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why does the milky way galaxy look like a band of light in the night sk…

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why does the milky way galaxy look like a band of light in the night sky? (pick all correct answers) we are at the center of it we are inside of it it is relatively flat and we are seeing distant stars along its plane it is spherical in shape and we are seeing distant stars in every direction

Explanation:

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The Milky - Way Galaxy is a spiral galaxy. We are inside the disk of the Milky - Way. When we look towards the plane of the galaxy's disk, we see a large number of stars, creating the appearance of a band of light in the night sky. It is not spherical in the sense that we see the band along its plane. We are not at the center of the galaxy.

Answer:

it is relatively flat and we are seeing distant stars along its plane