What is a galaxy? Where within the galaxy is our solar system located?

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chandramohanPanakkal
Jun 11, 2016

Galaxy is a huge group of stars/gas clouds Stellar remnants, dust, dark matter4 held together by gravitation..Whole system is rotating with its mass center,.

Explanation:

Our own galaxy Milky way have about 200 billion stars.
Our solar system is about 28000 light years from center of galaxy.'Galaxy is approximately 100,000 light years wide.enter image source here
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