Here's our galaxy from the LMC suburbs at 157kly.
We're looking 'up' at the Milky Way's belly. The Solar system
is located a couple knots right of the photo's center.
http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q...isc/sollmc.jpg
Saber Does The Stars at
http://www.astronomyblogs.com/member/saberscorpx