Blog #3: Drawing our Galaxy

Create an illustration of the Milky Way galaxy as viewed from outside the galaxy, viewed from the side, and from above. The things to point out are:

a) Location of the Sun
b) Thin/Thick disks, bulge, halo
c) Globular clusters
d) The Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC)
e) Sgr A* (Black hole)
f) Location of Orion star forming region, and the nearest and furthest (known) open clusters to the Sun
g) Scale length and scale height (in order to draw galaxy to scale)

Top View:

Side View: