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"You will behold through the telescope a host of stars, which escape the unassisted sight.. so numerous as to be almost beyond belief "
spacer40~ Galileo Galilei (1564-1642)

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Club #2678 ~ est. 22 March 2017


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spacer40Our Solar System in The Milky Way Galaxy



Our planetary system is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy
There are an estimated 400 Billion stars in the Milky Way, and our sun is just one insignificant star on one of the outer arms of the giant spiral, no where near the center

spacer40Why is it Called the Solar System?

There are many planetary systems like ours in the universe, with planets orbiting a host star. Our planetary system is named the "solar system" because our Sun is named Sol, after the Latin word for Sun, "solis," and anything related to the Sun we call "solar"


Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; hundreds of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids
Beyond our own solar system, we have discovered thousands of planetary systems orbiting other stars in the Milky Way

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spacer40Astronomy News

spacer402024 Full Moon schedule and names of each

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Jan. 25 β€” 12:54 p.m. β€” Wolf Moon
Feb. 24 β€”7:30 a.m. β€” Snow Moon
March 25 β€” 3 a.m. β€” Worm Moon
April 23 β€” 7:49 p.m. β€” Pink Moon
May 23 β€” 9:53 a.m. β€” Flower Moon
Friday, June 21 β€” 9:08 p.m. β€” Strawberry Moon
Sunday, July 21 β€” 6:17 a.m. β€” Buck Moon
Monday, Aug. 19 β€” 2:26 p.m. β€” Sturgeon Moon
Tuesday, Sept. 17 β€” 10:34 p.m. β€” Corn Moon
Thursday, Oct. 17 β€” 7:26 a.m. β€” Hunter’s Moon
Friday, Nov. 15 β€” 4:28 p.m. β€” Beaver Moon
Sunday, Dec. 15 β€” 4:02 a.m. β€” Cold Moon

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spacer40When Galaxies Collide



Watch the Milky Way Galaxy collide with the Andromeda Galaxy, 3 billion years from now
▢️ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BS21QuX_tGU
This Will Blow your Mind Dizzy

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