: The disk extends out to a radius of about 25 kpc. It is dominated by stars; the density of the stars falls off with radius almost exponentially. The disk contains.. |  |
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Interstellar Medium and the Milky Way
http://www.bc.cc.ca.us/programs/sea/astronomy/ismnotes/ismglxin.htm
Contents -- Interstellar Medium and the Milky Way Introduction Interstellar Medium (ISM) Dust Extinction Reddening Review Questions Gas H II Regions 21 cm radiation Using 21 cm radiation to Map the Galaxy Molecules Molecular clouds Molecular... | |
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IRAS View Of The Milky Way Galaxy
http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/Outreach/Gallery/IRAS/allsky.html
IRAS View Of The Milky Way Galaxy Nearly the entire sky, as seen in infrared wavelengths and projected at one-half degree resolution, is shown in this image, assembled from six months of data from the Infrared Astronomical Satelite (IRAS). The... |  |
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![[MW, AAT]](http://seds.lpl.arizona.edu/messier/Pics/More/mw_aat.jpg)
