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On the distribution of space velocities of OB stars

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

L. V. Mirzoyan
Affiliation:
Bjurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Erevan, Armenia, U.S.S.R.
M. A. Mnatsakanian
Affiliation:
Bjurakan Astrophysical Observatory, Erevan, Armenia, U.S.S.R.

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OB stars, as the most typical members of O-associations, are of great interest for the problems of stellar evolution. Their concentration in spiral arms indicates the importance of the O-associations for the formation of the spiral arm population in galaxies.

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

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