Adventures in Utah & Beyond

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The SUN as we know it

The World as we know it

The Moon



Milky Way Galaxy - its diameter is about 100,000 light years or 5,878,482,164,161 miles x 100,000.
You better get moving.

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - closest major galaxy to our Milky Way

Andromeda Galaxy (M31) - 2 million light-years away

IC 1396 H-Alpha is some 2,000 light years distant in the constellation Cepheus

The Great Nebula in Orion (M42) is 1500 light-years away

Centaurus A - the central region - a mere 10 million light-years away


Cats Eye Nebula (NGC 6543) - 3000 light-years from Earth
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NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day  

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