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What is the stellar classification and location of UY Scuti?
How many times larger is UY Scuti’s estimated radius compared to the Sun’s radius ($R_{\odot}$)?
If UY Scuti replaced the Sun, which planet’s orbit would its surface potentially extend past?
What is the approximate circumference of UY Scuti in billions of kilometers derived from the 1,700 solar radii estimate?
What is the approximate time required to fly non-stop around UY Scuti using a modern commercial jetliner’s speed?
What average cruising speed in kilometers per hour ($ ext{km/h}$) is used for calculating the jetliner flight time around UY Scuti?
How long would a trip around UY Scuti’s circumference take if the traveler moved at the speed of light?
What is the estimated mass range of UY Scuti relative to the Sun?
What physical phenomenon results from UY Scuti's extreme mass that makes a real jet flight impossible?
How does the 917-year flight time around UY Scuti compare to the traditional age of the city of Rome?
What is the approximate diameter of the Milky Way galaxy structure?
What classification describes the Milky Way galaxy's structure?
Where is the Sun and its solar system located within the Milky Way disk?
Which component contains the majority of gas, dust, and younger stars?
What analogy is used to describe the thinness of the galactic disk?
What is the zero point of latitude in the galactic coordinate system?
Which celestial objects often follow highly eccentric or inclined orbits through the plane?
What visual appearance results from looking towards the galactic center (Sagittarius)?
Why do astronomers intentionally point telescopes away from the galactic plane to view distant galaxies?
What natural process caused the gas and dust cloud to settle into the flattened galactic configuration?
What astronomical term describes the apparent path traced by the Sun over a year, corresponding to Earth's orbital plane projection?
How fast does the Sun appear to move eastward along the ecliptic daily?
What geometric feature is defined as the mathematical plane in which the Earth revolves around the Sun?
What are the two specific points where the ecliptic and the celestial equator cross?
What is the approximate angle known as the obliquity of the ecliptic?
What constellations are collectively known as those lying along the ecliptic path?
What astronomical event occurs when the Sun reaches its maximum northward extent along the ecliptic?
What is the approximate difference in the Sun's noon altitude above the horizon between the summer solstice and the winter solstice for observers not near the equator?
Which measurement of a year is defined as the time between successive crossings of the vernal equinox and dictates seasonal length?
Why does the apparent position of the vernal equinox shift westward over millennia?