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Silvery River

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mergeto|Milky Way (mythology)

The Silvery River of Heaven is the great swath of white/silver nebula|nebulosity that is the plane of the disc of the Milky Way. The name Silvery River comes from China, and is used through East Asia, such as Korea and Japan. In the west, it is called the Milky Way (not Galaxy, rather, the nebulosity in the sky). The nebulosity is greatest in the IAU constellation of Sagittarius, which is where the galactic core is.

Akashaganga is the Indian name for the milky way galaxy, which means Ganga (river) of the Sky.
Names for the Silvery River

  • Silvery River of Heaven (used in East Asia)

  • The nebulous Milky Way (English, and translated equivalents in Europe and the Mediterranean)

  • Great Sky River (a name used by some Amerindian peoples)

  • The Galactic Plane of the Milky Way
External links

  • http://www.astro.wisc.edu/~dolan/constellations/mw/MilkyWay.html wide-angle photos

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/science/space/myspace/nightsky/southern_hemisphere.shtml Southern Hemisphere view

  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/print/science/space/myspace/nightsky/observingnotes.shtml Northern Hemisphere view


Category:Milky Way Galaxy
Category:Chinese astronomy
Category:Chinese constellations
Category:Nebulae

<!---IAU Constellations in the path of the Great Sky River--->
Category:Canis Major constellation
Category:Puppis constellation
Category:Vela constellation
Category:Carina constellation
Category:Crux constellation
Category:Centaurus constellation
Category:Lupus constellation
Category:Ara constellation
Category:Scorpius constellation
Category:Ophiuchus constellation
Category:Sagittarius constellation
Category:Cygnus constellation
Category:Cepheus constellation
Category:Cassiopeia constellation
Category:Perseus constellation
Category:Auriga constellation
Category:Taurus constellation
Category:Gemini constellation
Category:Canis Minor constellation


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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Silvery River".


Last Modified:   2005-11-07


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