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The Galactic Distance Scale: Globular Clusters

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

William E. Harris
William E. Harris*
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

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A new compilation of distance data for the Galactic globular clusters is used to estimate the distance to the Galactic center, RO. Three different ways of using the space distribution of the clusters lead to RO = (8.5 ± 1.0) kpc. The problem of the space distribution of the clusters in the Galactic nuclear region is briefly discussed.

Type
August 27 Introduction, Associations, Galactic Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 85: Star Clusters , 1980 , pp. 81 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1980 

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