Question

what is the Milky Way and how big is it​

Answer 1

Answer:

about 100,000 light years

Distance Information

The Milky Way is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km (about 100,000 light years or about 30 kpc) across. The Sun does not lie near the center of our Galaxy. It lies about 8 kpc from the center on what is known as the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.

Answer 2

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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.

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Radius: 52,850 light years

Age: 13.51 billion years

Escape velocity: 550 km/s

Absolute magnitude: -21

Stars : 25,000 crores ± 15,000 crores

Constellations: Orion, Sagittarius, Scorpius, Carina, Ara

2.

about 100,000 light years

about 100,000 light yearsDistance Information

The Milky Way is about 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 km (about 100,000 light years or about 30 kpc) across. The Sun does not lie near the center of our Galaxy. It lies about 8 kpc from the center on what is known as the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.