LOL...was expecting you to set me straight
Here at a site from U Calgary it talks about our local arm. Seems we are on a small offshoot. Our local arm might be a branch of either the Perseus or Sag arm. Your link calls our little arm a spur.
On a map
here it does look as if the Orion arm is more correctly a spur or offshoot of one of the larger arms, either Sag or Perseus.
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Thanks for making me look that up hun. Its much more fun than just being told.
[This message has been edited by Asgara, 04-23-2004]
Asgara
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