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Across
- 2. time it takes an object to orbit a galaxy
- 4. Part of the electro-magenetic spectrum we can see
- 6. The central part of the Milky Way has this protrusion
- 7. is credited with discovering the MW
- 9. nebular galaxy, up to 1 trillion stars
- 10. the longest of the arms of the MW
- 11. the name of the black hole in the MW
- 12. Closest galaxy to Earth
- 16. UV-A, UV-B, and UV-C
- 17. discovered the shape of the Milky Way
- 18. takes 230 million years to complete 1 orbit of MW
- 19. first to suggest the MW is made of stars
- 21. a smaller galaxy with up to 1 million stars
- 24. point of no escape of a black hole's gravitational pull
Down
- 1. What does AGN stand for?
- 3. are clouds of interstellar gas and dust
- 5. group of stars, gas, dust shares mutual gravitation
- 6. MW is this type of galaxy
- 8. among the brightest AGN objects out there.
- 13. location of our solar system in the MW
- 14. Our galaxy has up to ____ stars
- 15. Greeks called it the Milky Circle
- 20. rays strongest type of radiation, kills most life
- 22. The central part of the Milky Way
- 23. ring of dark matter, gas,stars surrounding galaxy