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  • Mily Way galaxy only has 2 arms!!!

    From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to All on Wed May 17 11:59:25 2023
    The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought:
    https://www.space.com/milky-way-galaxy-different-shape
    Milky way galaxy only has 2 arms!

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  • From Eric Flesch@21:1/5 to Jan Panteltje on Fri May 19 20:46:40 2023
    Yes, for some time it's been known to be a barred spiral, from which
    it follows that there should be 2 primary arms.


    On Wed, 17 May 2023 11:59:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought:
    https://www.space.com/milky-way-galaxy-different-shape
    Milky way galaxy only has 2 arms!

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  • From Jan Panteltje@21:1/5 to Eric Flesch on Sun May 21 11:32:58 2023
    On a sunny day (Fri, 19 May 2023 20:46:40 GMT) it happened [email protected] (Eric Flesch) wrote in <[email protected]>:

    Yes, for some time it's been known to be a barred spiral, from which
    it follows that there should be 2 primary arms.

    Maybe it was caused by some other galaxy passing by and causing a shift in the central
    black hole or whatever you want to call it.


    On Wed, 17 May 2023 11:59:25 GMT, Jan Panteltje wrote:
    The Milky Way galaxy may be a different shape than we thought:
    https://www.space.com/milky-way-galaxy-different-shape
    Milky way galaxy only has 2 arms!



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