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Astrometry and Galactic Structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2016

S.R. Majewski
S.R. Majewski*
Affiliation:
The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, 813 Santa Barbara Street, Pasadena, CA 91101, U.S.A.

Abstract

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The application of astrometric surveys to understanding the structure and kinematics of the Milky Way is discussed, with particular emphasis on some of the issues expected to be addressed in the next decade or so. It is shown that the results of complete proper motion surveys of field stars at the Galactic poles are in remarkable agreement concerning the global kinematics of stars as a function of distance, but that significant differences exist in how these data are decomposed to derive the kinematics of individual Galactic components. The status and future prospects regarding the measurement of proper motions and orbits for Galactic globular clusters and satellites are also discussed.

Type
Part Nine: Galactic Structure
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 161: Astronomy from Wide-Field Imaging , 1994 , pp. 425 - 434
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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