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==Astrography== [[File:Milky Way.jpg|200px|thumb|right|The center of the Milky Way, as seen from space]] The Milky Way is roughly 100,000 light years in diameter and between 900-3,000 light years thick. It contains an estimated 100-400 billion stars, as well as nebulae and various spatial anomalies. The galaxy is also surrounded by a galactic barrier, that proves difficult for passage in and out of the galaxy by conventional space travel. The galaxy is commonly divided into four quadrants, the [[Alpha Quadrant]], the [[Beta Quadrant]], the [[Gamma Quadrant]] and the [[Delta Quadrant]]. Most astrometric representations of the Milky Way depict the border of the Alpha and Beta Quadrant running through the [[Sol System]]. There are two known permanent pathways which connect distant parts of the Milky Way: The [[Bajoran Wormhole]] connects the Alpha and Gamma Quadrant, while the Iconian gateway network connects the Beta and Delta Quadrant via the [[Jenolan Dyson Sphere|Jenolan]] and [[Solanae Dyson Sphere]]s. Each pathway spans approximately 70,000 light years. ===Galactic Neighborhood=== The Milky Way is part of the Local Group, a structure of several galaxies bound by gravity. Of these galaxies, the Milky Way is the second largest one, with the bigger [[Andromeda Galaxy]] being almost 160,000 light years in diameter. Contact between cultures of the Milky Way and other galaxies has been sparse, mostly due to the immense distances between galaxies. However, the Iconian gateway network also leads to the Andromeda Galaxy via the [[Andromeda Dyson Sphere]].
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