the galaxy containing the solar system; consists of millions of stars that can be seen as a diffuse band of light stretching across the night sky

the milky way galaxy is the inspiration for the symbol of the ouroboros.

银河系是衔尾蛇标记的灵感。

once every 25, 800 years, the sun lines up with the centre of our milky way galaxy on a winter solstice, the sun「s lowest point in the horizon.

每过25800年，在冬至日，太阳都将与银河系的中心重合，太阳的最低点在地平线上。

yesterday」s chart showed the part of our milky way galaxy that stretches overhead in the evening.

昨天谈的是傍晚时一直延伸到正上方的一部分银河。

each december the earth and sun align with the approximate center of the milky way galaxy but that is an annual event of no consequence.

地球和太阳每年十二月份与近似银河系中心，但这是一年一度的盛会，不要紧。

explanation: what does our milky way galaxy look like from afar?

解释：什么是我们银河系看起来像自远方来？

the milky way galaxy is supposed to be like this?

银河系应该也差不多是这样吧。

menkhib and the california nebula are about 1,800 light-years away from earth and are located within the same spur of the orion spiral arm of the milky way galaxy as earth.

menkhib和加州星云大约距离地球1800光年，并在对银河系的地球银河系猎户座旋臂位于同一方向。

although they would have appeared as two of the brighter galaxies on the night sky, the opaque dust of the central band of our milky way galaxy had obscured them from being seen in visible light.

尽管它们在夜空中应该看起来很明亮，银河系中心带（应该叫银盘）的不透明星际尘埃挡住了它们发出的可见光。

new clews of understanding the history of milky way galaxy can be offered by analylizing the data above.

对以上数据的发现和研究将对理解银河系的历史提供新的线索。