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SPACE FACTS: DAY 6/365 🧪
Our Milky Way galaxy is about ~100,000 light-years across, making it on the big side for spiral galaxies. But the biggest known spiral galaxy is UGC 2885 (Rubin’s Galaxy), which may be up to 800,000 light-years wide!
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Holwerda (U. of Louisville)
Our Milky Way galaxy is about ~100,000 light-years across, making it on the big side for spiral galaxies. But the biggest known spiral galaxy is UGC 2885 (Rubin’s Galaxy), which may be up to 800,000 light-years wide!
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Holwerda (U. of Louisville)
June 20, 2023 at 4:09 PM
SPACE FACTS: DAY 6/365 🧪
Our Milky Way galaxy is about ~100,000 light-years across, making it on the big side for spiral galaxies. But the biggest known spiral galaxy is UGC 2885 (Rubin’s Galaxy), which may be up to 800,000 light-years wide!
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Holwerda (U. of Louisville)
Our Milky Way galaxy is about ~100,000 light-years across, making it on the big side for spiral galaxies. But the biggest known spiral galaxy is UGC 2885 (Rubin’s Galaxy), which may be up to 800,000 light-years wide!
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, B. Holwerda (U. of Louisville)