Milky Way and Our Location
January 10, 2013
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. Credit: NASA/Adler/U. Chicago/Wesleyan/JPL-Caltech
Topics:
Space, Extragalactic astronomy, Astronomy, Galactic coordinate system, Galaxy, Milky Way, Milky Way Galaxy, Local Group, Barred spiral galaxies, Galactic astronomy, Spiral galaxies
