Where is the sun's current position in th Milky Way Galaxy (in terms of its rotation)?

Question

I would appreciate it if somone could post the link to a good picture depicting the location.

Answer 1

http://www.daviddarling.info/images/Milk...

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Answer 2

We're 26,000 light years from the center near the Orion spiral arm.  On the wiki page, the diagram of the arms shows you where the Orion arm is.

It's a bit confusing because new data comes out about every three years or so, and overturns everything you thought you knew.