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*** Norma arm | *** Norma arm | ||
*** Perseus arm | *** Perseus arm | ||
**** Three-kiloparsec minor arm (VOY Short Story: "Brief Candle") | |||
** Divided astrometrically into four [[quadrants]] | ** Divided astrometrically into four [[quadrants]] | ||
* Surrounded by the [[Galactic Barrier]] (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "By Any Other Name", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?") | * Surrounded by the [[Galactic Barrier]] (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "By Any Other Name", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?") | ||
* Formed c.13.56 billion ya (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | * Formed c.13.56 billion ya (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'') | ||
==See also== | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milky_Way Wikipedia] | |||
[[Category:Galaxies]] | [[Category:Galaxies]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:55, 27 October 2019
- Home galaxy of nearly all known civilizations
- Barred spiral galaxy with estimated diameter of 100,000 ly
- Four major spiral arms
- Sagittarius-Carina arm
- Commonly known as Sagittarius arm, Carina arm
- Orion-Cygnus minor arm
- Location of Sol, nearest civilizations
- Crux-Scutum arm
- Commonly known as Crux arm
- Norma arm
- Perseus arm
- Three-kiloparsec minor arm (VOY Short Story: "Brief Candle")
- Sagittarius-Carina arm
- Divided astrometrically into four quadrants
- Four major spiral arms
- Surrounded by the Galactic Barrier (TOS: "Where No Man Has Gone Before", "By Any Other Name", "Is There in Truth No Beauty?")
- Formed c.13.56 billion ya (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)