Guess what I was doing in my sleep last night? hahhahaha Working on it!
I also did some research and there is something to what you asked as far as magnetic direction to the Milky way, but I have to go find it again. hahhaha What I also found interesting is that we are 26,000 light years to the center of the Milky Way. hmmmm?????????
http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/milkyway.html
Properties of the Milky Way:
Diameter of the Galaxy = 90 000 light years
Classification of the Galaxy = SBbc
Number of stars in the Galaxy = 200 billion
Mass of the Galaxy = 1 trillion solar masses
Length of the central bar = 25 000 light years
Distance of the Sun from the center = 26 000 light years
Thickness of the Galaxy at the Sun = 2000 light years
Velocity of Sun around the Galaxy = 220 km/s
Orbital period of Sun around the Galaxy = 225 million years