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The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in. Wiki Quote: "The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe."

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  • The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in. Wiki Quote: "The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe."
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  • The Milky Way is the galaxy that we live in. Wiki Quote: "The Milky Way, sometimes called simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy in which the Solar System is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the Local Group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe." Type:SBbc (barred spiral galaxy) Diameter:100,000 light years Thickness :1,000 light years (stars) Number of stars :200 to 400 billion Oldest known star :13.2 billion years[1] Mass:5.8 × 1011 M☉ Sun's distance to galactic center :26,000 ± 1,400 light-years Sun's galactic rotation period :220 million years (negative rotation) Spiral pattern rotation period :50 million years[2] Bar pattern rotation period :15 to 18 million years[2] Speed relative to CMB rest frame :552 km/s[3]
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