Milky Way
<font size="3">The <b><a title="Milky Way" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way">Milky Way</a></b> is a </font><a title="Barred spiral galaxy" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barred_spiral_galaxy"><font size="3">barred spiral galaxy</font></a><font size="3"> of the </font><a title="Local Group" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Local_Group"><font size="3">Local Group</font></a><font size="3">. Although the Milky Way is but </font><a title="Hubble Deep Field" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubble_Deep_Field"><font size="3">one of billions of galaxies</font></a><font size="3"> in the </font><a title="Universe" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universe"><font size="3">universe</font></a><font size="3">, the Galaxy has special significance to </font><a title="Human" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human"><font size="3">humanity</font></a><font size="3"> as it is the home of the </font><a title="Solar System" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_System"><font size="3">Solar System</font></a><font size="3">. The term "milky" originates from the hazy band of </font><a title="White" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White"><font size="3">white</font></a><font size="3">
</font><a title="Light" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Light"><font size="3">light</font></a><font size="3"> appearing across the </font><a title="Celestial sphere" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celestial_sphere"><font size="3">celestial sphere</font></a><font size="3"> visible from </font><a title="Earth" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth"><font size="3">Earth</font></a><font size="3">, which is comprised of </font><a title="Star" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star"><font size="3">stars</font></a><font size="3"> and other material lying within the </font><a title="Galactic coordinate system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galactic_coordinate_system"><font size="3">galactic plane</font></a><font size="3">. The fact that the Milky Way divides the night sky into two roughly equal </font><a title="Sphere" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere"><font size="3">hemispheres</font></a><font size="3"> indicates that the solar system lies close to the galactic plane.</font>[attach]6273[/attach]<br/>
