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| Paper: |
The Radial Scale Length of the Galactic Disk from Star Counts in the APS Catalog of the POSS I |
| Volume: |
92, Formation of the Galactic Halo. . . . Inside and Out |
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80 |
| Authors: |
Humphreys, Roberta M.; Larsen, Jeffrey A. |
| Abstract: |
We report our preliminary results for the radial scale length of the galactic disk based on star counts from the APS Catalog of the POSS I. Using star counts in 8 separate 16 square degree fields along the center/anti-center line at four galactic latitudes, together with the standard galactic model, we derive a scale length of 1.9 kpc. This result is on the low end of previous determinations. |
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