Galaxies
All the stars you see in the sky are in our own galaxy, known as the Milky Way. Practically all other galaxies are at great distances from the Milky Way. A typical galaxy, like our own, will contain of the order of 100 billion stars, our Sun being one such typical star.
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NGC 7331 |
Whirlpool Galaxy |
Andromeda Galaxy |
M63 |
M74 |
NGC 4631 | NGC 6946 | NGC 2903 | M74 + supernova SN2002ap |