MILKY WAY GALAXY

By: Lauren Reich3/30/12

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Brightest Object in Sky

• Did you know that the Brightest object in the Gamma-ray sky is the plane of our Milky way Galaxy?

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DAVID THOMPSON SPEAKS

• “Its not easy to understand it when your in the middle of it” says David Thompson of NASA Goddard.

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MAP OF THE SKY!

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PARTICLES

• The Milky way Galaxy is filled with different types of particles and energy sources such as protons, electrons, electromagnetic radiation, magnetic fields, and so fourth.

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THE NAME

• The name of the Milky way Galaxy derives (comes from Native Americans) from it’s appearance as a dim “milky” glowing band arching across the night sky, in which the unaided eye cannot distinguish individual stars.

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DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know that the Milky way is a group of stars held together by gravitational force? Did you know that the Earth and the solar system is part of the milky way galaxy?

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THE WEBSITES I USED

• wikipedia.org• NASA. Gov• Astronamy-for-kids-online.com• Planet Facts.org/milky way galaxy facts

FUN FACTS

• The milky way contains a bulge, a disk, and a halo.

• The bulge in the middle of the milky way galaxy contains old stars.

• The disk in the in the milky way is said to be made of young stars dust and gas.

• Some dwarf galaxies orbit the milky way.• The middle of the milky way can be located in

the direction of Sagittarius.Planet Facts.org