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===Other features=== Cygnus is also the apparent source of the [[Weakly interacting massive particle|WIMP]]-wind due to the orientation of the solar system's rotation through the galactic halo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.mit.edu/physics/news/physicsatmit/physicsatmit_09_windsofchange_monroebattat.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130404180757/http://web.mit.edu/physics/news/physicsatmit/physicsatmit_09_windsofchange_monroebattat.pdf |archive-date=2013-04-04 |url-status=live |title=Winds of Change |website=[[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]] |access-date=2020-01-31}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1088/1742-6596/309/1/012015 |title=Directional detection of Dark Matter with MIMAC: WIMP identification and track reconstruction |journal=Journal of Physics: Conference Series |volume=309 |issue=1 |pages=012015 |year=2011 |last1=Billard |first1=J. |last2=Mayet |first2=F. |last3=Grignon |first3=C. |last4=Santos |first4=D. |bibcode=2011JPhCS.309a2015B |arxiv=1101.2750 |s2cid=85554552 }} </ref> [[Image:Milky Way Arms ssc2008-10.svg|300px|right|thumb|Diagram of the [[Milky Way]]'s spiral arms]] The local [[Orion-Cygnus Arm]] and the distant [[Cygnus Arm]] are two minor [[galactic arm]]s named after Cygnus for lying in its background. {{Clear}}
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