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Summary
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New view of the Milky Way presented at the 212th American Astronomical Society meeting in St. Louis, Mo. Milky Way's spiral structure is dominated by just two arms wrapping off the ends of a central bar of stars. Previously, our galaxy was thought to possess four major arms. For a much larger (3.6 MB) and annotated image go to Milky Way full annotated |
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| Author(s)
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NASA/JPL-Caltech |
| Copyright holder
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PD US Government See below for license/re-use information. |
| Source
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[1] |
| Date created
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June 3, 2008 |
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USA |
| Notes
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This represents a new perspective on the structure of the Milky Way galaxy |
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