Animation shows orbits of the nearby stars around the centre of the galaxy

The movement of almost 75 thousand stars from the Gaia Catalogue of Nearby Stars in their orbits around the centre of the galaxy are shown in this video. Their motion for the next 500 million years is shown from three different perspectives (face-on, side view, and perspective). Each second on the video corresponds to six million years, and the field of view for each image of the galaxy is 100 000 light years wide. The solar neighbourhood is also visited by stars from the outer reaches of the galaxy. This part is known as the halo, and stars from here are shown in orange. Their orbits have larger deviations from circles, and can be seen heading into the outer parts of the galaxy, away from the Galactic plane. Stars coming from or going to the inner parts of the galaxy are also shown (yellow dots).