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An improved view of our section of the galaxy indicates the solar system is in a major arm of the Milky Way after all: Our Solar System\u2019s Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale – Susquehanna Astronomical Society<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An improved view of our section of the galaxy indicates the solar system is in a major arm of the Milky Way after all: Our Solar System\u2019s Milky Way neighborhood just went upscale – Susquehanna Astronomical Society.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-astronomy"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p34aWK-Gt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8112,"url":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=8112","url_meta":{"origin":2633,"position":0},"title":"Zooniverse news: Sunspotters wanted, an oddball in the Radio Galaxy Zoo, and more","author":"TopSpacer","date":"June 15, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"A scan of\u00a0\u00a0news and blog posts at Zooniverse citizen science projects: The Sunspotter\u00a0project was introduced quietly earlier in the year and the first round of classifications \u00a0has\u00a0been declared a success and a new one is underway: \u00a0Become a Sunspotter and play Solar \u2018Hot-or-Not\u2019 -\u00a0Zooniverse \u2026And We\u2019re Back!! 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