Big Bang Problem

Not to interrupt the discussion...but I always thought we were on the Sag arm. We are on the Orion arm?

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Asgara
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it"

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. {{edited to take out busted img link...it is from the link just above}}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]

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Asgara
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it"

I know exactly what you were feeling. I am from the U.P. of Michigan (the upper peninsula for you furriners )I can remember laying out in a dark area watching the northern lights and the milky way and feeling decidedly small, insignificant and yes...disconcertingly tilted.

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Asgara
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it"

Yes the names are from constellations. Sagittarius is the same constellation that the zodiac sign gets its name from. The signs of the zodiac are named for the constellation background that the sun seems to rise against during different times of the year.Here is a great site from my state university system's astronomy department.Department of Astronomy – UW—Madison

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Asgara
"Embrace the pain, spank your inner moppet, whatever....but get over it"