Bibcode
DOI
López-Corredoira, M.; Cabrera-Lavers, A.; Mahoney, T. J.; Hammersley, P. L.; Garzón, F.; González-Fernández, C.
Referencia bibliográfica
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 133, Issue 1, pp. 154-161.
Fecha de publicación:
1
2007
Número de citas
97
Número de citas referidas
77
Descripción
Recent Galactic Legacy Infrared Mid-Plane Survey Extraordinaire data
have further confirmed the hypothesis of the existence of an in-plane
long bar different from the bulge of the Milky Way with the same
characteristics as emphasized some years ago by our team. In this paper
we present two new analyses that corroborate recent and earlier claims
concerning the existence in our Galaxy of a long, flat bar with
approximate dimensions of 7.8 kpc×1.2 kpc×0.2 kpc and a
position angle of approximately 43°: (1) star counts with 2MASS
All-Sky Data Release and Midcourse Space Experiment data, which give an
excess in the plane region along
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