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The Vertical Structure of the Halo Rotation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 December 2003
Abstract
New GSC-II proper motions of RR Lyrae and Blue Horizontal Branch (BHB) stars near the North Galactic Pole are used to show that the Galactic Halo 5 kpc above the Plane has a significantly retrograde galactic rotation.
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