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solar neighborhood

(Milky Way in the vicinity of the Sun)

The phrase solar neighborhood, meaning the vicinity of space near the solar system is used informally and in research papers. It generally is meant to include nearby stars, clouds and other interstellar medium, possibly meaning a tiny part of the Milky Way and possibly meaning a more substantial portion, e.g., 5%. A research paper is likely to cite its criteria which could be as small as 10 parsecs radius to 1000 parsecs or more.


(Milky Way,stars,Sun,solar system)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_nearest_stars_and_brown_dwarfs
https://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/features/cosmic/solar_neighborhood_info.html
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/250lys.html
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2014AJ....148...54H/abstract
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009ApJ...692L.113Z/abstract
http://www.recons.org/
https://www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu/pogge.1/Ast141/Unit5/Lect32_Neighbors.pdf

Referenced by pages:
local standard of rest (LSR)
magnetic field
mass-to-light ratio (M/L)
Oort constants
Vega

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