Usually means: Region obscured by Milky Way.
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  1. zone of avoidance: Wiktionary
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  4. Zone of Avoidance, Zone of avoidance: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. Zone of Avoidance: Extragalactic Astronomy

Definitions from Wiktionary (zone of avoidance)

noun:  (astronomy) The region of the Universe in alignment with the galactic plane of the Milky Way where few galaxies were initially seen due to dust interfering with the view of ground-based telescopes.

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