The Orion Arm

MILKY WAY · our home street

LENGTH about 10,000 light yearsCONTAINS the Sun, and everything you know

Our cosmic home address: a relatively modest spur of stars and nebulae between the grand spiral arms, containing the Sun, every star you can see with your naked eye, and every place humanity has ever been or sent anything. When you spot the Orion Nebula, you are looking down our own street.

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Orcus Orion, the Hunter Orion as Osiris Orion Nebula (M42)Oval BA PDS 70 b All objects in the library