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dotancohen
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I know the direction to the center of the galaxy is near Sagittarius. Therefore is it safe to conclude that the direction of our solar system's travel through the galaxy is 90 degrees from that point, along the strip of the Milky Way in the sky? As we are in the Orion arm, is the Orion constellation in the direction of our travel? Or perhaps in the direction from where we came? What are the exact points of our direction of travel and the reverse direction?
I tried to calculate them in Stellarium but I have a graphics glitch in the latest Kubuntu and Stellarium has no text. In any case, I could only do an approximation there and Stellarium does not have facility to measure angular distance.
Thanks.
I tried to calculate them in Stellarium but I have a graphics glitch in the latest Kubuntu and Stellarium has no text. In any case, I could only do an approximation there and Stellarium does not have facility to measure angular distance.
Thanks.