The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed by stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

Nova East 2018 Milky Way Selfie
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The Milky Way or Milky Way Galaxy, or simply the Galaxy, is the galaxy that includes the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed by stars in other arms of the galaxy, which are so far away that they cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.

[Source: Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way]

Nova East 2018 Milky Way Selfie.
Exposure 20 sec
ISO 4000
Camera Nikon D800 [7360 x 4912]
Optics Nikkor 24-70 mm at 14 mm f/2.8.
Location Smileys Provincial Park, Nova Scotia.
Date 2018-08-10
Processing Processed in LRTimeLapse and Lightroom.