Page 17 - Ultimate Visual Dictionary (DK)

THE MILKY WAY

PANORAMIC RADIO MAP OF OUR GALAXY PANORAMIC INFRARED MAP OF OUR GALAXY
North Galactic spur North Galactic Red indicates North Galactic Low-intensity infrared
(possibly radio emission Pole high-intensity Pole radiation from interstellar
from a supernova remnant) radio-wave emission gas and dust
Galactic Galactic
plane plane
Galactic
plane

Galactic
plane

High-intensity
Blue indicates Yellow and green infrared
low-intensity indicate medium-intensity South Galactic Pole radiation
radio-wave emission South radio-wave emission from region
Galactic Pole High-intensity infrared of starbirth
radiation from interstellar
gas and dust
Vega, a white main Dark clouds of dust and gas
sequence star; the fifth North Galactic Pole obscuring light from part of the
brightest star in the sky Sagittarius Arm
Light from stars and nebulae in the
part of the Sagittarius Arm between
the Sun and Galactic center
Light from stars
and nebulae in the
Perseus Arm

Galactic
plane

Orion’s belt,
a row of
three bright
stars
Orion Nebula
Sirius, a white main
sequence star; the
brightest star in the sky
Canopus, a white supergiant;
Dust clouds South Galactic Pole the second brightest star in the sky
obscuring
Galactic center Small Magellanic Cloud, an irregular Large Magellanic Cloud, an irregular galaxy 170,000 light-years
galaxy 190,000 light-years away away; one of the nearest galaxies to the Milky Way

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