Orionarm

The Orionarm (including local arm) is a spiral galaxy ( tributary ) of the Milky Way, which contains our solar system, among others.

The Orionarm is situated between the Sagittarius arm and the Perseus arm and is probably a smaller tributary. It is about 20,000 light-years long, 2,000 light- years wide and about 26,000 light -years from the galactic center. It is characterized by a number of hot stars of classes O and B, which mainly belong to the constellation of Orion. For this reason it got its name, Orionarm.

The sun and its system is - in the longitudinal direction approximately in the center - the inner, located towards the galactic center edge of the Orionarms.

Objects in Orionarm and neighborhood

A click on the labels of the objects on the following two maps lead to the article in question, if any.

To 7,000 light-years

Up to 11,000 light-years

Messier objects in Orionarm

The Orionarm home following Messier objects:

Open cluster Messier 23 Planetary nebula Messier 29 Messier 34 Messier 35 Messier 39 Binary star Messier 41 Emission nebula Nebula Beehive Cluster Messier 46 Messier 47 Messier 48 Messier 50 Messier 67 Asterism Little Dumbbell Nebula Reflection nebula Messier 93 NASA
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