AST101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Milky Way, Virgo Supercluster, Local Group
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Earth is a planet orbiting the sun. Sun is one of 100+ billion stars in milky way galaxy. Our galaxy is one of 70+ galaxies in local group. Local group is one smaller part of local supercluster. Our galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars. Observable universe contains roughly 100 billion galaxies. Universe began in big bang and has been expanding ever since. Big bang produced two chemical elements: hydrogen . Rest was produced by stars and recycled within galaxies from one generation of stars to the next, which is why we are star stuff . Rotates on its axis once each day. We move with our sun in random directions relative to stars in our local solar neighbourhood.