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High-Resolution B-Photometry of the Milky Way and Results on Galactic Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2017

S. Kimeswenger
Affiliation:
1Astronomical Institute Ruhr-Universität Bochum Postfach 102148 D–630 Bochum FRG 2Institute of Astronomy University of Innsbruck Technikerstraße 25 A–6020 Innsbruck Austria
W. Schlosser
Affiliation:
1Astronomical Institute Ruhr-Universität Bochum Postfach 102148 D–630 Bochum FRG
K. J. Seidensticker
Affiliation:
1Astronomical Institute Ruhr-Universität Bochum Postfach 102148 D–630 Bochum FRG
B. Hoffmann
Affiliation:
1Astronomical Institute Ruhr-Universität Bochum Postfach 102148 D–630 Bochum FRG
Th. Schmidt-Kaler
Affiliation:
1Astronomical Institute Ruhr-Universität Bochum Postfach 102148 D–630 Bochum FRG

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During the last two decades, many attempts were made to determine the global parameters of the Galaxy and to compare the Galaxy to other galaxies (Schmidt-Kaler and Schlosser 1973; de Vaucouleurs and Pence 1978; Gilmore 1984; van der Kruit 1986). While most of these investigations are based on star counts, a detailed overall study by surface photometry, because of the lack of homogeneous high-resolution data, is rare. The last attempt by van der Kruit (1986), based on Pioneer 10 data, suffered from low resolution. The great number of individual structures at low and even intermediate latitudes could not be recognized. Our work (B-band, Hoffmann et al. 1989, this volume; V-band, Schlosser, Schmidt-Kaler, and Schneider 1989; U-Band and R-band photometry, in preparation) provides this homogeneous high-resolution data.

Type
III. Diffuse Galactic Radiation from Dust and Gas: Observations and Models
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1990 

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