The long bar in the milky way: Corroboration of an old hypothesis

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 154-161

  Lopez Corredoira M ^a   Cabrera Lavers, A ^a,b   Mahoney, T J ^a   Hammersley, P L ^a,b   Garzon F ^a,c   Gonzalez Pernandez C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^b GRANTECAN   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Galaxy: structure; Infrared: stars

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846481118     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/509605     Document Type: Article

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