The ESA has launched the Gaia spacecraft in an effort to make a three-dimensional map of this structure.
The ESA has launched the Gaia spacecraft in an effort to make a three-dimensional map of this structure. The Curtis-Shapley debate centered on whether or not this system contained "spiral nebulae." Karl Jansky first discovered strong radio waves coming from this object's center, but Bell Labs refused to pursue the project further. This structure, which is orbited by the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, contains the supermassive black hole Sagittarius A* ["A-star"] at its center. This barred spiral galaxy is found alongside the Triangulum Galaxy and Andromeda in the Local Group. For 10 points, name this galaxy that is home to the Sun.
The ESA has launched the Gaia spacecraft in an effort to make a three-dimensional map of this structure.
the Milky Way galaxy [or M24]