40. The Milky Way is an example of which type of galaxy? A) Barred spiral B) Irregular C) Super D) Elliptical

The milky way is an example of a A) Barred spiral galaxy

Explanation:

The main charateristic of barred spiral galaxys is that in the center of the galaxy they have kind of a bar where the arms of the spiral tend to begin. This bars usually afect the movement of the stars, the interestelar gas and can also affect the arms. The milky way is an spiral galaxy, and as it has a bar in the middle is a barred spiral galaxy.

You can check that it is a barred spiral galxy when during a dark night in a place where there are no artifiial lights, you look up to the sky and see there is like milk in the sky, this is one of the arms of the milky way and also is because of its color that it has its name.