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The Three-Dimensional Structure of Our Galaxy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

M.A.C. Perryman
M.A.C. Perryman*
Affiliation:
Space Science Department, ESA/ESTEC, 2200AG Noordwijk, The Netherlands; and Sterrewacht Leiden, The Netherlands

Abstract

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This presentation has the following goals: (i) to explain, within a historical context, some of the difficulties in disentangling our Galaxy’s three-dimensional structure; (ii) to summarise in broad terms what we presently know of this structure, concentrating on those features inferred from accurate distance measurements; (iii) to illustrate selected aspects in a visually stimulating manner; and (iv) to give a foretaste of the exciting results that lie ahead with future space astrometric experiments.

Type
I. Invited Discourses
Information
Highlights of Astronomy , Volume 12: Highlights of Astronomy. As presented at the XXIVth General Assembly of the IAU, 2000 , 2002 , pp. 1 - 17
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Pacific 2002

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