Which constellation does the Milky Way belong to?

The Milky Way belongs to the local group of galaxies, which in turn belongs to the wider virgo supercluster.

The Milky Way is a rod-shaped galaxy where the solar system is located, including 65,438+0,000-400 billion stars, a large number of star clusters, nebulae and various types of interstellar gas and dust. Seen from the earth, the Milky Way is a silvery white ring around the sky. The total mass is about 2 1000 billion times that of the sun, belonging to the local galaxy group. The nearest extragalactic galaxy is the dog dwarf galaxy, which is 42,000 light years away from the Milky Way.

Extended data of main constellations in the Milky Way galaxy

The main constellations that the Milky Way galaxy passes through are Cygnus, Eagle, Fox, Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, Shield, Sagittarius, Scorpio, Aquarius, Rectangular, Wolf, Triangular, Compass, Fly, Southern Cross, Vela, Tail, Unicorn, Orion and Taurus.

The Milky Way has different shades and widths in the sky. The narrowest is only 4 ~ 5, and the widest is about 30. For the northern hemisphere, the important symbol of the starry sky in summer is the Milky Way, a light belt extending from the northeast horizon to the south horizon, and a "summer triangle" consisting of three bright stars in the Milky Way: Vega, Altair and Tianjin.

In summer, the Milky Way stretches from the east to the north of Scorpio and crosses the sky. Magnificent, magnificent. But it can only be seen in the wild without light interference (the apparent magnitude limit is above 5.5). In winter, the Milky Way is very dark (in Orion and Canis major), but in the sky, you can see the bright Orion and the bright "winter triangle" composed of Sirius, Betelgeuse and Nanhe.

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Baidu encyclopedia-galaxy

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