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The Sagittarius arm (also known as ''Sagittarius-Carina arm''; labeled "-I") is one of two major spiral arms that comes of from one of the central bars of the Milky Way , same with the Cygnus Arm . The dense, inner arm of Sagittarius is located between the Scutum-Crux Arm and the Orion Arm . It is named after its proximity to the Sagittarius constellation, in the direction of the Galactic Center .

It is set into two parts. Coming of the bar is the Sagittarius arm (Sagittarius bar) then turnes into the Carina arm.


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A number of Messier objects are found in the Sagittarius Arm: M8 , M11 , M16 , M17 , M18 , M20 , M21 , M24 , M26 , M55 .


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