Yellow Line = Ecliptic
Purple Line = Galactic Plane
Blue Line = Horizon
On Dec 12, 2012 the Galactic Plane crosses the Ecliptic at the Winter Solstice, marked as WS on the chart indicating the position in the sky where the Sun is on Dec 21, the Winter Solstice.
Galactic Plane & Ecliptic-Photo-01
uploaded by quarkcsj January 5, 2009 at 03:34 am
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Title: Galactic Plane & Ecliptic-Photo-01
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Created: Mon, 01/05/2009 - 3:34am
Modified: Mon, 01/05/2009 - 5:26am
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