The Milky Way Is Best Described as
Using infrared images from NASAs Spitzer Space Telescope scientists have discovered that the Milky Ways elegant spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. The stars in the center of the galaxy are extremely small. Pin On Moons Planets Space Stars Make the simplifying assumption which is nearly correct that the Sun is made up entirely. . Astronomers first began to conjecture that the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy rather than an ordinary spiral galaxy in the 1960s. A a spiral galaxy with a disk about 100000 light - years in diameter and containing about 100000 stars B a spherically shaped collection of about 1 million stars that is about 100 light - years in diameter. 1 parsec is 31 10 16 m or 326 light years 1y. Which of the following best describes the Milky Way Galaxy. Very close to the center Ospirals merge to form ellipticals intracluster gas. A Many more stars ...