GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Milky Way is a huge collection of stars, dust and gas. It’s called a spiral galaxy because if you could view it from the top or bottom, it would look like a spinning pinwheel. The Sun is located on one of the spiral arms, about 25, 000 light-years away from the center of the galaxy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Where is the sun in the Milky Way? The sun orbits about 26, 000 light-years from the black hole Sagittarius A*, roughly in the middle of the galactic disk.

Detailed explanation-3: -Our Galaxy Our Sun lies near a small, partial arm called the Orion Arm, or Orion Spur, located between the Sagittarius and Perseus arms.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Disk. The disk of our galaxy is very thin, about 100 times wider than its own height. It contains almost all the gas and dust in our galaxy, as well as all the hot young stars and regions of star formation. Seen from above, the disk shows spiral arms containing most of the cool, dense portions of the ISM.