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Orions Arm: not a spur - Cray - 09-30-2016 The Orion spur appears to be more of a complete arm. http://www.csmonitor.com/Science/2016/0928/Our-corner-of-the-Milky-Way-may-be-bigger-than-previously-thought RE: Orions Arm: not a spur - stevebowers - 09-30-2016 Looks to me like there is both a local arm and a smaller spur between us and the Sagittarius arm, defined by these new maser sources (blue circles).