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The 69 pages that link to Milky Way, each with the reason it gives.

• Dark matter haloBroader topic: Stellar motions and satellite orbits constrain the halo surrounding our galaxy.

• Andromeda GalaxyCompared with: It is Andromeda’s nearest major counterpart and the other galaxy in their approaching pair.

• Local GroupRelated: It is the Local Group’s largest member by stellar mass and the home galaxy of the Solar System.

• Stellar parallaxNarrower topic: Parallax maps nearby stars and helps establish distances used to chart the Galaxy.

• Galaxy evolutionBroader topic: Its stars and satellites preserve detailed evidence of a galaxy’s assembly history.

• GalaxyBroader topic: It is the galaxy whose stars and structure can be studied from within.

• Spiral galaxyBroader topic: It is the spiral galaxy whose structure astronomers infer from within its dusty disk.

• Differential rotationBroader topic: Its stars and gas orbit the galactic center at rates that vary with radius.

• Large Magellanic CloudNarrower topic: The Cloud is a satellite of the galaxy whose gravity governs its orbit.

• Tidal strippingRelated: Its satellite galaxies and stellar streams provide nearby laboratories for tidal stripping.

• Barred spiral galaxyBroader topic: Its central bar is inferred from stellar surveys and shapes models of our own galaxy.

• Luis BuñuelBroader topic: Its episodic pilgrimage lets Buñuel stage disputes over Catholic belief.

• Galactic bulgeBroader topic: Its central bulge includes a box-shaped, peanut-like structure.

• Galactic diskBroader topic: Its stellar and gaseous disk is the nearest detailed example of a galactic disk.

• Galactic archaeologyNarrower topic: The field’s best-resolved application reconstructs this galaxy’s formation from individual stars.

• Galactic CenterNarrower topic: The Galactic Center is the innermost region of this galaxy.

• Harlow ShapleyNarrower topic: Shapley’s work transformed estimates of this galaxy’s dimensions and structure.

• Small Magellanic CloudNarrower topic: The Small Magellanic Cloud is one of its gravitationally bound satellite galaxies.

• Light-yearNarrower topic: Its roughly 100,000-light-year diameter shows the unit’s use on galactic scales.

• Missing satellites problemBroader topic: Its satellite census is the original and most extensively studied setting for the discrepancy.

• Galactic coordinate systemNarrower topic: Galactic coordinates align with the disk of the Galaxy that defines their reference plane.

• Spiral armBroader topic: Its spiral arms are mapped indirectly from our position inside the disk.

• Harold LloydBroader topic: It shows Lloyd carrying his comic persona into the sound era.

• CruxNarrower topic: Its bright band runs through Crux and frames the Coalsack.

• GaiaNarrower topic: Gaia’s three-dimensional stellar map reveals the structure and history of its host galaxy.

• Galactic haloBroader topic: Its nearby halo can be studied star by star and through satellite motions.

• Magellanic CloudsRelated: Its gravitational field governs the Clouds’ satellite orbits.

• Virgo SuperclusterBroader topic: It belongs to the Local Group, one of the supercluster’s constituent galaxy groups.

• Dark nebulaNarrower topic: Many dark nebulae appear as silhouettes against the Milky Way’s crowded star fields.

• NutCompared with: Some modern interpretations compare Nut’s star-covered body with the Milky Way, but the identification is debated.

• Yerkes ObservatoryRelated: Yerkes research helped map stellar populations and investigate the structure of our galaxy.

• Gravitationally bound systemBroader topic: Its stars and dark matter form a galaxy-scale structure bound by gravity.

• Omega CentauriNarrower topic: Omega Centauri is gravitationally bound to this galaxy.

• Triangulum GalaxyRelated: It provides a familiar comparison for M33’s size and structure.

• NightBroader topic: Moonless, unpolluted nights reveal its broad band to the unaided eye.

• 47 TucanaeNarrower topic: 47 Tucanae is a satellite stellar system within the Milky Way.

• Jan OortNarrower topic: Oort’s studies helped establish its rotation, structure, and scale.

• Local VoidRelated: Its position near the void's edge anchors one side of the local environment.

• Magellanic BridgeRelated: Its gravity may have influenced the Clouds’ paths and the Bridge’s formation.

• Sombrero GalaxyCompared with: Unlike the Milky Way’s face-on spiral appearance in many illustrations, the Sombrero is viewed nearly edge-on.

• Messier 81Compared with: Comparing it with M81 helps distinguish a familiar home galaxy from an external spiral.

• Messier 83Compared with: Comparing it with Messier 83 helps place our own barred spiral among nearby galaxies.

• Perseus ArmNarrower topic: The Perseus Arm is one of the Milky Way’s large-scale spiral features.

• Anton PannekoekRelated: Pannekoek studied its structure and the distribution of its visible light.

• Galactic planeNarrower topic: Its disk supplies the large-scale structure whose central plane is the galactic plane.

• Orion ArmNarrower topic: The Orion Arm is one of the Milky Way’s spiral structures.

• Zone of AvoidanceNarrower topic: Its crowded disk and interstellar material create the obscuring foreground.

• Kennicutt–Schmidt lawBroader topic: Its resolved clouds and star-forming regions provide a local comparison with galactic averages.

• Kepler's SupernovaNarrower topic: Kepler’s Supernova was an explosion within our Galaxy, rather than in a distant galaxy.

• Night skyBroader topic: Its bright central plane dominates a dark sky far from artificial lights.