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Mega-Stellar Nursery within Terragen Space
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This illustration gives an idea of what the Radcliffe Wave looks like in 3D.
   

The wave seems to extend along the Orion Spur, from Canis Major to Cygnus; the wave also extends above and below the galactic plane, in a serpentine shape that is about 500ly to rimward of Sol.
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https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1874-z.epdf
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RE: Mega-Stellar Nursery within Terragen Space - by stevebowers - 01-11-2020, 03:44 AM

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