Gould Belt

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The Gould Belt is a nearby, partial ring of young stars, gas, and star-forming regions tilted to the Milky Way’s plane and encompassing many of the bright constellations visible from Earth.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gould Belt region 6
Gould Belt canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf local Galactic structure
star-forming region
stellar structure
age about 30 million years
between 30 and 60 million years
associatedWith Local Arm
Local Bubble
centeredNear Orion constellation
contains Chamaeleon molecular clouds
Lupus molecular clouds
Ophiuchus molecular cloud
Orion OB association
Perseus OB2 association
Perseus molecular cloud complex
surface form: Perseus molecular cloud

Scorpius–Centaurus OB association
Taurus molecular cloud complex (projected association)
surface form: Taurus molecular cloud

Vela OB2 association
dust
gas
molecular clouds
star-forming regions
young stars
discoveredBy Benjamin Gould
discoveryYear 1879
distanceFromSun several hundred parsecs
dominantStellarPopulation OB stars
young open clusters
encompasses Centaurus
surface form: Centaurus constellation

Chamaeleon constellation
Lupus constellation
Ophiuchus
surface form: Ophiuchus constellation

Orion constellation
Perseus constellation
Scorpius
surface form: Scorpius constellation

Taurus
surface form: Taurus constellation

Vela constellation
formationHypothesis triggered by a past supernova or series of supernovae
inclinationToGalacticPlane about 16 degrees
locatedIn Milky Way
namedAfter Benjamin Gould
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
partOf Milky Way
radius about 1000 light-years
about 300 parsecs
relativeTo Solar neighborhood
shape partial ring
tiltedRelativeTo Galactic thin disk
surface form: Galactic plane
visibleFrom Earth

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Orion Arm contains Gould Belt
Perseus OB2 association partOf Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region
Local Spur contains Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region
Loop I superbubble partOf Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region
NGC 1432 belongsTo Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region
Taygeta belongsTo Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region
Solar neighborhood contains Gould Belt
23 Tauri belongsTo Gould Belt
this entity surface form: Gould Belt region