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HURRRRRRRRRRRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Describe the structure of our galaxy and the position of our solar system in our galaxy.

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The Milky Way is a barred spiral galaxy with an estimated visible diameter between 170,000 and 200,000 light-years (ly). ... The Solar System is located at a radius of about 27,000 light-years from the Galactic Center, on the inner edge of the Orion Arm, one of the spiral-shaped concentrations of gas and dust.

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