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Radcliffe wave

The Radcliffe wave is a neighbouring coherent gaseous structure in the Milky Way, dotted with a related high concentration of interconnected stellar nurseries. It stretches about 8,800 light years. This structure runs with the trajectory of the Milky Way arms.

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Radcliffe wave

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples21
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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Radcliffe wave

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related to Formation · 9
Radcliffe wave → Gould Belt, Inside, It, Many, Milky Way, Radcliffe, Scientists, Solar System, Sun
related to Structure and movement · 4
Radcliffe wave → Gould Belt, OB2, Orion, The Radcliffe
related to External links · 3
Radcliffe wave → Harvard University, Interactive, Radcliffe
is a · 1
Radcliffe wave → neighbouring coherent gaseous structure in the Milky Way

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wave radcliffe structure milky discovery way local orion length announced 2020 astronomers light-years sun gas matter interstellar related concentration stellar

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Radcliffe waveis aneighbouring coherent gaseous structure in the Milky Way0.90text
Monoceros OB1instance ofThe latter is more dispersed as to its interstellar medium than the wave and has further large star-forming regions0.80text
California Nebulainstance ofThe latter is more dispersed as to its interstellar medium than the wave and has further large star-forming regions0.80text
Cepheus Farinstance ofThe latter is more dispersed as to its interstellar medium than the wave and has further large star-forming regions0.80text
and Rho Ophiuchi.A 2024 paper announced the discovery that the Radcliffe wave is oscillating in the form of a traveling waveinstance ofThe latter is more dispersed as to its interstellar medium than the wave and has further large star-forming regions0.80text
Radcliffe waverelated to External linksInteractive0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to External linksRadcliffe0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to External linksHarvard University0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to FormationScientists0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to FormationIt0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to FormationMilky Way0.60section
Radcliffe waverelated to FormationInside0.60section

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