User:Riffsyphon1024/Galactic mapping

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Mapping project for the Milky Way galaxy under construction

For reference titled back 45 degrees:

• 2 and 8 - 3Kpc and Perseus Arm
• 3 and 7 - Norma and Cygnus Arm (Along with a newly discovered extension - 6)
• 4 and 10 - Crux and Scutum Arm
• 5 and 9 - Carina and Sagittarius Arm

There are at least two smaller arms or spurs, including:

• 11 - Orion Arm (which contains the solar system and the Sun - 12)