Directory of Milky Way Resources

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There are many galaxies like it, but this one is ours; the Milky Way Galaxy, home of the Terran Solar System, is one of several galaxies in the known universe. Sites in this category deal with the observation, character, and composition of the Milky Way.

Subcategories

• Solar System

Resources in This Category

• APOD: Milky Way

  http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/lib/milky_way.html
  NASA's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" index to Milky Way images.

• Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik - Galactic Center Research

  http://www.mpe.mpg.de/ir/GC/
  The research team, observations, results, publications, image gallery, and related links.

• Milky Way

  http://abyss.uoregon.edu/~js/ast122/lectures/lec25.html
  Provides images of our galaxy taken at different wavelengths, and discusses how the mapping of variable stars, neutral hydrogen radio maps and star clusters gives us a view of the shape of the galaxy.

• Multiwavelength Milky Way

  http://mwmw.gsfc.nasa.gov/
  Technical overview of various frequency scans of the galaxy, with images and data files, from NASA's Astrophysics Data Facility.

• Scientific American: Our Growing, Breathing Galaxy

  https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/our-growing-breathing-gal/
  Detailed historical information and new discoveries about our galaxy.

• The Milky Way

  http://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/m_uni/uni_101mw.html
  A short definition of the Milky Way's components and composition.

• The Milky Way Galaxy

  http://casswww.ucsd.edu/public/tutorial/MW.html
  Illustrated and technical overview of the structure and composition.

• The Milky Way Galaxy: Our Home

  http://www.windows2universe.org/the_universe/Milkyway.html
  A brief illustrated definition of the Milky Way.

• What is the Milky Way Called in Different Languages?

  http://stoivane.iki.fi/milkyway/
  A list of the names given to the Milky Way in various languages.

Related Categories

• Home > Science > Astronomy > Cosmology
• Home > Science > Astronomy > Star Clusters
• Home > Science > Astronomy > Stars

 

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