Milky Way

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The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System and hundreds of billions of other stars.

AI illustration

How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Milky Way

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of the Milky Way (The Milky Way is the barred spiral galaxy that contains our Solar System and hundreds of billions of other stars.)

All labels observed (28)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf astronomical object ⓘ
barred spiral galaxy ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ
age about 13.6 billion years ⓘ
approximateDiameter about 100,000 light-years ⓘ
about 30 kiloparsecs ⓘ
approximateMass about 1 trillion solar masses ⓘ
about 10^12 solar masses ⓘ
approximateStellarCount about 100–400 billion stars ⓘ
hundreds of billions of stars ⓘ
contains Earth ⓘ
Norma Arm ⓘ
Orion Arm ⓘ
Perseus Arm ⓘ
Sagittarius A* ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center

Scutum–Centaurus Arm ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
central bar ⓘ
cosmic rays ⓘ
dark matter halo ⓘ
exoplanets ⓘ
galactic bulge ⓘ
galactic disk ⓘ
galactic halo ⓘ
globular clusters ⓘ
interstellar medium ⓘ
molecular clouds ⓘ
open star clusters ⓘ
planetary systems ⓘ
spiral arms ⓘ
stars ⓘ
supermassive black hole ⓘ
coordinateSystem galactic coordinates ⓘ
distanceToAndromedaGalaxy about 2.5 million light-years ⓘ
formationEpoch shortly after the Big Bang ⓘ
galacticCenterConstellation Sagittarius ⓘ
galacticCenterObject Sagittarius A* ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way center
galacticPlaneInclinationToEcliptic about 60 degrees ⓘ
hasPart Solar System ⓘ
hasSatellite Canis Major Dwarf Galaxy ⓘ
Large Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
Sagittarius Dwarf Spheroidal Galaxy ⓘ
Small Magellanic Cloud ⓘ
memberOf Local Group ⓘ
morphologicalType SBbc ⓘ
neighborOf Andromeda Galaxy ⓘ
Triangulum Galaxy ⓘ
observedIn X-ray wavelengths ⓘ
infrared wavelengths ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
partOf Laniakea Supercluster ⓘ
rotationPeriodAtSun about 225–250 million years ⓘ
shape barred spiral ⓘ
solarOrbitName Galactic year ⓘ
SunDistanceFromCenter about 27,000 light-years ⓘ
about 8 kiloparsecs ⓘ
SunLocation Orion Arm ⓘ
visibleFromEarth as a band of light in the night sky ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1,120)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earth → belongsToGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
SETI → searchesRegion → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy → setting → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Pale Blue Dot → setting → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Sun → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Solar System → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Pleiades → hostGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Drake equation → mainSubject → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Drake equation → appliesTo → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Anaxagoras → viewOnMilkyWay → the Milky Way is the light of distant stars ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
The Backbone of Night → subject → Milky Way ⓘ
Gallifrey → galaxy → Milky Way (in-universe depiction) ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Orion Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Orion Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Local Bubble → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Milky Way center → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Milky Way center → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Local Group → contains → Milky Way ⓘ
Local Group → isDominatedBy → Milky Way ⓘ
Seven Sisters → locatedInGalaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Sol → orbits → Milky Way ⓘ
Sol → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → neighborOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Andromeda Galaxy → movingToward → Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Perseus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way disk ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → galaxy → Milky Way ⓘ
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way disk ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Scutum–Centaurus Arm → componentOf → Milky Way spiral structure ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Small Magellanic Cloud → orbits → Milky Way ⓘ
Norma Arm → partOf → Milky Way ⓘ
Norma Arm → locatedIn → Milky Way disk ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way
Laniakea Supercluster → contains → Milky Way ⓘ
Pedile → isIn → Milky Way ⓘ
subject linked to: Pedile (Hyad)
Aldebaran → isMemberOf → Milky Way ⓘ
23 Tauri → locatedIn → Milky Way ⓘ
Berserker hypothesis → scale → Milky Way galaxy ⓘ
linked to: Milky Way