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Kinematics of the Galactic Bulge: the velocity ellipsoid

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2017

Dante Minniti
Dante Minniti*
Affiliation:
Steward Observatory, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson AZ 85721, U.S.A.

Abstract

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We investigate the shape of the velocity ellipsoid in the Galactic bulge by combining radial velocities and proper motions. We find that the velocity ellipsoid is nearly isotropic.

Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 153: Galactic Bulges , 1993 , pp. 315 - 316
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1993