How can we see the Milky Way if we're in the Milky Way

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the Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with a diameter of about 100,000 light-years and contains an estimated 100-400 billion stars, including our own Sun. Our Solar System is located about 25,000 light-years away from the galactic center in the Orion Arm of the Milky Way.

To determine our current location within the Milky Way, astronomers use observations of celestial objects and their positions within the galaxy to estimate our position. However, due to the vast size of the galaxy and our constantly changing position as we orbit around the galactic center, our precise location within the Milky Way is difficult to determine with great accuracy.