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The distance to the Galactic center determined by OB stars
DOI: 10.1007/s10509-014-2005-9 Bibcode: 2014Ap&SS.353..179B

Branham, Richard L.

The OB stars are concentrated near the Galactic plane and should permit a determination of the distance to the Galactic center. van Leeuwen's new reduction of the Hipparcos catalog provides, after 824 Gould belt stars have been excluded, 6288 OB stars out to 1 kpc and Westin's compilation an additional 112 stars between 1 kpc and 3 kpc. The reduct…

2014 Astrophysics and Space Science
Hipparcos 14