Kulokho okubonisiwe, khetha ukuma komthala i-Milky Way
Context:I-Milky Way iyi-galaxy ene-barred spiral ene-D25 isophotal diameter elinganiselwa ku-26.8 ± 1.1 kiloparsecs (87,400 ± 3,590 light-years), kodwa kuphela cishe iminyaka eyi-1,000 yokukhanya emagxeni we-spiral (ngaphezulu kokugqwala). Ukufanisa kwamuva nje kusikisela ukuthi indawo enomzimba omnyama, futhi equkethe ezinye izinkanyezi ezibonakalayo, ingase ibe nobubanzi obucishe bube yiminyaka-kukhanya eyizigidi ezimbili (613 kpc). UMthala uneminyele eminingana eyiziphuphutheki futhi uyingxenye yeQembu Lezinkanyezi Lasendaweni, eliyingxenye ye-Virgo Supercluster, yona ngokwayo eyingxenye ye-Laniakea Supercluster.
Umthala i-Milky Way unjengomsele onamabhaxa.