Orion Arm

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minor spiral arm spiral arm

The Orion Arm is a minor spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy that contains our Solar System and many of the stars visible in the night sky.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Local Arm of the Milky Way 1
Orion Spur 1
Orion–Cygnus region of the Milky Way 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf minor spiral arm ⓘ
spiral arm ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Local Arm ⓘ
Local Spur ⓘ
Orion Arm ⓘ
surface form: Orion Spur
approximateLength about 10,000–20,000 light-years ⓘ
approximateWidth about 3,500 light-years ⓘ
astronomicalDomain Galactic astronomy ⓘ
contains Orion Molecular Cloud Complex ⓘ
surface form: Barnard's Loop

Carina Nebula ⓘ
Cygnus X star-forming region ⓘ
Double Cluster ⓘ
Eagle Nebula ⓘ
Earth ⓘ
Gould Belt ⓘ
Hyades ⓘ
surface form: Hyades star cluster

Lagoon Nebula ⓘ
Local Bubble ⓘ
Local Interstellar Cloud ⓘ
North America Nebula ⓘ
Open cluster M11 ⓘ
Open cluster M16 ⓘ
Open cluster M17 ⓘ
Open cluster M25 ⓘ
Open cluster NGC 6530 ⓘ
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex ⓘ
Orion Nebula ⓘ
Orion Molecular Cloud Complex ⓘ
surface form: Orion OB1 association

Perseus OB2 association ⓘ
Pleiades ⓘ
surface form: Pleiades star cluster

Rosette Nebula ⓘ
Scorpius–Centaurus OB association ⓘ
Solar System ⓘ
Sun ⓘ
Trifid Nebula ⓘ
local interstellar neighborhood ⓘ
many H II regions ⓘ
many stars visible to the naked eye ⓘ
numerous molecular clouds ⓘ
numerous open star clusters ⓘ
numerous star-forming regions ⓘ
galacticRadiusFromCenter about 8,000 parsecs ⓘ
locatedIn Milky Way ⓘ
surface form: Milky Way galaxy
notableFor containing the Solar System and many bright night-sky stars ⓘ
partOf Milky Way ⓘ
positionInGalaxy between Sagittarius Arm and Perseus Arm ⓘ
relativeSize minor arm compared to Perseus Arm ⓘ
minor arm compared to Sagittarius Arm ⓘ
visibleFrom Earth ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Milky Way → SunLocation → Orion Arm ⓘ
Orion Arm → alsoKnownAs → Orion Arm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orion Spur
Milky Way → contains → Orion Arm ⓘ
Perseus Arm → liesOutside → Orion Arm ⓘ
subject surface form: 23 Tauri
Local Bubble → locatedIn → Orion Arm ⓘ
Perseus Arm → locatedIn → Orion Arm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Orion–Cygnus region of the Milky Way
Sol → locatedIn → Orion Arm ⓘ
Solar System → locatedIn → Orion Arm ⓘ
Sun → locatedIn → Orion Arm ⓘ
Seven Sisters → memberOf → Orion Arm ⓘ
this entity surface form: Local Arm of the Milky Way