While this is a nice video, it rests on a model that is not completely true to the point that the video which stands upon it is actually misleading. I refer you

While this is a nice video, it rests on a model that is not completely true to the point that the video which stands upon it is actually misleading. I refer you to the fine Bad Astronomy blog: http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_motion_viral_video_showing_sun_s_motion_through_galaxy_is_wrong.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/03/04/vortex_m... It is, of course, an interesting general perspective nonetheless.