[DOC] [TLE] ASTR 209 - Ch. 23: the Milky Way Galaxy Flashcards | Quizlet [PAR] Flattened region of gas and dust that bisects the galactic halo in a spiral galaxy. 
This is ... Why do we see the Milky Way as a band of light across the night sky? .... 
Region of a galaxy beyond the visible halo where dark matter is thought to reside
. ... Optical techniques can only cover a small portion of the dusty Galactic disk. [DOC] [TLE] J! Archive - Show #3127, aired 1998-03-17 [PAR] This flattened disk in the night sky is the visible portion of our galaxy ... Distant 
radio stations on this band are clearer at night because their signals bounce off... [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way - Wikipedia [PAR] The Milky Way is the galaxy that contains our Solar System. Its name "milky" is 
derived from its appearance as a dim glowing band arching across the night sky 
whose individual stars cannot be distinguished by the naked eye. .... As viewed 
from Earth, the visible region of the Milky Way's Galactic plane occupies an area 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Galaxy - Wikipedia [PAR] A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar 
gas, dust, and .... A few galaxies outside the Milky Way are visible in the night sky 
to the ... is a flattened disk of stars, and that some of the nebulae visible in the 
night sky ..... It is also a favorable portion of the spectrum for observing ionized H 
II... [DOC] [TLE] 999 999% /999 Stars and Nebulae Most of the things you can see in ... [PAR] All stars visible to the unaided eye are in our galaxy, the Milky Way. ... The galaxy 
is shaped like a flattened disk embedded in a round, faint halo. .... The ultraviolet 
portion of this radiation can strip electrons off, or "ionize" the outer ... has been 
found many brown dwarfs because it covers a large area of sky, it can see quite... [DOC] [TLE] The Milky Way Galaxy [PAR] Apr 3, 2015 ... Many fuzzy objects (nebula) are visible in the night sky, and are included in the ... 
He concluded the Galaxy was a flattened, disk-shaped, with the Sun near the .... 
Our galaxy is much larger than the size of the luminous portion... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 14, Section 3 [PAR] ... optical techniques can cover only a small portion of the dusty Galactic disk. 
Much of our knowledge of the structure of the disk on larger scales is based on ... 
All the bright, blue stars visible in our night sky are part of the Galactic disk, as are 
the .... years, rotation has flattened the gas in our Galaxy into a relatively thin disk. [DOC] [TLE] The Birth and Formation of Galaxies - Views of the Solar System [PAR] ... night, one can often see a hazy, luminous band stretching across the sky. ... 
Some, like the Milky Way, are flat disks with arcing spiral arms and regions of 
dense ... our understanding of the universe and our vision beyond the visible 
portion of ... When NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was pointed at one tiny 
speck of sky... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 23 [PAR] The disk and bulge are clearly visible in this image, which is about 30,000 pc ... 
Figure 23.2 Seen from within, the flattened disk of our Galaxy appears as a .... 
variable star (boxed) on successive nights; two photos, one from each night, have 
... low-mass horizontal-branch stars that lie in the lower portion of the instability 
strip. [DOC] [TLE] Structure of the Galaxy - CliffsNotes [PAR] Passing around the sky there is a broad region that is readily seen to be brighter 
... and interstellar material that make up the Galaxy are distributed in space, is flat
. ... of Milky Way, visible low on the southern horizon in the summer sky toward 
the ... An external view of the Milky Way, looking edgeon or sideways into the 
disk. [DOC] [TLE] Milky Way proves more visible this month | News OK [PAR] Aug 1, 2006 ... The artificial light we people

Question: This flattened disk in the night sky is the visible portion of our galaxy
Answer: the Milky Way