A series of maps zooming in on the vicinity of Sol in the Orion Arm. The blue-green circles mark 100, 200, 300, 400, 500, 1000, 200, 3000, 4000, 5000 and 10,000 lightyears from SolSys.
10000 Light Year Map: this shows the Orion Arm and surrounding volume out to a distance of 10,000 light years from Sol. - the large structure of the arm and the neighboring Perseus arm (left) and Sagittarius arm (right) can be seen. Eta Carinae is near the lower middle border. ======================================================
2000 Light Year Map: this shows the Orion Arm and surrounding volume out to a distance of 2000 light years from Sol.- with stars brighter than absolute magnitude -2
Text by Originally made by Anders Sandberg 2002 Initially published on 04 September 2020.
Note; these were some of the earliest maps of the Terragen Sphere made for the Orion's Arm Project by Anders Sandberg in 2002, and include some details which are no longer accurate.