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Field Atlas example · barred spiral

Milky Way

Our home galaxy. Because we observe it from inside its disk, structure is reconstructed from many lines of sight rather than seen as a single external face-on portrait.

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Record dimensions

Morphology
barred spiral
Viewing geometry
inside the disk
Environment
Local Group
Scale cue
large galaxy
Activity note
not currently classed as an active galaxy in the NASA overview
interpretive

Representation boundary

Any whole-galaxy face-on image of the Milky Way is a reconstruction or illustration, not a direct external photograph.

This record avoids inferring hidden physical properties solely from the visual class.

Source-backed facts

What this release is willing to state.

These are intentionally compact. The linked institutional source remains the authority for fuller context.

  • sourced The stellar disk spans more than 100,000 light-years in NASA’s overview.
  • sourced Earth lies along a spiral arm, roughly halfway from the center in NASA’s overview.
  • sourced NASA describes the Milky Way as a barred spiral galaxy.
GX-SRC-001
GalaxiesNASA Science
checked 2026-09-15
GX-SRC-002
Types of GalaxiesNASA Science
checked 2026-09-15