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[[Image:Milky Way.jpg|thumb|The Milky Way seen in infrared from Earth.]] | [[Image:Milky Way.jpg|thumb|The Milky Way seen in infrared from Earth.]] | ||
The '''[[wikipedia:Milky Way|Milky Way]]''' is the [[wikipedia:galaxy|galaxy]] where the [[Human]]s and the [[Covenant]] reside,<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], page 26</ref> and is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter. It is a [[wikipedia:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]] that lies within the [[wikipedia:Local group|local group]] of galaxies neighborhood, which is just a very small portion of the Universe. Visible from [[Earth]] as a band of light in the night sky, the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the observable universe, though the Milky Way has special significance to Humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet Earth. | The '''[[wikipedia:Milky Way|Milky Way]]''' is the [[wikipedia:galaxy|galaxy]] where the [[Human]]s and the [[Covenant]] reside,<ref>[[Halo: Contact harvest]], page 26</ref> and is approximately 100,000 light years in diameter. It is a [[wikipedia:Barred spiral galaxy|barred spiral galaxy]] that lies within the [[wikipedia:Local group|local group]] of galaxies neighborhood, which is just a very small portion of the Universe. Visible from [[Earth]] as a band of light in the night sky, the Milky Way is just one of many galaxies in the observable universe, though the Milky Way has special significance to Humanity as it is the home galaxy of the planet Earth. | ||