The Astrology of Space - Matrix Software

The Astrology of Space
Chapter 5: The Milky Way Galaxy
Our Local Spiral Arm Region
The diagram on this page represents the general
structure of the local portion of the spiral arm in which
our Sun is embedded. Even the very nearest stars
(and they are few) are at a great distance. It takes
light over four years to reach us from our closest
stellar neighbors. It is difficult to get a feel for such
vast distance. For instance, the 6000 or so naked-eye
stars are all very, very near to us in terms of cosmic
distance. In fact, almost all of the objects in this
catalog (with the exception of the external galaxies
and quasars, etc.) are quite near. They are not far
from where we are in terms of the size of our mother
galaxy. In other words, we cannot see too far out
across our galaxy.
If you will refer to this map once in a while, as you get
to know some of the different kinds of celestial
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