Milky Way and Our Location
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NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI
Graphic view of our Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy is organized into spiral arms of giant stars that illuminate interstellar gas and dust. The Sun is in a finger called the Orion Spur. Overlaid is a graphic of galactic longitude in relation to our Sun.
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NASA-JPL, Caltech, ESO, Robert L. Hurt