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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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.

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

• Andromeda–Milky Way collisionRelated: Its gravity and motion jointly determine the orbit of the approaching Andromeda Galaxy.

• Qixi FestivalRelated: In the legend, it becomes the river separating the two lovers.