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==Numbers regarding size inconsistent==
==Numbers regarding size inconsistent==


1,000 light years / 100,000 light years = 1/100, so reducing to 80 mi should mean a thickness of 80/100 =0.8 miles
1,000 light years / 100,000 light years = 1/100, so reducing to 80 mi should mean a thickness of 80/100 =0.8 miles
not 2 mm.
not 2 mm.
== I know this is supposed to be scholarly... ==
But I'm now craving chocolate, caramel and nougat.  Is hunger an adequate justification for disambiguation? [[User:Howard C. Berkowitz|Howard C. Berkowitz]] 22:06, 30 May 2008 (CDT)
Well, yeah. [[User:Thomas Simmons|Thomas Simmons]] 20:51, 28 December 2008 (UTC)
==Spiral Arms==
Hi Folks,
I have given the subsection a graphic and an update. These graphics
{|style="margin: 5px 0 5px 30px"
|-
!|color
!|arm(s)
|-
|style="background-color: #60FFFF"|cyan
||3-k[[parsec|pc]] and [[Perseus Arm]]
|-
|style="background-color: #c0c0FF"|sky-blue
||[[Norma Arm|Norma]] and [[Cygnus Arm]] (Along with a newly discovered extension)
|-
|style="background-color: #C0FFA0"|chlorine-green
||[[Scutum-Crux Arm|Crux]] and [[Scutum-Crux Arm|Scutum Arm]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FFC0C0"|pink
||[[Sagittarius Arm|Carina]] and [[Sagittarius Arm]]
|-
|colspan="2" style="padding: 0 0 0 30px;"|''There are at least two smaller arms or spurs, including:''
|-
|style="background-color: #FFC040"|orange
||[[Orion Arm]] (which contains the solar system and the [[Sun]])
|}
Need to be updated as well.

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Numbers regarding size inconsistent

1,000 light years / 100,000 light years = 1/100, so reducing to 80 mi should mean a thickness of 80/100 =0.8 miles not 2 mm.

I know this is supposed to be scholarly...

But I'm now craving chocolate, caramel and nougat. Is hunger an adequate justification for disambiguation? Howard C. Berkowitz 22:06, 30 May 2008 (CDT)

Well, yeah. Thomas Simmons 20:51, 28 December 2008 (UTC)

Spiral Arms

Hi Folks,

I have given the subsection a graphic and an update. These graphics

color arm(s)
cyan 3-kpc and Perseus Arm
sky-blue Norma and Cygnus Arm (Along with a newly discovered extension)
chlorine-green Crux and Scutum Arm
pink Carina and Sagittarius Arm
There are at least two smaller arms or spurs, including:
orange Orion Arm (which contains the solar system and the Sun)

Need to be updated as well.

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