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Milky Way
Milky Way A band of faint light across the sky, visible to the naked eye on a moonless night, consisting of stars and glowing gas in the disk of our own Galaxy. From Cassiopeia to Cygnus the Milky Way varies in width, and between Cygnus and Sagittarius it appears to split into two, separated by the Great Rift. It is faint from Cassiopeia to Canis Major, particularly near Taurus. In the southern hemisphere from Sagittarius to Carina the Milky Way is spectacular. Dark areas stand out in greater contrast in this region, notably the Coalsack nebula in Crux. The galactic centre lies in Sagittarius, where star clouds are particularly bright and dense. The plane of our Galaxy runs along the Milky Way and is inclined at about 63° to the celestial equator, a result of the orientation of the Solar System within the Galaxy.
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"Milky Way." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Milky Way." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-MilkyWay.html "Milky Way." A Dictionary of Astronomy. 1997. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O80-MilkyWay.html |
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Milky Way
Milky Way a faint band of light crossing the sky, clearly visible on dark moonless nights and discovered by Galileo to be made up of vast numbers of faint stars. It corresponds to the plane of our Galaxy, in which most of its stars are located.
The Milky Way was sometimes named from famous pilgrimage routes; as Walsingham Way and the Way of St James (the road to Santiago de Compostela). |
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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Milky Way." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Milky Way." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-MilkyWay.html ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Milky Way." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O214-MilkyWay.html |
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Milky Way
Milky Way Faint band of light visible on clear dark nights encircling the sky along the line of the galactic equator. It is the combined light of an enormous number of stars, in places obscured by clouds of interstellar gas and dust. It is in fact the disc of our galaxy, viewed from our vantage point within it.
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"Milky Way." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Milky Way." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MilkyWay.html "Milky Way." World Encyclopedia. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O142-MilkyWay.html |
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Milky Way
Milk·y Way a faint band of light crossing the sky, made up of vast numbers of faint stars. It corresponds to the plane of our Galaxy, in which most of its stars are located. ∎ the galaxy in which our sun is located. |
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"Milky Way." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Milky Way." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-milkyway.html "Milky Way." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-milkyway.html |
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Milky Way
Milky Way Candy bar developed by Frank Mars in Minneapolis‐St Paul, 1923.
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DAVID A. BENDER. "Milky Way." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. DAVID A. BENDER. "Milky Way." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (February 11, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-MilkyWay.html DAVID A. BENDER. "Milky Way." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Retrieved February 11, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O39-MilkyWay.html |
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