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Gould's belt

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Gould's belt [′gülz ‚belt]
(astronomy)
A belt of bright stars inclined about 20° to the Milky Way and including most of the bright stars in Orion, Scorpio, Carina, and Centaurus, apparently resulting from a slight tilt of the spiral arm of the Milky Way Galaxy containing the sun, with respect to the galactic plane.


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