The galaxy was named after milk because when early astronomers looked at the sky they noticed a band of stars that somewhat looked like milk!
The Ancient Greeks, who thought it looked like milk in the sky.
There is no one named after a galaxy.
The Greek word Galaxy is "milk". The name Milky Way Galaxy is derived from the way intra-galaxy dust and clouds appear as they stream across the night sky.
Probably the same as the center of YOUR galaxy.
Our galaxy is spiral one also named as Milky way Galaxy.
the milky way galaxy
The Ancient Greeks - to them it looked like a stream of milk splashed across the sky.
The galaxy containing Earth is named the Milky Way.
Because the Andromeda Galaxy or M31 is a major galaxy and is found in the constellation Andromeda.
All of the ones we know about and have named are in our Galaxy.
In ancient Greek and Roman myths,it was believed that the goddess hera (juno)split milk across the sky and called the white streak it left "river of milk". The Romans call it ViaLactea or a "road made of milk". This is how our galaxycame to be named the Milky Way.
Andromeda was not a Greek goddess, she was the wife of Perseus and the only mother of his children. The galaxy was named for her because it's placement in the constellation named for her.