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Scutum-Crux (or Crux-Scutum) Arm
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Image from
Steve Bowers
Milky Way Galaxy showing major arms
The spiral arm next closer to the galactic core (i.e. coreward) than the Sagittarius Arm. A fairly minor arm, it lies between the Sagittarius and Norma arms.
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Development Notes
Text by
M. Alan Kazlev
Initially published on 31 December 2001.
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