Perseus arm


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Perseus arm

[′pər·sē·əs ‚ärm]
(astronomy)
A spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy visible in the constellation Perseus, located (as viewed from the earth) in the direction opposite that of the galactic center.
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The Perseus Arm, which is so conspicuous in the Cassiopeia Window of the autumn Milky Way, is lost to view east of the Perseus Double Cluster, hidden behind the Gould's Belt dust clouds of southern Perseus and northern Taurus.
Observing the Milky Way, Part III Perseus to Puppis & Beyond: the winter Milky Way is faint and vague, but it's adorned with some of the finest clusters and nebulae in the sky
The Cassiopeia Window extends from just east of the famous variable star Delta ([delta]) Cephei all the way through Cassiopeia to the Perseus Double Cluster, which gives the Perseus Arm its name.
Scutum to Cassiopeia: the autumn Milky Way is rich in nearby clusters and nebulae
The new data suggest that the Orion Spur, once thought to be merely a hiccup between the Sagittarius and Perseus Arms (see the July issue's foldout), is more likely a full-fledged branch of the Perseus Arm.
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But most of the clusters and nebulae in this area lie in the Perseus Arm, the next spiral arm out from our own.
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light of the Double Cluster took flight from the Perseus Arm of our
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Cas OB 6 resides within the Perseus arm of the Milky Way at a distance of roughly 7,500 light-years.
Nebulae with heart & soul: these northern nebulae are a treat for the patient observer
It lies about 5,900 light-years away in the Perseus Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.
The segment of Perseus: the Perseus Milky Way contains an abundance of fascinating star clusters and nebulae
Some 20 to 40 million years from now, a million Suns' worth of hydrogen gas will plow into the galactic plane, likely setting off a huge burst of star formation in the Perseus Arm about a quarter of the way around the galaxy from us.
The mystery of the million-mass cloud
This refinement gives an indication of the density of the Perseus Arm compared to the inter-arm regions, and gives hints about the distribution of dark matter in the Milky Way.
Extreme parallax
They lie 5,000 light-years away on the near side of an interior spur to the Perseus Arm, the next spiral arm outward.
The flight of the Unicorn: Monoceros's dim stars are offset by other fine sights
When you look at these stars you are gazing out to the Perseus Arm of our galaxy, the next spiral arm out from our Sun's (the Orion Arm).
A Queen's Ransom : High overhead, Cassiopeia offers a richness of star clusters
The team found that while the molecular surface density is 28 times larger within the arm compared to outside it, atomic gas is enhanced only 2.5 times in the Perseus arm. If small molecular clouds exist outside of spiral arms and are simply melded by density waves, the arm/interarm ratios for atomic and molecular gas would be the same.
How the Milky Way makes molecular clouds

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