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  2. Milky Way - Wikipedia

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    The apex of the Sun's way, or the solar apex, is the direction that the Sun travels through space in the Milky Way. The general direction of the Sun's Galactic motion is towards the star Vega near the constellation of Hercules , at an angle of roughly 60 sky degrees to the direction of the Galactic Center.

  3. Galactic coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    Artist's depiction of the Milky Way Galaxy showing the origin and orientation of galactic longitude. The galactic longitude (l) runs from the Sun upwards in the image through the center of the galaxy. The galactic latitude (b) is perpendicular to the image (i.e. coming out of the image) and also centered on the Sun.

  4. Location of Earth - Wikipedia

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    Group of at least 80 galaxies of which the Milky Way is a part. Dominated by Andromeda (the largest), the Milky Way and Triangulum; the remainder are dwarf galaxies. [39] Local Sheet: 7 Mpc 2.16×10 20: Group of galaxies including the Local Group moving at the same relative velocity towards the Virgo Cluster and away from the Local Void. [40] [41]

  5. Space telescope shows most detailed map of Milky Way ever - AOL

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    Gaia is a craft from the European Space Agency which is dedicated to astrometry, and that in turn means it’s going to map the heavens. Space telescope shows most detailed map of Milky Way ever ...

  6. Astronomical coordinate systems - Wikipedia

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    The galactic coordinate system uses the approximate plane of the Milky Way Galaxy as its fundamental plane. The Solar System is still the center of the coordinate system, and the zero point is defined as the direction towards the Galactic Center. Galactic latitude resembles the elevation above the galactic plane and galactic longitude ...

  7. Solar System - Wikipedia

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    Diagram of the Milky Way, with galactic features and the relative position of the Solar System labeled. The Solar System is located in the Milky Way, a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 100,000 light-years containing more than 100 billion stars. [269]

  8. Webb telescope spots the most distant Milky Way-like ... - AOL

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    Astronomers used the James Webb Space Telescope to spot a Milky Way-like galaxy that formed soon after the big bang created the universe. ... “Finding ceers-2112 shows that galaxies in the early ...

  9. Webb telescope captures outskirts of Milky Way in ... - AOL

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    NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope imaged sections of the outskirts of the Milky Way galaxy, a region called the Extreme Outer Galaxy. As shown here, the telescope observed newly formed stars and ...