~ posters Expedition to the Stars 3-D Map Kit ~
books. ~ Our home galaxy, the Milky Way, is a vast disk-shaped system of 200 to 400 billion stars. ~ The sun is but one of them - located 30, 000 light-years away from its center, close to the inner edge of the Orion spiral arm. ~ Leave the solar system, and find your way among the stars in our solar neighborhood by constructing a 13-1/2" x 10-3/4" x 9-1/2" 3-D model of the Milky Way galaxy. ~ This model shows the actual position of the sun and the 36 brightest stars within 100 light-years. ~ The kit contains star bases, columns, a back wall, beads, and platic line to construct your model and mount it in a full-color frame. ~ Also included is a 32-page instruction booklet. ~ posters; books; dvd; projects; solar; collectors; children; shirts; apparel; autographs; replicas; models; collectibles; spaceships; playsets; station; ships; spaceships; mars; educational; teachers; gifts; toys; astronomy; science; astronauts; shuttle; nasa; space;