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The Search for Galaxy Orientation in the Local Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2016

P. Flin*
Affiliation:
Pedagogical University, Institute of Physics, ul. Konopnickiej 15, 25-405 Kielce, Poland

Abstract

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The analysis of 34 galaxies being members of the Local Group shows that their planes are distributed randomly.

Type
Part 4. Morphology, Kinematics and Dynamics
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1999 

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