Orion Arm

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Nov 2000

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2000eaa..booke4702.&link_type=abstract

"Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Edited by Paul Murdin, article 4702. Bristol: Institute of Physics Publishing, 2001

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Galaxies, Milky Way Galaxy

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The local spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy within which the Sun and the star-forming region of Orion are embedded. The stars and clouds of gas and dust that comprise the Orion arm curve outwards (relative to the galactic center) from the general direction of the constellation of Cygnus to the constellation of Vela. The Orion region, which includes the hot young stars of the Orion O, B associati...

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