The Milky Way from Monoceros to Orion

Credit: JOHN CHUMACK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: The Milky Way from Monoceros to Orion. The Milky Way is the galaxy, made up of some 200 to 400 billion stars and their planets, in which our Solar System is positioned. It has a mass of roughly 750 billion to one trillion solar masses and a diameter of about 100,000 light years. Sapello, NM. 80mm lens, Medium Format Camera, 400 Fuji, 30 min exp. 11/14/96.

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