It is called the local spur arm. as we are not directly on the arm of a galaxy just between the sagittarius and perseus arms.
Sagittarius arm
The Orion arm is one of the major arms in the Milky Way galaxy.
spiral arm
Our solar system is not far from the end of one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. Our sun is about 26 or 27 thousand light years from the galactic center, and the galaxy is about 70 to 100 thousand light years across. See link for more information.See link for pictorial representation.
one of the arms that go in one direction
No. Milky Way is the name of the galaxy in which we live and the name of a spiral arm adjacent to ours.
(In English) we call this section of our galaxy the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The Sagittarius arm.
we live in a barred spiral galaxy on the end of a spiral arm called the milky way.It's name comes from the ancient idea that the wavy line of stars of our spiral arm looked like spilt milk. 'Lactic'
A spiral galaxy.
In the Orion Arm.
Sagittarius arm
we are in the milky way Galaxy! the Centaurus arm is just a small part of the milky way.
It isn't. Out galaxy is called the Milky Way. This name refers to the spiral arm of the galaxy that is visible across the sky at night as a milky band.
the 2nd last arm
the 2nd last arm
No.