06:02:40 MILKY WAY GALAXY

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MILKY WAY GALAXY
GREAT SPIRAL GALAXY - M-O - LOCAL GROUP

VIEW OF THE GREAT EQUATORIAL DISK OF THE GALAXY[1]
TYPE: SBbc (barred spiral galaxy)
Diameter: 100,000 light years (30,678.82 parsecs.)
Thickness:1,000 lght years (306.79 parsecs.)
Number of Stars: STELLAR POPULATION IS 100 - 400 billion ()
Oldest known star: 13.2 billion years
Mass: M_
Sun's distance to galactic center: 26,000 1,400 light years