Local Spur

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Local Spur is an alternative name for the Orion Arm, the minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy where our Solar System is located.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Local Spur canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf region of the Milky Way galaxy
spiral arm of the Milky Way
adjacentTo Perseus Arm
Sagittarius Arm
alternativeName Local Arm
Orion Arm
Orion Spur
contains Gould Belt
surface form: Gould Belt region

Local Bubble
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex
Orion OB association
surface form: Orion OB1 association

Orion Arm
surface form: Orion–Cygnus Arm segment near the Sun

Pleiades moving group vicinity
Solar System
Sun
nearby OB associations
numerous H II regions
numerous giant molecular clouds
numerous open star clusters
describedAs minor spiral arm of the Milky Way
distanceToSun Sun is embedded within Local Spur
galacticLongitudeRangeApprox about 60 to 270 degrees (approximate extent on sky)
galacticRadiusApprox about 8 kiloparsecs from Galactic Center
hosts local interstellar medium around the Sun
lengthApprox about 10,000–20,000 light-years
locatedIn Milky Way
surface form: Milky Way galaxy
orientation roughly follows Milky Way spiral pattern near Sun
partOf Milky Way
spiralStructureType spur or local arm segment
widthApprox about 3,000 light-years

How these facts were elicited

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

Orion Arm alsoKnownAs Local Spur