01-11-2020, 03:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 01-11-2020, 03:47 AM by stevebowers.)
This illustration gives an idea of what the Radcliffe Wave looks like in 3D.
The wave seems to extend along the Orion Spur, from Canis Major to Cygnus; the wave also extends above and below the galactic plane, in a serpentine shape that is about 500ly to rimward of Sol.
Source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1874-z.epdf
The wave seems to extend along the Orion Spur, from Canis Major to Cygnus; the wave also extends above and below the galactic plane, in a serpentine shape that is about 500ly to rimward of Sol.
Source
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1874-z.epdf