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The galactic distance scale
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 14 August 2015
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Recent work on the distance scale of the Galaxy has largely been in the direction of refining previously established methods. The RR Lyrae variable stars appear to be better distance indicators than was once thought and they have been used in determining Ro, the distance to the Galactic center. Ro is probably somewhat less than 10 kpc but greater than 7 kpc. Most methods point to a value near 8.5 kpc.
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- IV. GALACTIC KINEMATICS AND DISTANCES
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- Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 84: The Large-Scale Characteristics of the Galaxy , 1979 , pp. 195 - 200
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- Copyright © Reidel 1979
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