The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
Radius: 52,850 light years
Age: 13.51 billion years
Escape velocity: 550 km/s
Absolute magnitude: -21
Number of stars: 100–400 billion
Constellations: Orion, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Carina, Ara
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The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
Radius: 52,850 light years
Age: 13.51 billion years
Escape velocity: 550 km/s
Absolute magnitude: -21
Number of stars: 100–400 billion
Constellations: Orion, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Carina, Ara