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The galactic structure and the appearance of the Milky Way

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

E. D. Pavlovskaya
Affiliation:
Moscow University, Moscow, U.S.S.R.
A. S. Sharov
Affiliation:
Moscow University, Moscow, U.S.S.R.

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The appearance of the Milky Way for an observer situated within our Galaxy is determined by the spatial distribution of stars and absorbing interstellar matter. Hence it may be hoped that the study of the surface brightness of the Milky Way permits to derive the spiral structure of our Galaxy.

Type
Part II/Observations of Spiral Structure in Our Galaxy
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1970 

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