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Observed spiral structure of the Milky Way galaxy following Taylor, J.H. & Cordes, J.M (1993). , Astrophysical Journal, 411: 674-684. The arrow points the direction of the solar system's motion relative to the spiral arms. The plotted orbit of the sun does not account for perturbations caused by interactions with the spiral arms.

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date/time username edit summary
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01:52, 10 March 2005 en:User:Dragons flight
01:34, 10 March 2005 en:User:Dragons flight (Description and copyright tag)
01:31, 10 March 2005 en:User:JYolkowski ({{gfdl}}tag)
01:26, 10 March 2005 en:User:Dragons flight (Spiral Structure of the Milky Way, GFDL)

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