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The Spiral Structure of M31

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 August 2015

E. Athanassoula*
Affiliation:
E.S.O., Geneva, Switzerland and Observatoire de Lyon

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The H I, H II, and OB-association densities, as a function of radius, have the same structure, reminding one of a ring with a maximum at r ≃ 50′.

Type
III: Nearby Galaxies of Large Angular Size
Copyright
Copyright © Reidel 1978 

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