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Galactic Structures
Massive cosmic islands containing billions of stars, vast dust clouds, and dark matter — the fundamental building blocks of our universe.
Observable Universe~2 Trillion Galaxies
Milky Way Stars100–400 Billion
Milky Way Diameter~105,700 Light-years
Galaxy TypesSpiral, Elliptical, Irregular
Our Galactic CenterSagittarius A* (Black Hole)
Nearest GalaxyCanis Major Dwarf (~25,000 ly)
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Home Galaxy
Milky Way
Barred Spiral · Barred Spiral
Our home galaxy — a barred spiral containing 200-400 billion stars. Our Solar System is located about 27,000 light-years from the galactic center.
TypeBarred Spiral
Age13.6 billion years
Diameter100,000 light-years
CenterSagittarius A*
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Barred Spiral
Milky Way
Our home galaxy — a barred spiral containing 200-400 billion stars. Our Solar System is located abou…
Diameter100,000 light-years
Galaxy TypeBarred Spiral
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Spiral
Andromeda
The nearest large galaxy to the Milky Way, on a collision course with us in about 4.5 billion years.
Diameter220,000 light-years
Galaxy TypeSpiral
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Spiral
Triangulum
The third-largest galaxy in the Local Group, a spiral galaxy visible to the naked eye under dark ski…
Diameter60,000 light-years
Galaxy TypeSpiral
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Lenticular
Sombrero Galaxy
An iconic galaxy with a bright nucleus and prominent dust lane, resembling a sombrero hat.
Diameter50,000 light-years
Galaxy TypeLenticular
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Spiral
Whirlpool Galaxy
A grand-design spiral galaxy interacting with a smaller companion galaxy NGC 5195.
Diameter76,000 light-years
Galaxy TypeSpiral
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