The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Our Galaxy
Our Sun and the Local System of stars are part of a
much larger disc-shaped collection of many billions of
stars, gas, and dust that are bound together by
mutual gravitational attraction to a vast flattened
system that turns like a great pinwheel in space. A
simplified sketch of our galaxy is presented above.
There is a dense bright central region or nucleus and
spiral arms extend from the nucleus outward into
space to form a flat disk. These arms become
increasingly thin until they are imperceptible. Our
Earth and the solar system are embedded within the
great disk that is our galaxy, and from our vantage
point within this disk (and toward the edge of the great
wheel), the plane of the galaxy appears as a great
glowing arch in the night sky – the Milky Way. All
stars that we can see with the naked eye and almost
all stellar material that is visible to our telescopes is
concentrated within this galactic disk or plane, as it is
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