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2. File:Motion of Sun, Earth and Moon around the Milky Way.jpg

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   English: Sun's Path Around the Milky Way. An illustration showing the path of the Sun, Earth and Moon around the Milky Way. The inclinations of the Ecliptic Plane and Celestial Equator are shown with respect to the Galactic North Pole and Galactic Plane. The inclination of the moon's orbit is shown relative to the Ecliptic Plane.

3. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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   This gave an isophotal diameter for the Milky Way at 26.8 ± 1.1 kiloparsecs (87,400 ± 3,600 light-years), by assuming that the galactic disc is well represented by an exponential disc and adopting a central surface brightness of the galaxy (μ 0) of 22.1 ± 0.3 B-mag/arcsec −2 and a disk scale length (h) of 5.0 ± 0.5 kpc (16,300 ± 1,600 ly).

4. Stellar kinematics - Wikipedia

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   Barnard's Star is the star with the highest proper motion. [1] In astronomy, stellar kinematics is the observational study or measurement of the kinematics or motions of stars through space. Stellar kinematics encompasses the measurement of stellar velocities in the Milky Way and its satellites as well as the internal kinematics of more distant ...

5. A six-planet solar system in perfect synchrony has been found ...

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   The find, announced Wednesday, can help explain how solar systems across the Milky Way galaxy came to be. This one is 100 light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. A light-year is 5.8 ...

6. Look up this summer for a great view of the Milky Way ... - AOL

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   Morning sky: The most planetary action this month is in the morning sky.Saturn rises around 1 a.m. in early July but by 11 p.m. late in the month making it an evening target. Mars rises around 4 a ...

7. How to spot the Milky Way without a telescope this summer - AOL

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   Take at least 20 minutes to let your eyes adjust to the dark before trying to look at the sky. If you want to see the Milky Way, you’ll also need to move away from light pollution that is ...

8. Sagittarius A* - Wikipedia

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   Sagittarius A*, abbreviated Sgr A* (/ ˈ s æ dʒ ˈ eɪ s t ɑːr / SADGE-AY-star), is the supermassive black hole at the Galactic Center of the Milky Way.Viewed from Earth, it is located near the border of the constellations Sagittarius and Scorpius, about 5.6° south of the ecliptic, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) and Lambda Scorpii.

9. List of nearest stars - Wikipedia

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   It contains Ursa Major and the Hyades star cluster, among others. The Local Bubble also contains the neighboring G-Cloud, which contains the stars Alpha Centauri and Altair. In the galactic context, the Local Bubble is a small part of the Orion Arm, which contains most stars that we can see without a telescope.