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As mentioned earlier, all of the stars we see unaided, or even with binoculars or small telescopes, belong to our Galaxy, usually known as The Milky Way. It is made up of one hundred thousand million (100,000,000,000) stars, some grouped together in clusters, and interstellar matter, dust and gas. All of the components of our Galaxy move around its nucleus. The stars are mostly spread out along spiral arms.
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de Almeida, G. (2004). The Milky Way. In: Navigating the Night Sky. Patrick Moore’s Practical Astronomy Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-85233-898-5_6
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