If we could see our own galaxy from 2 million light-years away, it would appear

A) as a flattened disk with a central bulge and spiral arms, spanning a few degrees across the sky.
B) as a faintly glowing band of light stretching all the way around the sky.
C) to fill the sky with widely spaced stars.
D) like a single, dim star.


A) as a flattened disk with a central bulge and spiral arms, spanning a few degrees across the sky.

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