  COMPTEL imaging analysis revealed a patchy, asymmetric distribution of
diffuse 1.8 MeV emission along the Galactic plane, which is attributed to the
decay of radioactive 26Al in the ISM. If massive stars were the major source of
Galactic 26Al, the 1.8 MeV emission should be asymmetric and trace the spiral
arms of the Galaxy, presumed site of massive star formation. Using model fits,
we indeed find weak evidence in the COMPTEL data that the observed 1.8 MeV
emission is at least partly confined to spiral arms. We derive a total Galactic
26Al mass of 2.5 Msol from which at least 0.7 Msol can be attributed to massive
stars.
