How accurate is the Galaxy Song by Monty Python?

The last verse of the song explains that the universe is expanding, and furthermore, that the speed of light is the “fastest speed there is”. Idle’s estimate of the speed of light is a relatively accurate one: 12 million miles per minute, versus the standard figure of about 11.16 million miles per minute.

Who wrote Galaxy song?

Eric Idle
John Du Prez
Galaxy Song/Lyricists

How fast is the outer spiral arm moving?

In an outer spiral arm, at 40,000 miles an hour, The solar system is in an outer spiral arm of our galaxy, but again we’re going at 200 km/s, or 450,000 mph.

How far is the Earth from galactic central point?

26,000 ly
The Galactic Center is approximately 8 kiloparsecs (26,000 ly) away from Earth in the direction of the constellations Sagittarius, Ophiuchus, and Scorpius, where the Milky Way appears brightest, visually close to the Butterfly Cluster (M6) or the star Shaula, south to the Pipe Nebula.

What galactic arm is Earth in?

the Orion Arm
The Milky Way is a large spiral galaxy. Earth is located in one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way (called the Orion Arm) which lies about two-thirds of the way out from the center of the Galaxy.

Do we have a black hole in our Galaxy?

The Milky Way hosts its own supermassive black hole at its center known as Sagittarius A* (pronounced “ay star”) that is more than four million times as massive as our sun.

What galaxy is Earth on?

the Milky Way Galaxy
We live on a planet called Earth that is part of our solar system. But where is our solar system? It’s a small part of the Milky Way Galaxy. A galaxy is a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems.

What is 5000 light years away from Earth?

Astronomers have discovered a pair of planets around a star 5,000 light-years away that resemble smaller versions of Jupiter and Saturn, hinting that solar systems like ours may be unexpectedly common.

Is Milky Way breaking?

We know it’s a spiral galaxy with two major arms. A new study reveals one of the galaxy’s minor arms has a “break” in it, a set of stars and gas clouds that are sticking out. NASA described the break last week as being like a splinter sticking out from wood.

Can we see the Perseus Arm?

To avoid the cold, you can observe the delights of the Perseus Arm while enjoying slightly warmer temperatures of early spring when the stars move to the northwest, or in the late-night hours of autumn the year before as they rise in the northeast. It’s always worth the effort, and there’s always something good to see.

Do black holes make noise?

For the first time in history, earthlings can hear what a black hole sounds like: a low-pitched groaning, as if a very creaky heavy door was being opened again and again.