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TESS satellite dates an ancient collision with our galaxy
From a single bright star in the constellation of Indus, an international team of scientists led by the University of Birmingham, with the participation of...
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GalleryThe early days of the Milky Way revealed
A study led by researchers from the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) puts a sequence to the events which gave rise to our Galaxy.
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PublicationGalactic structure from the Two Micron Galactic Survey
The Two Micron Galactic Survey (TMGS) is the most sensitive large scale point source near infrared survey of the Galactic Plane yet attempted. The Galactic...
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PublicationNear infrared stellar counts and a model of galactic distribution
A model of the galactic stellar distribution has been developed and the surface stellar densities in the near infrared are compared with observations along the...
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PublicationPhase space distribution of halo particles and detection of WIMPS
We calculate the velocity distribution of halo particles using realistic models for the density profiles of the Galactic disk, spheroid, and halo components. We...
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PublicationAbundance gradient for 13 planetary nebulae in the Galaxy
Via optical low-resolution long slit spectroscopy conducted at the 2.5 m INT in La Palma, He, O, N, Ne, A, and S abundances in 13 extended PN were calculated....