GAIA DR2 • Revealing the Galactic Bar - Star Horse 17.1.24 In 2019 this colour chart showed the distribution of 150 million stars in the Milky Way probed using data from the second release of ESA’s Gaia mission in combination with infrared and optical surveys, with orange/yellow hues indicating a greater density of stars. Most of these stars are red giants.While the majority of charted stars are located closer to the Sun (the larger orange/yellow blob in the lower part of the image), a large and