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Rift
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Astronomy
Image from
Steve Bowers
Expanse of interstellar space where are relatively few stars; usually between two spiral arms.
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Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Series of dark, obscuring dust clouds in the
Milky Way Galaxy
. As seen from the
Inner Sphere
, These clouds stretch from the constellation Sagittarius to the constellation Cygnus.
Perseus Rift, The
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Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 22 December 2001.
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