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Surveys of the Southern Galaxy
. Ed(S): Burton, W. B.; Israel, F. P.
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Paperback. Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Leiden Observatory, The Netherlands, August 4-6, 1982 Editor(s): Burton, W. B.; Israel, F. P. Series: Astrophysics and Space Science Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PGM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 580.
Problems associated with a general scarcity of observations of the southern sky have persisted since the present era of galactic research began some sixty years ago. In his 1930 Halley Lecture A. S. Eddington commented on the observational support given to J. H. Oort's theory of galactic rotation by the stellar radial velocities measured by Plaskett o 0 and Pearce: " . . . out of 250 stars only 4 were between 193 and 343 0 galactic longitude [=£1: 225 < £11 < 15~; a stretch of one-third of the whole circuit was unrepresented by a single star. This is ... Read more
Problems associated with a general scarcity of observations of the southern sky have persisted since the present era of galactic research began some sixty years ago. In his 1930 Halley Lecture A. S. Eddington commented on the observational support given to J. H. Oort's theory of galactic rotation by the stellar radial velocities measured by Plaskett o 0 and Pearce: " . . . out of 250 stars only 4 were between 193 and 343 0 galactic longitude [=£1: 225 < £11 < 15~; a stretch of one-third of the whole circuit was unrepresented by a single star. This is ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Library
Number of Pages
318
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789400972193
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V9789400972193
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