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This was an article from 2019 but I found it interesting.
https://www.space.com/milky-way-3d-map- ... shape.html
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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Here is an article about the Milky Way that explains why we live in a barred spiral:
http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes/sciam-19aug.pdf
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Don Pensack wrote: Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:00 pm Here is an article about the Milky Way that explains why we live in a barred spiral:
http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes/sciam-19aug.pdf
Sorry I did not notice this until just today but thank you for posting this I am going to read it only nine pages but it looks very very interesting thank you so much for sharing!
Gee if I had known there was so much to see I would have started decades ago ! :Astronomer1:

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