A question about the Milky way

The disk is ~100,000 light years in diameter.

The answer to your question, is that the galactic disk, is 10,000-12,000 light years thick.

1 light year, is 6 trillion miles...

The universe is a big place, we are a small part of it with all our delusions and hate.



Last Edited by Astral Goat on 01/03/2013 01:19 AM

galaxies just like planets and atoms all have a rotation axis!

that axis determinate the overall structure, but you can have a bunch of factors that plays with this.


the wider a galaxy is, the younger it is! The more dense it is, the older it is.

for exemple andromeda is very old! But this decipacation of andromeda is relative to our current Time line.

when you will die you will realise that time does not really exist. its more of a induced reality becase of the decay of matter when exposed to oxygen.

Last Edited by Blitz the storm-striker on 01/03/2013 01:20 AM

Yes, the Andromeda is 2 1/2 times as wide as the Milky Way!

Thanks.

So it is 8 to 10 times longer than it is wide. Sort of like a round tablet only slightly bigger. ;-)

Here's a side-view diagram of the Milky way: [link to upload.wikimedia.org]
It is spherical but the vast majority of matter and stars are in the bulge and disk.
From here: [link to en.wikipedia.org]

Different types of galaxies--

[link to imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov]


Some pics--

[link to imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov]


There's probably better info on the web. Just google.