Lecture 23: The Milky Way
What is the Milky Way, and what is our place within it? This lecture introduces the Milky Way, the bright band of light that crosses the sky, and describes how we came to our present understanding of the size and shape of the Milky Way Galaxy, and our location in it. Recorded 2006 February 7 in 1008 Evans Laboratory on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University.
