NEXUS 6

– What is that?
– That is our sun, Helios viewed from afar.
– What about all the other dots in the image?
– They are either other stars or galaxies.
– What is a galaxy?
– A galaxy is a very large collection of stars (100 – 400 billion)… our galaxy is called The Milky Way or Vintergatan (Winter Street/Road, which is a much prettier name in my mind) and it is roughly 200 000 light years across.
– Both our star and galaxy are “normal”, there are many like them. They’re average Joes’ in the universe if you will.