TYPE Barred spiral galaxy LOCATION IN UNIVERSE Local group SIZE 100,000 lightyears DISTANCE FROM EARTH Earth is on one of the spiral arms of this galaxy NUMBER OF STARS ~1 to 4 billion NUMBER OF STARGATES ~10,000+
The Milky Way is a galaxy. It is the second-largest galaxy in the Local Group, which consists of Andromeda and Pegasus. After the First War with the Ori, the Ancients fled from Celestis and made a new home on Terra (Earth) in the Milky Way, which they named Avalon.