Where is our solar system located in the Milky Way

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com/milkyw…-http://images.search.yahoo.com/images/vi…-About 26,000 light-years from the center on the Orion spur of the Sagittarius arm.-About 2/3 of the way out from the center in what we call the Orion Arm.......

Our solar system is located in Orion arm (not a major spiral arm)-one of the five arms of the Milky Way at about 24000 light years from the center of the galaxy.Our galaxy is around 50k light years in radius..
Try this site to know where exactly we are.http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/milkyw…

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About 26,000 light-years from the center on the Orion spur of the Sagittarius arm.

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About 2/3 of the way out from the center in what we call the 'Orion Arm.

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