![Messier 101. It is a very large spiral galaxy, with a diameter of around 170,000 light-years and nearly 1 trillion stars, compared to the Milky Way's size of around 100,000 light-years across Messier 101. It is a very large spiral galaxy, with a diameter of around 170,000 light-years and nearly 1 trillion stars, compared to the Milky Way's size of around 100,000 light-years across](https://preview.redd.it/messier-101-it-is-a-very-large-spiral-galaxy-with-a-v0-4f8mgl707sz91.jpg?width=640&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=c61de305afcf9525d3e852c852ad2264d8197a4b)
Messier 101. It is a very large spiral galaxy, with a diameter of around 170,000 light-years and nearly 1 trillion stars, compared to the Milky Way's size of around 100,000 light-years across
Futurism - The Milky Way is 100,000 light-years across. Think that's big? The largest galaxy in the known universe is 6 million light-years across. http://futurism.com/ic-1101-the-largest-galaxy-ever-found/ | Facebook
![SOLVED: halo bulge Sun's location disk 1,000 light-years 28,000 light-years globular clusters 100,000 light-years SOLVED: halo bulge Sun's location disk 1,000 light-years 28,000 light-years globular clusters 100,000 light-years](https://cdn.numerade.com/ask_images/f8c46b992a884d518fd050e530274e84.jpg)