The brilliance of stars is observed when viewed with the naked eye on winter nights compared to the rest of the year. During December, January and February, the part of the Earth on which we live faces the outer part of the spiral arm in the Milky Way Galaxy, to which the Sun belongs. Therefore, we look towards fewer stars, which means less light in the sky. The sky makes the stars appear clearer.
The Jeddah Astronomical Society revealed in a report that during the months of June, July and August, the night sky is towards the center of our galaxy, where the lights of billions and billions of stars combine, causing the sky to appear foggy and unclear.
The report continued: The Milky Way Galaxy has a diameter of about 100,000 light-years and its center is about 25,000 to 28,000 light-years away, and we cannot see that center because it is hidden behind galactic dust.
The spiral arm of the galaxy in which the Sun is located is called (the Orion Arm) or (the Orion Arm) or (the Local Arm) or (the Orion-Cygnus Arm). It is a small arm with a width of about 3,500 light-years and a length of about 10,000 light-years. Our solar system is located within ( Orion’s arm) specifically near the inner edge and approximately half the distance from the length of the arm itself.
The arm of the galaxy was named “Orion” in reference to the group of stars of Orion, or as it is known to the Arabs as Gemini, which shines in the night sky during the winter season, as it is now, and these stars are also found within Orion’s arm.
