Milky Way: Difference between revisions

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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
- 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?")
Formed c.13.56 billion ya (TNG Novel: The Buried Age)

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 *** Perseus arm
 ** 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?")
 * Formed c.13.56 billion ya (TNG Novel: ''The Buried Age'')
 [[Category:Galaxies]]