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- From: davem@ee.ubc.ca (Dave Michelson)
- Subject: Is the Milky Way a Barred Spiral?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.210002.19066@ee.ubc.ca>
- Organization: University of BC, Electrical Engineering
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 21:00:02 GMT
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- Not too long ago (but I don't remember where :-(, I read that some astronomers
- had convinced themselves that our Galaxy is actually a barred spiral. I haven't
- seen any references to it since, though. Does anyone else recall seeing such a
- report or care to comment?
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- Previously, the evidence of spiral arm tracers such as O and B stars and
- HII regions had suggested that our galaxy possesses a rather tightly wound
- spiral structure...
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- Dave Michelson
- davem@ee.ubc.ca
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