Milky Way
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Milky Way
The galaxy that contains our solar system. From Earth, it appears as a bright, milky band in the night sky.
In einer klaren Nacht auf dem Land kann man das Band der Milchstrasse mit blossem Auge erkennen.
On a clear night in the countryside, you can see the band of the Milky Way with the naked eye.
The word is made up of 'Milch' (milk) and 'Straße' (street/road). The name arose because the bright band in the night sky looks like a spilled, milky trail or road.
Astronomen erforschen die Struktur unserer Milchstraße.
Astronomers study the structure of our Milky Way.
People often speak of the 'Band der Milchstraße' (band of the Milky Way). Typical verbs in this context are 'sehen' (to see), 'beobachten' (to observe), or 'fotografieren' (to photograph).
Mit einem guten Teleskop kann man viele Details der Milchstraße beobachten.
With a good telescope, you can observe many details of the Milky Way.
'Die Milchstraße' (the Milky Way) is used both in the scientific language of astronomy and in everyday language when talking about the starry sky.
Schau mal, heute Nacht sieht man die Milchstraße besonders gut!
Look, you can see the Milky Way especially well tonight!
galaxy
Milchstrasse (Milky Way) is the established name of our galaxy, which can be seen from Earth as a bright band. Galaxis refers more generally to a large system of stars and can also mean our galaxy in everyday usage. Use Milchstrasse for the conventional name and Galaxis for the more general term.
In einer klaren Nacht konnten wir die Milchstrasse als helles Band am Himmel sehen.
On a clear night, we could see the Milky Way as a bright band in the sky.
Die Galaxis enthält unzählige Sterne, darunter auch unsere Sonne.
The galaxy contains countless stars, including our sun.
