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Orions Arm: not a spur
#1
The Orion spur appears to be more of a complete arm.
http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/09...ly-thought
Mike Miller, Materials Engineer
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#2
Looks to me like there is both a local arm and a smaller spur between us and the Sagittarius arm, defined by these new maser sources (blue circles).
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